Cleveland Guardians at Boston Red Sox

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Cleveland Guardians

69-69, 34-36 Away

Final
8 - 1

Boston Red Sox

78-63, 44-28 Home

Guardians score 6 runs in 2nd inning and beat sloppy Red Sox 8-1 to prevent series sweep

Cleveland Guardians vs. Boston Red Sox: Game Highlights

Steven Kwan had three hits and scored twice for the Guardians, and José Ramírez drove in two runs. Rookie left-hander Joey Cantillo (4-3) pitched six impressive innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.

Boston threw a pair of wild pitches in the first two innings and committed two costly errors in the second. The Red Sox began the day leading the majors with 103 errors this season.

Kwan doubled off opener Brennan Bernardino (4-3) to begin the game, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Ramírez's groundout.

Jordan Hicks gave up a leadoff double to Bo Naylor in the second, and Arias launched his 10th homer of the season. Hicks permitted two more hits before Steven Matz allowed an RBI single to Kwan that made it 4-0.

Cleveland got another run when Boston catcher Connor Wong was called for interference. Kwan scored on Matz's wild pitch, and left fielder Jarren Duran misplayed Kyle Manzardo’s flyball for an error that allowed another run to score.

Boston, which won the season series 4-2, scored in the fourth when Nick Sogard’s two-out single knocked in Rob Refsnyder.

Key moment Bernardino got only two outs in his 54th appearance of the season and third start. After tossing a hitless ninth inning Tuesday, he became the first Red Sox pitcher to finish a game and start the team’s next game in the same season since Calvin Schiraldi in early September 1987 at Minnesota.

Key stat Kwan has hit safely in 11 of 13 career games at Fenway Park, batting .355 (22 for 62).

Up next The Guardians open a four-game series at Tampa Bay on Thursday, with LHP Logan Allen (7-10, 4.42 ERA) scheduled to start opposite Rays RHP Ryan Pepiot (10-10, 3.70).

Boston is off Thursday before playing Friday night at Arizona.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Sánchez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Sogard lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Rafaela lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Noel flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Manzardo lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Ramírez flied out to center.

Statistics

CLE		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	10
7	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
23	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	8
40	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
6.8	Runs Created	1.8
.333	Batting Average	.206
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.528	Slugging Percentage	.235
.278	Secondary Average	.088
.375	On Base Percentage	.250
.903	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.485
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
7.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
53.0	Batter Rating	13.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.08	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.22
.194	Isolated Power	.029
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.118
15.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
98.5	MLB Rating	67.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0