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07/10 23:09 CDT Sonny Gray gives Red Sox solid start after travel woes and
Boston beats the Mets 6-2
Sonny Gray gives Red Sox solid start after travel woes and Boston beats the
Mets 6-2
By JERRY BEACH
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Sonny Gray shook off travel woes that led to the Red Sox
making a late arrival to New York, pitching six strong innings as Boston beat
the Mets 6-2 on Friday night.
The game started at 7:51 p.m. EDT, 36 minutes later than scheduled, after Gray
and the Red Sox --- who were grounded in Chicago for nearly 24 hours due to a
pair of mechanical issues on their plane --- didn't walk into the visitor's
clubhouse at Citi Field until 5:05 p.m.
Gray (11-1) allowed one run and struck out five as the Red Sox extended their
season-best winning streak to seven games. The veteran right-hander is unbeaten
in his last 13 starts and has a 2.03 ERA in that span.
Tayron Guerrero worked the seventh and Garrett Whitlock wriggled out of a
two-on, none-out jam in the eighth before Greg Weissert gave up a homer to
Brett Baty in the ninth.
Anthony Seigler and Wilyer Abreu each hit two-run homers while Masataka Yoshida
doubled twice and drove in two runs for the Red Sox.
Boston is 12-2 since June 25, when the Red Sox arrived home from Denver at
near-dawn due to a mechanical malfunction on their plane.
Baty had three hits and scored on Juan Soto's third-inning sacrifice fly. Baty
is batting .342 (13 of 38) during a 10-game hitting streak --- the longest of
his career and the longest by a Mets player since Francisco Lindor's 12-game
run last August.
Nolan McLean (6-6) surrendered two unearned runs and struck out seven in six
innings.
Up next
The Red Sox have yet to announce their starter for Saturday, when RHP Freddy
Peralta (5-7, 4.68 ERA) starts for the Mets.
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