Boston Red Sox

3rdin AL East · 85-73

YES!

Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians

82-76 0 – 1

85-73

Final · Wed, Sep 23

Game Details

Fenway Park (Boston) · 36,360 fans · ESPN

Recap

Gray earns 18th victory, Monasterio drives in run, and Red Sox edge Guardians 1-0

Sonny Gray pitched six innings to tie Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez for the major league lead with his 18th victory, Andruw Monasterio drove in the only run with a sixth-inning single, and the Boston Red Sox edged Cleveland 1-0 on Wednesday...

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Fenway Park · Boston

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	12	0

Win Probability · Boston Red Sox

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Cleveland Guardians

Steven Kwan · 2-4Batting
Foster Griffin · 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 7 K (L, 15-6)Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Jarren Duran · 2-3, 1 RBatting
Sonny Gray · 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 K (W, 18-5)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

2026 American League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Scoring

Bot 6th

1B Monasterio singled to left, Duran scored.0–1

Team Stats

Cleveland GuardiansBoston Red Sox

Batting

5 Hits 12

0 Home Runs 0

3 Walks 0

9 Strikeouts 10

1 Stolen Bases 1

16 Left on Base 25

Pitching & Fielding

119 Pitches Thrown 131

1 Errors 0

3 Double Plays 5

Box Score

Cleveland Guardians ▾

Batting

Player	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
S. KwanLF	4	2	0	0	.282	17	.379	.346
J. Ramirez3B	3	0	1	0	.235	20	.322	.372
C. DeLauterDH	4	0	0	1	.290	13	.364	.455
J. AdellRF	3	0	1	1	.240	15	.296	.398
T. Bazzana2B	2	0	1	2	.245	20	.337	.404
A. MartinezPH	1	0	0	1	.258	4	.293	.468
N. Lowe1B	3	0	0	1	.251	9	.317	.447
A. GenaoPH	1	0	0	1	.211	3	.276	.293
P. BaileyC	3	1	0	1	.207	8	.272	.320
P. HalpinCF	3	1	0	1	.224	11	.261	.328
B. RocchioSS	3	1	0	0	.250	11	.311	.379
Team	30	5	3	9		131

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	K	PC-ST	ERA
F. Griffin(L, 15-6)	6.0	10	1	1	7	83-65	3.60
T. Herrin	1.0	1	0	0	3	21-15	2.89
M. Festa	0.2	1	0	0	0	14-11	3.56
S. Armstrong	0.1	0	0	0	0	1-1	4.86
Team	8.0	12	1	1	10	119-92

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
R. AnthonyLF	4	0	1	0	1	.235	11	.328	.373
N. Sogard1B	4	0	2	0	1	.258	16	.344	.396
J. JonesDH	4	0	2	0	2	.213	18	.303	.381
W. AbreuRF	4	0	2	0	1	.253	16	.332	.454
A. RutschmanC	4	0	1	0	1	.240	11	.313	.421
C. RafaelaCF	1	0	1	0	0	.284	2	.319	.444
J. DuranCF	3	1	2	0	1	.207	7	.265	.364
C. Durbin3B	4	0	0	0	0	.252	17	.336	.384
T. StorySS	4	0	0	0	2	.243	12	.273	.362
A. Monasterio2B	3	0	1	1	1	.238	8	.299	.380
M. GasperPH	1	0	0	0	0	.258	1	.362	.478
I. Kiner-Falefa2B	0	0	0	0	0	.242	0	.318	.314
Team	36	1	12	1	10		119

Pitching

Player	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. Gray(W, 18-5)	6.0	4	1	3	77-52	2.72
T. Guerrero(H, 19)	1.0	0	1	3	22-17	3.10
G. Whitlock(H, 26)	1.0	1	1	0	20-14	1.72
A. Chapman(S, 35)	1.0	0	0	3	12-10	1.92
Team	9.0	5	3	9	131-93