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August 23, 2026 · AL East

San Francisco Giants vs Boston Red Sox

August 23, 2026Fenway ParkOvercast 70°F · 1 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
San Francisco Giants
52-78
4
vs
HOME
Boston Red Sox
71-59
5

Game Highlights

Published August 23, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Bryce Eldridge Bryce Eldridge singles on a line drive to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. Rafael Devers scores. Willy Adames to 2nd. SF 1, BOS 0
T1 Victor Bericoto Victor Bericoto singles on a ground ball to left fielder Eli White. Willy Adames scores. Bryce Eldridge to 2nd. SF 2, BOS 0
T2 Jonah Cox Jonah Cox homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. SF 3, BOS 0
B2 Nick Sogard Nick Sogard homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. SF 3, BOS 1
B3 Ceddanne Rafaela Ceddanne Rafaela singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jonah Cox. Jahmai Jones scores. SF 3, BOS 2
B4 Connor Wong Red Sox challenged (catch or drop), call on the field was overturned: Connor Wong doubles (11) on a fly ball to left fielder Victor Bericoto. Nick Sogard scores. SF 3, BOS 3
B4 Mickey Gasper Mickey Gasper doubles (7) on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Jung Hoo Lee. Connor Wong scores. SF 3, BOS 4
B4 Ceddanne Rafaela Ceddanne Rafaela singles on a line drive to center fielder Jonah Cox. Mickey Gasper scores. SF 3, BOS 5
T7 Christian Koss Christian Koss singles on a ground ball to shortstop Andruw Monasterio. Christian Koss scores. Throwing error by shortstop Andruw Monasterio. Throwing error by right fielder Wilyer Abreu. SF 4, BOS 5

Box score

  123456789 R
SF 210000100 4
BOS 011300000 5

Pitching & bullpen

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

Giants AWAY 4

Matt Wilkinson started for Giants, leaving trailing 3–5. Out of the bullpen, JT Brubaker took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Matt Wilkinson Starter 3.2 66 4 2 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Matt Wilkinson threw
    CSW 21% 1st-pitch strike 78% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 39 59% 3 6 12 8 10
    Changeup 17 26% 1 1 3 8 4
    Slider 8 12% 1 1 2 3 1
    Cutter 2 3% 1 0 0 0 1
  • JT Brubaker Middle 1.2 33 1 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Sam Hentges Setup 1.2 23 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Trent Harris Middle 1.0 16 0 1
Red Sox HOME 5

Jake Bennett started for Red Sox, leaving with a 5–4 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jake Bennett Starter 7.0 84 4 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jake Bennett threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 79% 2.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 26 31% 0 9 8 5 4
    Changeup 23 27% 4 2 4 8 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 20 24% 1 4 4 3 8
    Sweeper 11 13% 5 0 1 2 3
    Cutter 4 5% 0 1 0 1 2
  • Tyron Guerrero Setup 1.0 11 0 0 HLD
  • Aroldis Chapman Closer 1.0 15 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 4th · off Brubaker
  • Gasper 2B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · SF
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Osleivis Basabe 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224 .250 .368 .618
Rafael Devers DH 3 1 0 0 1 2 .241 .319 .468 .787
Buddy Kennedy 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 .135 .256 .162 .418
Bryce Eldridge 1B 4 0 2 1 0 1 .252 .346 .435 .781
Drew Gilbert LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .319 .370 .689
Jung Hoo Lee RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .324 .425 .749
Andrew Knizner C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .294 .400 .694
Jonah Cox CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 .255 .255 .489 .744 HR (2)
Christian Koss SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 .200 .238 .250 .488
Willy Adames SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 .230 .289 .424 .713
Victor Bericoto LF 2 0 1 1 0 0 .244 .253 .419 .672
HOME · BOS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Mickey Gasper DH 2 1 1 1 0 0 .258 .331 .403 .734 2B
Ceddanne Rafaela CF 4 0 3 2 0 0 .289 .328 .464 .792 SB
Wilyer Abreu RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 .335 .465 .800
Willson Contreras 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .282 .392 .533 .925
Caleb Durbin 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255 .325 .399 .724
Nick Sogard 2B 3 2 2 1 1 0 .287 .401 .426 .827 HR (2), 2B
Andruw Monasterio SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 .313 .414 .727 2B
Jarren Duran LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .207 .265 .362 .627
Adley Rutschman C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .325 .413 .738
Jahmai Jones DH 2 1 2 0 0 0 .217 .299 .383 .682 3B
Eli White LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .284 .382 .666
Connor Wong C 3 1 2 1 0 0 .257 .337 .392 .729 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · SF
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Matt Wilkinson 3.2 7 4 4 0 2 1 66 6.35 L
JT Brubaker 1.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 33 3.58
Sam Hentges 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 3.38
Trent Harris 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 6.43
HOME · BOS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jake Bennett 7.0 7 4 3 1 6 1 84 3.49 W
Tyron Guerrero 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.86 HLD
Aroldis Chapman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 1.85 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · SF
Tony Vitello
Tony Vitello
Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 4.0 R IBBs 3.6 R
HOME · BOS
Chad Tracy
Chad Tracy
Lineup 2.7 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 1.5 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · SF
3-7 L3 -11 run diff
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HOME · BOS
4-6 L2 -4 run diff
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Season series: 0-2 with SF listed first across 2 prior meetings.

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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.

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