Red Sox beat Pirates 4-2 to snap 4-game slide

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew Miller picked up his first win with Boston, scattering five hits over six innings as the Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the sloppy Pittsburgh Pirates.

Miller (1-0) struck out four and allowed just one earned run.

The Pirates tied a season high with four errors, preventing them from moving three games above .500 this late in the season for the first time in 12 years.

Adrian Gonzalez had two hits for Boston and raised his batting average to .361, tops in the majors. Yet the Red Sox won by doing the little things, scoring their four runs on a Pittsburgh error, a pair of sacrifice flies and an RBI groundout.