Red Sox rally past Guardians with six-run seventh inning

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Jovani Morán pitched 1.1 scoreless innings to earn his first win as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Guardians 9-4 on Sunday at Progressive Field. The Red Sox broke open a 4-3 game with a six-run seventh inning, keyed by Caleb Durbin’s two-run triple and Wilyer Abreu’s two RBIs. Boston collected 12 hits and scored once in the first, two in the fifth and six in the seventh. Cleveland had 11 hits, scoring two in the second and two in the fifth. Ranger Suárez struck out 10 over five innings but allowed four runs on eight hits. Colin Holderman took the loss for the Guardians. Tanner Bibee allowed three earned runs over six innings with five strikeouts. Greg Weissert, Aroldis Chapman and Tyron Guerrero each tossed scoreless relief for Boston. Jarren Duran homered. The Red Sox improved to 25-33, the Guardians to 34-27. Attendance was 28,798. Time of game was 2:51.