Red Sox, Sonny Gray shut down Mets after late arrival following plane issues
Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor looks on after he flied out to end the third inning against the Boston Red Sox at Citi Field on Friday. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Sonny Gray shook off travel woes that led to the Red Sox making a late arrival to Citi Field, pitching six strong innings as Boston beat the Mets 6-2 on Friday night.
Brett Baty had three hits and scored on Juan Soto’s third-inning sacrifice fly. Baty is batting .342 (13 of 38) during a 10-game hitting streak — the longest of his career and the longest by a Mets player since Francisco Lindor’s 12-game run last August.
Nolan McLean (6-6) surrendered two runs and struck out seven in six innings.
Gray (11-1) allowed one run and struck out five as the Red Sox extended their season-best winning streak to seven games.
The veteran righthander is unbeaten in his last 13 starts and has a 2.03 ERA in that span.
Tayron Guerrero worked the seventh and Garrett Whitlock wriggled out of a two-on, none-out jam in the eighth before Greg Weissert gave up a homer to Baty in the ninth.
Anthony Seigler and Wilyer Abreu each hit two-run homers while Masataka Yoshida doubled twice and drove in two runs for the Red Sox.
Boston is 12-2 since June 25, when the Red Sox arrived home from Denver at near-dawn due to a mechanical malfunction on their plane.
