RED SOX POSTCAST: Payton Tolle Terrific in Debut: Red Sox Fall to Pirates

The Red Sox (75-60) returned home from a 7-1 road trip and lost the series opener, 4-2, to the Pittsburgh Pirates in front of a sellout crowd of 36,344 Friday night at Fenway Park. The Sox 4-game win streak came to an end with the loss, and they've now lost 4 straight at Fenway. ----- Sox at the Dish: The Sox got on the board first, scoring in the 4th on a Ceddanne Rafaela infield Single and an E-5 that scored Masa Yoshida. Roman Anthony made it 2-0 with a Home Run to lead off the 5th Inning. It's Anthony's 8th Home Run of the season and 3rd in 5 Games. Romy Gonzalez collected 3 Singles in the loss. Alex Bregman went 0-for-4 and Trevor Story went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts. Bregman has 1 hit in his last 19 at-bats. ----- Rookie Debut: 22-year-old Payton Tolle made his MLB debut in the series opener Friday night and tossed 5 scoreless before giving way to the bullpen in the 6th Inning. He exited with a 2-0 lead but ended up with a No-Decision. Tolle ended up going 5.1 Innings and he was charged with 2 earned runs. He walked 2 and struck out 8. Tolle worked out of a 2nd & 3rd and nobody out situation the 2nd Inning. He departed after allowing back-to-back 1-out, Singles in the 6th. Greg Weissert entered and gave up a 2-run Double to Tommy Pham that tied the game at 2 and closed the book on Tolle. ----- Welcome to the Show: Tolle is the 6th Red Sox prospect to make his MLB debut this season, joining Kriston Campbell, Hunter Dobbins, Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony and Jhostynxon Garcia. ----- #'s of the Day: --The Red Sox went 1-for-7 with scoring position on the night and left 7 runners on base. --The Sox were held to 3 runs or less for the 10th in their last 15 games and for the 13th time in August. --The Sox had their 17th Straight Sellout at Fenway Friday night. ----- What's On Tap?: The Pirates and Red Sox continue their weekend series with a late afternoon game on Saturday. Dustin May goes in Game 2 for the Red Sox. Lucas Giolito goes in the finale on Sunday. The Cleveland Guardians are in town and begin a 3-game series at Fenway beginning Monday. ----- LOCKED ON RED SOX POSTCAST- Join us all season long as we go live within minutes of the last out with our latest Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST. We are part of the Locked On Red Sox YouTube Page. Locked On Red Sox - YouTube ----- On the X: We can continue the Red Sox and Baseball conversation on Social Media. Follow on the X (formerly known as the Twitter) Steve Lenox (@LenoxOnBaseball) / X . ----- Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 5-Hour ENERGY Tee up that trip! Enter for a chance to win a dream golf trip for two to any golf tournament* in the USA. Visit 5HEWIN.com for full rules and entry. No purchase necessary. Excludes the Master’s tournament. Ends October 31, 2025. Upside Simply download the free Upside app in the App Store or Google Play and use the promo code SEASON to get an extra 25 cents back per gallon on your first fill up. Start earning cash at the pump, today! Click Here: https://getupside.onelink.me/zlLr?af_xp=custom&pid=barrington&c=barrington_lockedon25&deep_link_value=promo&deep_link_sub1=lockedon25&af_dp=upsideapp%3A%2F%2F Monarch Money Take control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONMLB at monarchmoney.com/lockedonmlb for 50% off your first year. Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONMLB for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Football season is around the corner, visit the FanDuel App today and start planning your futures bets now. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER : 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.