Cleveland Guardians at Boston Red Sox

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Cleveland Guardians

82-75, 41-35 Away

Final
3 - 2

Boston Red Sox

84-73, 38-38 Home

Lowe's sacrifice fly breaks tie and lifts Guardians past Red Sox, 3-2, helping them atop AL Central

Cleveland Guardians vs. Boston Red Sox: Game Highlight

Angel Martínez had three hits for the Guardians, who hold a one-game lead over the White Sox atop the Central and have won six straight. Chicago, which won 14-11 over Kansas City, owns the tiebreaker by winning the season series. Cleveland stranded a season-high for a nine-inning game of 15 baserunners.

The loss was Boston’s eighth in 12 games, spoiling Chad Tracy’s first game as manager after the club named him its 49th in team history.

Adley Rutschman added three hits for Boston, which clinched one of the AL’s wild-card spots Sunday.

Boston pinch hitter Mickey Gasper hit Hunter Gaddis’ first pitch, tying it at 2-2 leading off the eighth.

Gaddis (5-3) got the win and Cade Smith the final three outs for his 40th save.

Miller (4-2) hit a batter and gave up two hits in an inning.

A strong candidate for the AL Rookie of the Year, Cleveland left-hander Parker Messick gave up a run over five innings. He lowered his ERA to 2.55 and is on pace to become the fourth rookie starting pitcher in MLB history with an ERA under 2.60 and averaging 9.0 or more strikeouts per nine innings.

In his tune-up for a likely playoff start next week, Boston lefty Payton Tolle struggled with his control over 5 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on eight hits. In his previous start on Sept. 13, he had Boston’s second recorded immaculate inning that opened a game.

Up next Guardians LHP Foster Griffin (15-5, 3.67 ERA) is set to face Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (17-5, 2.82) on Wednesday in the middle game of the three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Sogard grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Anthony grounded out to first, Duran to second.
	9th Inning	Duran walked.
	9th Inning	Duran hit for Eaton
	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa struck out looking. Boston Red Sox challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis

Statistics

CLE		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	12
2	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
12	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
30	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	4
15	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	176
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	15
45	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
6.0	Runs Created	4.9
.316	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.368	Slugging Percentage	.455
.158	Secondary Average	.364
.400	On Base Percentage	.324
.768	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.779
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.9
26.0	Batter Rating	28.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.51	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.63
.053	Isolated Power	.212
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.089	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
-.158	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.121
5.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
83.0	MLB Rating	78.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0