None of it mattered much once the Pirates got rolling. Pittsburgh jumped out early, blew the game open in the third and coasted the rest of the way at PNC Park, where it was 75 degrees and cloudy for the 1:35 PM ET matinee.
The Pirates scored 2 in the first and then broke it open with 5 in the third, adding an insurance run in the seventh. They out-hit Boston 11-5 and played clean defense while the Red Sox committed an error, and Bachar's makeshift start held up just fine behind that kind of support.
The finale flips the script from Saturday, when Sonny Gray and a late offense shut Pittsburgh out 4-0. Sunday's 8-3 result means the Pirates take the series 2 games to 1, sending Boston home from PNC Park with a split week and some fresh questions about the bench and bullpen depth.