Alex Bregman legged out an hard chopper down the third-base line for an infield single with two outs in the eighth inning to drive in the go-ahead run, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-7 for their third straight victory.
Jarren Duran and Trevor Story followed with RBI doubles off Cade Smith (6-6) for Boston’s second four-run inning of the game. Justin Slaten (2-4) earned the win with a perfect eighth inning.
Ceddanne Rafaela had two hits, including a two-run homer to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth after Cleveland scored six in the top half to take a 7-5 lead. Masataka Yoshida had three hits, including a pair of doubles, to help the Red Sox to their 10th win in 13 games.
Jhonkensy Noel had three hits for Cleveland, including a homer.
Boston scored four in the second and took a 5-1 lead into sixth before Cleveland tagged Red Sox starter Garrett Crochet for six runs. Austin Hedges led off with a homer, David Fry added a two-run shot, and Brayan Rocchio hit a three-run homer to make it 7-5.
The Red Sox tied it in the bottom half on Rafaela’s two-run home run that cleared the seats above the Green Monster and landed on Lansdowne Street.
