Gray wins 18th as Red Sox edge Guardians 1‑0

BOSTON (Interstat) — Sonny Gray (18-5) pitched six innings to tie Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez for the major league lead with his 18th victory, Andruw Monasterio drove in the only run with a sixth-inning single, and the Boston Red Sox edged the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Fenway Park. Gray allowed four hits, no earned runs, one walk and struck out three. Foster Griffin (15-6) took the loss after yielding one earned run on 10 hits with seven strikeouts over six innings. Aroldis Chapman recorded his 35th save with a perfect inning and three strikeouts. Boston had 12 hits; Cleveland had five and grounded into two double plays. Boston scored its run in the sixth. The Red Sox improved to 85-73 and Cleveland fell to 82-76. Cleveland pitchers combined for 13 strikes, 32 balls and 13 balls in play; Boston pitchers had 16 strikes, 27 balls and 16 balls in play. Attendance was 36,360, and the game took 2 hours, 35 minutes.