San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox

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San Francisco Giants

52-78, 23-45 Away

Final
4 - 5

Boston Red Sox

71-59, 34-32 Home

Sogard's solo homer starts Red Sox rally in 5-4 win over Giants

Christian Koss hits little league homer thanks to series of Red Sox mishaps

The Sox finished their homestand 5-1. They are 7-3 since a five-game skid that matched their season high.

After the Giants took an early 3-0 lead capped by Jonah Cox's solo homer in the second, Sogard blasted a 3-2 fastball from Matt Wilkinson (0-1) 415 feet over the Green Monster to cut into the deficit.

Ceddanne Rafaela drove in another in the third, and Connor Wong tied the game with an RBI double. Mickey Gasper gave the Red Sox the lead with a double of his own, and Rafaela added an insurance run with a single.

Bennett (8-6) allowed four runs (three earned) on seven hits and walked one.

The Giants made it a one-run game after Christian Koss hit a true Little League homer, with the Little League World Series ongoing in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

He reached safely on a throwing error by Andruw Monasterio that got past Willson Contreras, rounded second and saw a throw from Wilyer Abreu sail over third base and into a camera well, allowing him to score.

Tyson Guerrero threw a scoreless eighth, and Aroldis Chapman earned his 29th save.

Willy Adames and Victor Bericoto each left the game due to injuries. Adames departed due to a left elbow injury, and Bericoto with a right knee injury, the Giants said.

Up next The Giants return home to host the Reds on Monday. RHP Chase Burns (14-2, 2.51 ERA) takes the hill for Cincinnati against Giants LHP Carson Whisenhunt (3-4, 7.03).

The Red Sox head to Miami for a three-game set with the Marlins. Boston LHP Ranger Suarez (5-3, 3.41 ERA) faces RHP Sandy Alcantara (13-8, 3.46) on Monday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cox struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Knizner grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Lee grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Guerrero
	9th Inning	Rutschman catching.
	9th Inning	Duran in left field.

Statistics

SF		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	12
7	Strikeouts	5
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	4
18	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
110	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	20
35	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	6
2.4	Runs Created	6.7
.235	Batting Average	.314
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.333
.324	Slugging Percentage	.571
.118	Secondary Average	.314
.257	On Base Percentage	.333
.581	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.905
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.5
25.0	Batter Rating	45.5
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.088	Isolated Power	.257
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
-.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
7.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
77.0	MLB Rating	93.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0