Locked in a pennant race with less than a month remaining in the season, getting swept at home by the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates would be a huge setback for the Red Sox.

The club will hand the ball to Lucas Giolito to help ensure that doesn’t happen.

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Giolito (9-2, 3.47) will take the mound for Sunday’s series finale, matching up against Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller (6-12, 4.35). Giolito is coming off a fabulous performance in Baltimore this past Tuesday in which he threw eight scoreless innings with eight strikeouts in a 5-0 win over the Orioles.

The Red Sox will stick with a familiar lineup against Keller, going with Roman Anthony in the leadoff spot, Alex Bregman batting second, Jarren Duran third and Trevor Story fourth. Nathaniel Lowe is starting at first base and

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