Cleveland Guardians at Boston Red Sox

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Cleveland Guardians

68-68, 33-35 Away

Final
4 - 6

Boston Red Sox

77-62, 43-27 Home

Carlos Narváez gets 1st career pinch hit, Trevor Story hits strange homer as Red Sox beat Guardians

Romy Gonzalez added an RBI single for the Red Sox, who won for the ninth time in 12 games to improve to an AL-best 35-18 since the beginning of July. The victory pulled the Red Sox (77-62) within a percentage point of the Yankees (76-61) for the AL’s top wild-card spot.

Kyle Manzardo hit a solo homer for the Guardians, who have dropped 13 of 20.

Narváez, a right-handed hitter, singled inside the first-base bag off lefty reliever Erik Sabrowski (0-1) with the bases loaded, making it 5-3.

Brayan Bello (11-6) worked through five innings, giving up three runs on six hits with four strikeouts and three walks.

Aroldis Chapman, who finalized a $13.3 million contract extension Sunday, got the final three outs for his 28th save.

Story made it 6-3 in the sixth before Manzardo homered to right.

Key moment Facing right-hander Jakob Junis, Story hit a 306-foot fly down the right-field line, where Jhonkensy Noel tried for a leaping catch. The ball ticked off Noel’s glove and then the pole as Story stopped at second and the umpires gathered to discuss the play. It was overturned from being called foul after a crew chief review.

Key stat Chapman extended his career-best hitless streak to 16 games, the longest in club history. It’s the third longest in MLB history.

Up next RHP Slade Cecconi (5-6, 4.41 ERA) is expected to start for the Guardians on Tuesday night against Red Sox ace LHP Garrett Crochet (14-5, 2.40).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kwan lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Rocchio struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Noel flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Weissert
	9th Inning	Duran in left field.
	8th Inning	Duran grounded out to first.

Statistics

CLE		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	14
6	Strikeouts	6
4	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	14
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	26
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	166
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	19
37	Plate Appearances	42
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
3.9	Runs Created	8.4
.235	Batting Average	.389
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.382	Slugging Percentage	.528
.265	Secondary Average	.306
.297	On Base Percentage	.476
.680	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.004
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.5
32.0	Batter Rating	44.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.147	Isolated Power	.139
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.119
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.083
8.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
81.0	MLB Rating	97.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0