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March 28, 2026 · NL Cent

Boston Red Sox vs Cincinnati Reds

March 28, 2026Great American Ball ParkSunny 49°F · 2 mph, L To R
AWAY
Boston Red Sox
1-1
5
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
1-1
6

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Sal Stewart Sal Stewart singles on a ground ball to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. TJ Friedl scores. Matt McLain to 3rd. BOS 0, CIN 1
B1 Eugenio Suárez Eugenio Suárez reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by pitcher Sonny Gray. Matt McLain scores. Sal Stewart to 2nd. BOS 0, CIN 2
B2 Matt McLain Matt McLain doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Ke'Bryan Hayes scores. BOS 0, CIN 3
T3 Trevor Story Trevor Story homers (1) on a line drive to left center field. BOS 1, CIN 3
B3 Sal Stewart Sal Stewart homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. BOS 1, CIN 4
T4 Roman Anthony Roman Anthony singles on a ground ball to right fielder Will Benson. Carlos Narváez scores. Ceddanne Rafaela to 3rd. BOS 2, CIN 4
T4 Trevor Story Trevor Story called out on strikes. BOS 3, CIN 4
B5 Elly De La Cruz Elly De La Cruz homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. BOS 3, CIN 5
T7 Wilyer Abreu Wilyer Abreu doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Will Benson. Jarren Duran scores. BOS 4, CIN 5
T9 Wilyer Abreu Wilyer Abreu homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. BOS 5, CIN 5
B11 Dane Myers Dane Myers singles on a line drive to left fielder Roman Anthony. TJ Friedl scores. Matt McLain to 2nd. BOS 5, CIN 6

Box score

  1234567891011 R
BOS 00120010100 5
CIN 21101000001 6

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Red Sox AWAY 5

Sonny Gray started for Red Sox, leaving trailing 3–4. Out of the bullpen, Greg Weissert took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Sonny Gray Starter 4.0 80 4 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Sonny Gray threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 76% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 24 30% 1 5 6 9 3
    Curveball 15 19% 2 4 2 5 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 12 15% 1 1 3 5 2
    Sweeper 12 15% 1 0 0 7 4
    Cutter 11 14% 0 3 3 2 3
    Changeup 5 6% 0 3 1 1 0
    Slider 1 1% 0 0 1 0 0
  • Greg Weissert Middle 1.0 27 1 2
  • Danny Coulombe Setup 0.2 14 0 1
  • Ryan Watson Long 2.1 51 0 1 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Aroldis Chapman Closer 1.0 9 0 1
  • Garrett Whitlock Setup 1.0 6 0 1
  • Justin Slaten Setup 0.1 11 1 1 L
Reds HOME 6

Brady Singer started for Reds, leaving with a 4–3 lead. Out of the bullpen, Graham Ashcraft took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Brady Singer Starter 4.0 74 3 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Brady Singer threw
    CSW 34% 1st-pitch strike 50% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 43 58% 4 13 1 13 12
    Slider 12 16% 3 1 0 8 0
    Cutter 9 12% 1 0 2 6 0
    Sweeper 9 12% 2 1 0 6 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Sam Moll Middle 1.0 15 0 0
  • Pierce Johnson Reliever 0.2 7 0 0 HLD
  • Graham Ashcraft Reliever 1.0 19 1 2 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Tony Santillan Setup 1.0 25 0 3 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Emilio Pagán Reliever 1.1 22 1 2 BS inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Connor Phillips Reliever 2.0 23 0 3 W

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 11th · off Slaten
  • Myers 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · BOS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Roman Anthony LF 5 0 1 1 1 2 .444 .545 .444 .989
Trevor Story SS 6 1 1 1 0 4 .182 .182 .455 .637 HR (1)
Jarren Duran DH 3 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 SB
Willson Contreras 1B 2 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .400 .000 .400
Wilyer Abreu RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 .333 .333 .778 1.111 HR (1), 2B
Caleb Durbin 3B 5 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .111 .000 .111
Marcelo Mayer 2B 5 0 1 0 0 3 .429 .429 .714 1.143 2B
Connor Wong C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ceddanne Rafaela CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .666
Carlos Narváez C 3 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Masataka Yoshida PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
TJ Friedl LF 6 2 1 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 SB
Matt McLain 2B 4 1 3 1 2 0 .429 .600 .571 1.171 2B
Elly De La Cruz SS 4 1 1 1 2 2 .250 .400 .625 1.025 HR (1)
Dane Myers CF 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Eugenio Suárez DH 5 0 1 1 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222
Spencer Steer 3B 4 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .222 .000 .222
Noelvi Marte RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jose Trevino C 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Sal Stewart 1B 4 1 2 2 1 0 .625 .667 1.250 1.917 HR (1)
Will Benson RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

Pitching lines

AWAY · BOS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Sonny Gray 4.0 6 4 3 1 5 1 80 6.75
Greg Weissert 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 1 27 9.00
Danny Coulombe 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 0.00
Ryan Watson 2.1 0 0 0 3 1 0 51 0.00
Aroldis Chapman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00
Garrett Whitlock 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00
Justin Slaten 0.1 1 1 0 1 1 0 11 0.00 L
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Brady Singer 4.0 5 3 3 2 5 1 74 6.75
Sam Moll 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00
Pierce Johnson 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 9.00 HLD
Graham Ashcraft 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 19 5.40 HLD
Tony Santillan 1.0 0 0 0 2 3 0 25 0.00 HLD
Emilio Pagán 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 1 22 6.75 BS
Connor Phillips 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 6.75 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · BOS
Alex Cora
Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 2.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · BOS
4-6 L2 +6 run diff
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HOME · CIN
5-5 L1 +7 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.