Cleveland Guardians at Boston Red Sox

· Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

83-76, 42-36 Away

Final
1 - 0

Boston Red Sox

85-74, 39-39 Home

Guardians clinch a playoff spot again, edging the Red Sox 1-0 on Martínez homer

Cleveland Guardians vs. Boston Red Sox: Game Highlights

Cleveland is guaranteed at least an American League wild card and retains a one-game lead over the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. The division winner is likely to earn the No. 2 seed and a bye into the Division Series.

Chicago has the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Cleveland starter Daniel Espino threw one inning before giving way to Cantillo (11-9), who allowed one hit with four strikeouts. He’s now thrown 15 straight scoreless innings since being removed from the rotation.

Martínez hit his 18th homer of the season in the second inning. All-Star closer Cade Smith struck out the side in the ninth for his major league-leading 41st save.

While the Red Sox clinched a playoff spot for the second consecutive season earlier this week, they are still looking to firm up their seed. Boston leads Chicago by three games for the AL's second wild card, which would be the No. 5 seed and travel to face No. 4 New York in the best-of-three series.

Red Sox starter Ranger Suarez (8-5) gave up one run over five innings with five strikeouts. Boston had two hits and was shut out for the eighth time this season.

Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela returned to the lineup one night after leaving Wednesday’s game with right hamstring tightness.

Up next Guardians: RHP Gavin Williams (14-8, 3.63 ERA) is listed as the probable starter as Cleveland opens a three-game series in Kansas City on Friday.

Red Sox: Host the Chicago Cubs for a doubleheader on Friday. The Red Sox will go with LHP Alec Gamboa (1-0, 1.16) in the first game. RHP Brayan Bello (6-7, 4.49) is the tentative starter for Game 2.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rafaela struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Durbin struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Abreu struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Sabrowski
	9th Inning	Genao at second base.
	9th Inning	Martínez in right field.

Statistics

CLE		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
8	Strikeouts	12
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
134	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	3
33	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
0.5	Runs Created	-0.1
.125	Batting Average	.103
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.219	Slugging Percentage	.103
.156	Secondary Average	.172
.152	On Base Percentage	.212
.370	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.316
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.1
12.0	Batter Rating	4.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.06	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.48
.094	Isolated Power	.000
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.030	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.069
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
63.5	MLB Rating	56.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0