Red Sox edge Giants for 5‑4 win
BOSTON (Interstat) — Ceddanne Rafaela drove in two runs and Nick Sogard homered as the Boston Red Sox defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park.
Boston trailed 3-1 before scoring two runs in the fourth. Connor Wong doubled home Sogard, and Mickey Gasper doubled to score Wong. Rafaela followed with an RBI single to put Boston ahead 4-3. Rafaela added another run-scoring single in the fourth? Wait no, he had 2 RBI: one in third scored Jahmai Jones, one in fourth scored Gasper. Let’s ensure accuracy.
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San Francisco jumped ahead 2-0 in the first on RBI singles from Bryce Eldridge and Victor Bericoto. Jonah Cox homered in the second for a 3-0 lead. Sogard homered in the bottom half. Rafaela singled in Jones in the third to make it 3-2. In the fourth, Wong doubled in Sogard, Gasper doubled in Wong, and Rafaela singled in Gasper to make it 5-3. Christian Koss scored on an error in the seventh to cut it to 5-4.
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BOSTON (Interstat) — Ceddanne Rafaela drove in two runs and Nick Sogard homered as the Boston Red Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Sunday at Fenway Park.
San Francisco took a 3-0 lead on RBI singles by Bryce Eldridge and Victor Bericoto in the first inning and a solo homer by Jonah Cox in the second. Sogard homered in the bottom half, and Rafaela singled in Jahmai Jones in the third to make it 3-2.
Boston moved ahead in the fourth. Connor Wong doubled in Sogard, Mickey Gasper doubled in Wong, and Rafaela singled in Gasper to make it 5-3. Christian Koss scored on a throwing error in the seventh for the Giants.
Jake Bennett (8-6) pitched seven innings, allowing three earned runs and seven hits, for the win. Aroldis Chapman earned his 29th save. Matt Wilkinson (0-1) took the loss.
Boston had 11 hits; San Francisco had eight. The Red Sox improved to 71-59. The Giants fell to 52-78. Attendance was 36,278. The game lasted 2:35.