Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

41-36, 23-16 Away

Final
4 - 3

Cincinnati Reds

36-40, 19-20 Home

Rafael Devers drives in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning as the Red Sox edge the Reds 4-3

Pinch-hitter Rob Refsnyder singled home the tying run before Duran tagged on Devers' fly ball and slid home just ahead of left fielder Stuart Fairchild's throw from foul ground.

“I decided to go home right away on the sacrifice fly," Duran said. "I was fully committed to going home.”

Kenley Jansen retired the Reds in the ninth for his 14th save in 15 chances. He got a huge assist from Duran, who leaped to get his glove above the center field fence to rob Fairchild of a tying home run.

“I thought the ball was way gone,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said.

“I just hit it to the wrong part of the field," Fairchild said. “I saw it go up, and off the bat I was pretty stoked. And obviously he made a great catch.”

Jansen's save was his 434th, and he moved ahead of Baltimore' Craig Kimbrel into sole possession of fifth on the career list.

Dominic Smith homered in the fifth inning and Connor Wong doubled home another run in the sixth as Boston overcame a rocky start by Nick Pivetta, who allowed three runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Spencer Steer hit a two-run homer and Elly De La Cruz had a solo shot for Cincinnati, which won the first game of the interleague series 5-2 on Friday night.

The Reds ran themselves out of two more runs. TJ Friedl was thrown out at the plate trying to score on grounder to third base in the fifth inning, and Jake Fraley was caught trying to come home on a dribbler fielded by Wong out in the front of the plate.

Frankie Montas had a solid outing for the Reds, allowing two runs and five hits through six innings with four strikeouts and a walk.

“He threw tons of strikes with all of his pitches,” Cincinnati manager David Bell said. "And if he continues to do that with all of his stuff, he has a lot of success ahead.

Justin Wilson (1-1) was charged with the two Boston runs in the eighth.

Zack Kelly (2-1) got the final out in the seventh inning and picked up the win.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Red Sox: OF Wilyer Abreu was back in the lineup for the first time since June 2. The 24-year-old rookie was sidelined with a right ankle sprain. He had two hits and scored on Saturday.

Reds lefty Nick Lodolo is the scheduled starter in the series finale Sunday.

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Matchup Prediction

Reds: 50.6%

Red Sox: 49.4%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	De La Cruz flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Friedl singled to left.
	9th Inning	Fairchild flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Stephenson fouled out to right.
	9th Inning	Jansen relieved Martin
	9th Inning	Stephenson hit for Maile

Statistics

BOS		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	37
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	1
129	Pitches	167
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	17
36	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
4.2	Runs Created	5.1
.265	Batting Average	.297
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.441	Slugging Percentage	.459
.235	Secondary Average	.189
.278	On Base Percentage	.316
.719	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.775
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.1
35.0	Batter Rating	30.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.58	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.39
.176	Isolated Power	.162
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.026
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.108
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
84.0	MLB Rating	84.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0