NEW YORK (Interstat) — Sonny Gray allowed one earned run over six innings and the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Mets 6-2 on Friday, July 10, at Citi Field. Gray (11-1) struck out three while scattering five hits and improved his season record. Nolan McLean (6-6) took the loss for the Mets despite striking out seven and giving up five hits in six scoreless innings.

Boston scored two runs in the first inning when Masataka Yoshida doubled, driving in Anthony Seigler and Wilyer Abreu. The Mets answered in the third on a sacrifice fly by Juan Soto, but the Red Sox extended the lead in the seventh on Seigler’s two-run homer. Abreu added a two-run homer in the ninth. Brett Baty homered for the Mets in the ninth.

The Red Sox improved to 44-48; the Mets fell to 40-55. Attendance was 38,090, and the game lasted 3:07. The teams meet again Saturday.