Bregman’s clutch hit in the 8th helps Red Sox rally past Guardians 11-7

BOSTON AP 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 - for their third straight triumph Jarren Duran and Trevor Story followed with RBI doubles off Cade Smith - for Boston s second four-run inning of the tournament Justin Slaten - earned the win with a perfect eighth inning Ceddanne Rafaela had two hits including a two-run homer to tie the challenge in the bottom of the sixth after Cleveland scored six in the top half to take a - lead Masataka Yoshida had three hits including a pair of doubles to help the Red Sox to their th win in games Jhonkensy Noel had three hits for Cleveland including a homer Boston scored four in the second and took a - 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 - 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 Key moment The Red Sox had six consecutive hits in the second inning The streak was snapped when Carlos Narvaez was picked off second and Bregman flied out to right to end the inning Key stat The attendance of snapped a streak of straight sellouts at Fenway Park Boston s longest sellout streak since Up Next The teams wrap up the three-game series on Wednesday Starting pitchers were TBD