San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox

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San Francisco Giants

14-17, 5-10 Away

Final
2 - 6

Boston Red Sox

18-13, 7-8 Home

Crawford goes 7 innings, Wong has 3 hits and Red Sox beat Giants 6-2

Crawford (2-1) allowed two runs on four hits — including a home run — and two walks with six strikeouts as the Red Sox won their fourth straight.

“That was good,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of Crawford’s outing. “He worked hard in the offseason to get to this point. Big strikeout to end the sixth. Good stuff, good fastball. He earned the right to go out there and try to get three outs.

“Very proud of him. He’s been awesome, absolutely great. He got hit hard in the middle of the game, but that’s part of it, right? He threw a lot of strikes with good stuff and he maintained his stuff throughout the outing.”

The right-hander’s previous career high was 6 1/3 innings on April 17, 2023, against the Los Angeles Angels.

“Really satisfying,” Crawford said. “I can’t think of a better feeling than to get through seven, give your team the best chance to win and help the bullpen out while you’re at it.”

Chris Martin and Greg Weissert each pitched a scoreless inning in relief for Boston.

Wong was 3 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI.

Jarren Duran also reached base three times for Boston, with two walks and his fourth triple of the season.

Daulton Jefferies (0-2) pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief, giving up four runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts for San Francisco. He lowered his ERA from 22.50 to 17.36.

“He’s getting behind some guys,” said Giants manager Bob Melvin. “He’s normally a strike thrower. He walked a couple and gave up some hits, but got behind in some counts. And, as you saw, he was missing low with quite a few pitches and took a little while to find the strike zone and when he did, he was behind and they got some good swings off him.”

The Red Sox scored two runs in the third when Ceddanne Rafaela singled, Duran walked and Rafael Devers hit an RBI double. Rob Refsnyder then grounded out, scoring Duran.

Boston added two runs in the fourth when Wong led off with a double and scored on Enmanuel Valdez’s double. Duran’s stand-up triple scored Valdez.

Dom Smith, whom the Red Sox signed just before the game after he was released by Tampa Bay on Tuesday, had an RBI single in the fifth.

Tom Murphy led off the third with his first home run of the season, giving the Giants a 1-0 lead.

Erik Miller, taking the rotation spot of left-hander Blake Snell, on the injured list with a left adductor strain, went one scoreless inning with two walks and a strikeout.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: LHP Blake Snell, out since April 23 with a left adductor strain, threw a bullpen session on Wednesday.

Red Sox: RHP Nick Pivetta, out since April 6 with a right elbow flexor strain, is expected to start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Thursday. … 2B Vaughn Grissom, out all season with a left hamstring strain, could rejoin the team on Friday, manager Alex Cora said. … INF Romy Gonzalez, out since April 11 with a left wrist sprain, could begin a rehab assignment Thursday or Friday.

LHP Kyle Harrison (2-1, 4.09 ERA) is scheduled to start for San Francisco, his first career appearance against Boston. RHP Josh Winckowski (1-1, 3.50) will start for Boston. He has two career appearances against the Giants, spanning 2 2/3 innings, with no decisions and a 3.38 ERA.

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Matchup Prediction

Red Sox: 63.9%

Giants: 36.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Estrada grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Chapman out at second.
	9th Inning	Conforto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Chapman singled to center.
	9th Inning	Weissert relieved Martin
	8th Inning	Duran lined out to center.
	8th Inning	Rafaela grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

SF		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	13
8	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
14	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
115	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	16
33	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
1.4	Runs Created	6.0
.161	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.290	Slugging Percentage	.485
.194	Secondary Average	.333
.212	On Base Percentage	.378
.502	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.863
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.7
18.0	Batter Rating	45.5
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.54
.129	Isolated Power	.182
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
69.0	MLB Rating	90.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0