Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Red Sox
Friday, August 14, 2026 · 22:40 UTC
Pittsburgh Pirates host Boston Red Sox in MLB on Friday, August 14, 2026, starting at 22:40 UTC. Here is how the two teams stack up — the head-to-head history, current form and the latest bookmaker odds — ahead of the BetEX AI verdict on this game.
Head-to-head record
These two sides have met 10 times in our head-to-head records, with 5 wins for Pittsburgh Pirates against 5 for Boston Red Sox. Historically this fixture could hardly be more even. Meetings between the two average 7.9 runs per game. Their most recent meetings on record: Pittsburgh Pirates 1-6 Boston Red Sox (2024-04-21); Pittsburgh Pirates 2-4 Boston Red Sox (2024-04-20); Pittsburgh Pirates 1-8 Boston Red Sox (2024-04-19).
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-21 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1-6 | Boston Red Sox |
| 2024-04-20 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2-4 | Boston Red Sox |
| 2024-04-19 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1-8 | Boston Red Sox |
| 2024-03-23 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4-1 | Boston Red Sox |
| 2023-04-05 | Boston Red Sox | 1-4 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Team statistics
Pittsburgh Pirates carry an Elo rating of 1501 in our model, and have won 20% of their recent games. Boston Red Sox carry an Elo rating of 1544 in our model, and have won 90% of their recent games.
Pittsburgh Pirates
| Recent form | LLLWLWLLLL |
|---|---|
| Win rate | 20% |
| Elo rating | 1501 |
| Avg scored (recent) | 3.2 |
| Avg conceded (recent) | 4.9 |
Boston Red Sox
| Recent form | WWWWWWWWLW |
|---|---|
| Win rate | 90% |
| Elo rating | 1544 |
| Avg scored (recent) | 6.6 |
| Avg conceded (recent) | 3.5 |
🤖 The BetEX AI verdict on Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Red Sox
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How BetEX AI analyses this fixture
BetEX AI runs every fixture on this page through an ensemble of statistical models — Elo-style team ratings, scoring-rate (lambda) models and head-to-head history — refreshed daily from live competition data. The ensemble produces a win probability for each outcome, a confidence score, and flags games where the model's probability disagrees with the bookmaker line by enough to matter. Those outputs are reserved for members; everything above comes from the same underlying match data.
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