Hearts manager Gary Locke praised the attitude of his players despite seeing them lose 1-0 to Dundee at Dens Park.
The Jambos had Gary Webster sent off for a second bookable offence with just 28 minutes on the clock, while the home side were also reduced to 10-men a minute before the end when Nicky Riley was red carded.
Ryan Conroy scored the only goal of the game 10 minutes from time with a deflected 30-yard free-kick but Locke felt his players had done him proud.
"I thought we were pretty well organised even when we went down to ten men so early in the game," he told Hearts' official website.
"We were quite comfortable. I didn't feel like they created an awful lot, it was always going to take a goal like they scored to win the game.
"I was delighted (with the way we reacted). We went to two banks of four with John Sutton up front. We got Dale Carrick in at half time and tried to get a bit closer to Sutton.
"It was always going to be a difficult game today with so much at stake but it certainly would've been easier with eleven men on the pitch."
Locke felt Webster was unlucky to be sent off for an aerial challenge on John Baird after he had received his first yellow card for bringing down Carl Finnigan.
"He was going for the ball. If he was leading with his arm, fair enough, but he is genuinely going for the ball," he added.
"The two boys clash heads and we end up with 10 men. To say I'm not happy is an understatement."
Locke told the club website he is now keen to return to winning ways against St Mirren next week.
"After a disappointing result today we need to try and get back on track ourselves," he said.
"It's been disappointing today but we've got next week to try and lift the players and hopefully we can get three points at home to St Mirren."
Bamford opened the scoring with a flicked header from six yards after being picked out by Shaun Williams' delivery from the left wing.
The 19-year-old striker, on-loan from Chelsea, rose above early substitute Max Ehmer to head the ball into the top left corner.
Lowe, who had only been on the pitch for 10 minutes, then wrapped up the win in the 77th minute when he slotted the ball into the bottom corner. The Dons midfielder tackled Mark Roberts on the edge of the area before taking the ball around Chris Day to leave himself with an open goal.
Stephen Gleeson denied Stevenage a first goal in five games by clearing James Dunne's goalbound 60th-minute corner off the line after Boro had wasted two good opportunities to equalise before the break.
Matt Ball saw a tame effort saved by a scrambling Ian McLoughlin after Marcus Haber had dispossessed the MK Dons 'keeper and passed the ball across the box.
Roberts had a shot saved from close range two minutes before half-time after being found unmarked from Dunne's free-kick.
Matt Harrold ended an injury-hit season with an equaliser in stoppage time but by that point the Gulls were already looking forward to fourth tier football next season.
The visitors took the lead just after the half hour mark when Rovers' forward Tom Hitchcock pounced to loop the ball over Torquay goalkeeper Michael Poke.
Poke then saved a 46th minute penalty from Lee Brown after central defender Brian Saah fouled Hitchcock.
But on-loan Southend striker Benyon levelled when he turned in a Joe Oastler cross six minutes later.
In an end to end clash Ryan Jarvis turned the ball into his own net from Brown's free kick to put Rovers back ahead in the 55th minute.
Jarvis atoned for his error by firing Torquay level seven minutes later after Rovers keeper Steve Mildenhall palmed out Aaron Downes' header from Lee Mansell's corner.
Torquay forged ahead for the first time in the 68th minute when Jarvis latched on to a Kevin Nicholson free kick and turned the goal towards goal, where Benyon applied the finishing touch from close range.
There was to be a late twist when substitute target man then Harrold swooped to score a stoppage time leveller to give the Pirates' travelling support something to celebrate.
