Cleveland Guardians at Boston Red Sox

BOSTON (Interstat) — The Cleveland Guardians will continue a late-season road stretch Tuesday night, Sept. 22, 2026, against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Cleveland is the visiting team, and Boston is the home club.

Cleveland enters at 81-75. Boston enters at 84-72. The Guardians are coming off a 1-0 home win against the Athletics on Sept. 20. Gavin Williams pitched seven innings, allowed three hits and no earned runs, walked one and struck out nine. Cade Smith and Hunter Gaddis also combined for two scoreless innings of relief.

Boston most recently lost 5-1 at Tampa Bay on Sept. 20. Patrick Sandoval worked seven innings, yielding four hits and five earned runs with two walks and five strikeouts.

Parker Messick is the probable pitcher for Cleveland and carries a 12-9 record. Payton Tolle is the probable pitcher for Boston and has a 9-6 record. The teams met earlier this season at Cleveland, with Boston winning 9-4 on May 31 and 9-1 on May 30. Cleveland took the opener 4-3 on May 29.

Gavin Williams is a Cleveland player to watch. In his past four appearances, he had 7 innings with three hits, no earned runs, one walk and nine strikeouts against the Athletics on Sept. 20; 5 innings with four hits, one earned run and seven strikeouts against the White Sox on Sept. 14; 6 innings with four hits, two earned runs, three walks and 11 strikeouts against the Tigers on Sept. 6; and 7 innings with two hits, no earned runs, one walk and 13 strikeouts against the Blue Jays on Sept. 1.

Patrick Sandoval is a Boston player to watch. His recent outings include seven innings with four hits, five earned runs, two walks and five strikeouts at Tampa Bay on Sept. 20; 2 2/3 innings with four hits, four earned runs, two walks and five strikeouts at Texas on Sept. 15; six innings with 10 hits, four earned runs and seven strikeouts against the Angels on Sept. 8; four innings with five hits, three earned runs and two strikeouts against Seattle on Sept. 2; and 5 1/3 innings with three hits, one earned run and seven strikeouts at the Yankees on Aug. 28.

The forecast at Fenway Park calls for a game-time temperature near 60 degrees. Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Cleveland Guardians 8, Boston Red Sox 4. Interstat’s ELO system gives Boston a 58.1 percent probability to win. Boston has been installed as the pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5, and the over/under is 6.5.

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