Cleveland Guardians at Boston Red Sox

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Cleveland Guardians

82-76, 41-36 Away

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Boston Red Sox

85-73, 39-38 Home

Gray earns 18th victory, Monasterio drives in run, and Red Sox edge Guardians 1-0

Cleveland Guardians vs. Boston Red Sox: Game Highlights

It was just the fifth win in 13 games for the Red Sox, who clinched a playoff spot on Sunday.

The 36-year-old Gray (18-5) is in line to become the fourth Red Sox pitcher since 2000 to lead the AL in victories, joining Rick Porcello (2016), Josh Beckett (’07) and Curt Schilling (’04).

Gray allowed four singles, struck out three, walked one and lowered his ERA to 2.72.

Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the ninth for his 35th save of the season.

Cleveland starter Foster Griffin (15-6) gave up a run on 10 hits with seven strikeouts.

The Guardians remained one game ahead of the Chicago White Sox atop the AL Central, after Chicago lost 5-4 to Kansas City on Wednesday night. The Guardians needed a win Wednesday combined with a loss by either Texas or Houston to clinch a postseason berth.

The victory came with a price for the Red Sox when center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela left with right hamstring tightness after running out a single the same day he was activated from the injured list. He had been sidelined with a right a quad strain since Sept. 3 and made a diving headlong grab on Steven Kwan, the game’s first batter.

Jarren Duran singled leading off the sixth, advanced on a groundout and barely beat left fielder Kwan’s throw with a headfirst slide on Monasterio’s hit.

Up next Red Sox LHP Ranger Suarez (8-4, 3.27 ERA) is slated to start the series finale Thursday. The Guardians had not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Genao struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Genao hit for Lowe
	9th Inning	Martínez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Martínez hit for Bazzana
	9th Inning	Adell struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Whitlock

Statistics

CLE		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	11
9	Strikeouts	10
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	25
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	12
33	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	0
0.5	Runs Created	3.8
.167	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.167	Slugging Percentage	.333
.133	Secondary Average	.028
.242	On Base Percentage	.333
.409	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.667
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
6.0	Batter Rating	17.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.97	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.31
.000	Isolated Power	.000
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.306
0.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.5
61.5	MLB Rating	76.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0