{"id":1659,"date":"2026-05-31T21:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:03:46","slug":"seventh-inning-surge-gives-red-sox-game-and-series-win-over-guardians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1659","title":{"rendered":"Seventh-inning surge gives Red Sox game and series win over Guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CLEVELAND \u2014 With two outs and two strikes in a game-swinging seventh inning Sunday afternoon, Guardians reliever Tim Herrin did exactly what he wanted to do against the Red Sox\u2019 Wilyer Abreu: fastball, outside edge of the plate, just nipping the strike zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

It could have been \u2014 should have been \u2014 an inning-ending strikeout, maintaining a narrow Cleveland lead. But plate umpire Austin Jones deemed it a ball. The Guardians already had used all of their ball-strike challenges, so they had to stand there and take it. Abreu jogged to first base with a bases-loaded walk to force in the tying run.<\/span><\/p>\n

Granted new life in the inning and game, the Red Sox took full advantage, turning it into a six-run rally on the way to a 9-4 win.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Masataka Yoshida had the go-ahead hit, a two-run single to center. Isiah Kiner-Falefa added an RBI single, stretching his hit streak to seven. And Caleb Durbin brought in two more with the first triple of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n

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