BOSTON — Should this incredible run continue, Bryan Reynolds may opt out of the flight home.
Meanwhile, in taking the first two games of this series with a 4-1 victory against the Red Sox on Tuesday at Fenway Park, the Pirates also enjoyed what was by far the best pitching performance of the young season: 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball from Roansy Contreras, who walked one, struck out two and pounded the strike zone.
If that wasn’t enough, the Pirates (3-2) made this one stand up with some impressive late-inning work. Dauri Moreta and Jose Hernandez stepping up, sure. But more noticeably a ridiculous catch in left-center field from Ji Hwan Bae, who fearlessly crashed into the wall to rob third baseman Rafael Devers.
