The Pittsburgh Pirates lost Oneil Cruz to a frightening head injury earlier this month. The center fielder returned to the lineup on Tuesday but he’s struggled since rejoining the team. Cruz entered Saturday’s matchup against the Boston Red Sox with just one hit in his last 15 plate appearances.

But the Pirates’ slugger busted out of his cold streak with a massive bomb against Boston. Cruz led off the sixth inning with a tape-measure solo shot off Dustin May . The Red Sox’s hurler left a 94 mph four-seamer over the middle of the plate and Cruz hammered it 426 feet to dead center. Expand Tweet

The blast put the Pirates up 5-2 but Pittsburgh was just getting started. The team chased May from the game with one out in the top of the sixth. Aided by a Ceddanne Rafaela throwing erro

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