By Rob Biertempfel

Published: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 7:24 p.m.
Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013

Red Sox starter: Jon Lackey 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO

Pirates starter: Jameson Taillon 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO

Ball, ball, ball, ball: Pirates pitchers issued 15 walks, including four with the bases loaded. They had walked 10 batters over the past four games.

Whomp: There were 23 hits in the game, but only three went for extra bases — all of them home runs hit by the Pirates. Jordy Mercer, Felix Pie and Jared Goedert each went deep.

Stock up: Pie hit a two-run homer to left. He's had a hit in each of the four games he's played.

Stock down: SS Josh Harrison made two throwing errors, allowing three runners to score.

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