Overview

• Tolle worked 5 1/3 innings in his first major-league start, allowing three hits and two runs with two walks and eight strikeouts on 84 pitches.
• Roman Anthony launched a 408-foot solo homer off Paul Skenes to put Boston up 2-0 before Pittsburgh answered late.
• Skenes limited Boston to one earned run over six innings with six strikeouts, and Dennis Santana closed for his 11th save.
• After Tolle exited with two on in the sixth, Tommy Pham tied it with a line-drive double and Andrew McCutchen followed with the go-ahead double off Greg Weissert.
• Tolle became the first Red Sox pitcher to fan at least eight in his debut since Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2007, and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said the club expects him to contribute down the stretch.