BOSTON — Nick Pivetta is known to get emotional after big moments, and on Wednesday night, he deserved to get a little bit fired up. After striking out Yuli Gurriel to end the seventh, Pivetta walked off the mound with a scream and a pounding of his chest.
Lately, the Red Sox right-hander has rightfully been feeling himself.
Pivetta continued his dominant run in a big way Wednesday and in a spot the Red Sox needed as he fired a rare complete game in which he allowed just two hits. One night after they teed off against Nathan Eovaldi, Pivetta silenced an explosive Astros lineup with his best start of the season – and the best outing by any Sox starter this season – in the Red Sox’ 5-1 victory at Fenway Park.
