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04/08 15:23 CDT Sonny Gray silences Milwaukee 5-0 as the Red Sox roll to their
first back-to-back wins
Sonny Gray silences Milwaukee 5-0 as the Red Sox roll to their first
back-to-back wins
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) --- Sonny Gray pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings, and the Boston Red
Sox took advantage of three walks and two infield hits to score three times in
the third inning on Wednesday and beat Milwaukee 5-0 for their first
back-to-back wins of the season.
Gray (2-0) allowed three hits and two walks, striking out two. Shane Drohan
took the loss in his major league debut, giving up three runs on three hits and
four walks --- most of it in the third, when he walked both Andruw Monasterio
and Caleb Durbin, two of the players he was traded for in February.
Ceddanne Rafaela led off the third inning with a single and took second when
Isiah Kiner-Falefa beat the throw on a bunt. Monasterio drew a one-out walk to
load the bases, then Drohan walked Willson Contreras to force home the first
run.
Wilyer Abreu's hard chopper bounced off the second baseman to shortstop Joey
Ortiz, whose throw to first was late, scoring another run. Trevor Story's
sacrifice fly made it 3-0.
Drohan was pulled after walking Durbin to reload the bases before Grant
Anderson retired Carlos Narvez on a groundout to end the inning.
The Brewers threatened in the seventh, when Joey Ortiz took a 3-2 pitch that
was called a walk to load the bases. The Red Sox challenged the pitch; the ABS
system overturned the call for an inning-ending strikeout.
Boston added two runs in the bottom half with three straight singles, followed
by a replay challenge that showed Durbin beat the relay to first on what had
been called an inning-ending double play.
Up next
Milwaukee: Off Thursday before opening a three-game series in Washington. RHP
Chad Patrick (1-0) will face righty Jake Irvin (1-1).
Boston: After a day off, the Red Sox open a three-game series in St. Louis,
with LHP Connelly Early (0-0) facing righty Dustin May (0-2).
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