Fitts got the ball in the top of the first inning and TJ Friedl walked to start. Matt McLain grounded out to third to move Friedl to second and TJ moved to third on the grounder to first by Elly De La Cruz. Austin Hays struck out swinging to end the inning. The Sox wasted no time getting to Singer in the bottom of the first as Jarren Duran doubled to left to start. Roman Anthony doubled to left to score Duran and Abraham "El" Toro flied out to right to move Roman to third. Carlos Narvaez singled to right to score Anthony and Wilyer Abreu walked. Trevor Story struck out swinging and Marcelo Mayer took strike three to end the inning with the Sox ahead 2-0.
Gavin Lux lined out to left to start the top of the second and Spencer Steer flied out to right. Jose Trevino lined out to center to end the inning. David Hamilton grounded out to second to begin the bottom of the second and Ceddanne Rafaela flied out to center. Duran watched strike three go by to end the inning.
Will Benson singled to right to start the top of the third and Christian Encarnacion-Strand got a base hit in the hole at short. Friedl dropped down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners over and McLain grounded out to third to score Benson. De La Cruz flied out to left to end the inning with the Reds down 2-1. Due to the game being postponed due to rain, that was it for Fitts who allowed a run in 3 innings of work.
Anthony grounded out to first to start the bottom of the third and Toro flied out to right. Narvaez walked and Abreu struck out swinging to end the inning.
Rain then postponed the game to the following day and when action resumed, Brayan Bello took the mound to start the top of the fourth. Hays grounded out to third but Lux walked. Steer then hit a home run all the way to Franklin Park Zoo to put the Reds on top. Trevino struck out swinging and Benson grounded out to second to end the inning but the Reds were up 3-2.
Sam Moll came in to pitch the bottom of the fourth and Story grounded out to short to start. Mayer struck out swinging and Hamilton popped up to third to end the inning.
Strand grounded out to third to open the top of the fifth and Friedl flied out to left. McLain grounded back to the mound to end the inning. Rafaela struck out swinging to start the bottom of the fifth and Duran whiffed as well. Anthony swung at air to end the inning.
De La Cruz grounded out to first to start the top of the sixth and Hays grounded out to short. Lux took strike three to end the inning. Scott Barlow came in to pitch the bottom of the sixth and Toro doubled off the glove of De La Cruz to start. A wild pitch moved Toro to third and he scored on the sac fly by Narvaez to tie the game. Abreu got a base hit to right but Story lined out to third. Abreu stole second but Mayer lined out to third to end the inning with the game tied 3-3.
Tie game
Steer was hit with a pitch to start the top of the seventh but Trevino struck out swinging. Benson grounded into a double play to end the inning. Lyon Richardson came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Hamilton lined out to short to start. Rafaela grounded out to short and Duran took strike three to end the inning.
Strand popped up to second to begin the top of the eighth but Friedl was hit with a pitch. McLain grounded into a double play to end the inning. Santiago Espinal came in to play third in the bottom of the eighth and Anthony took strike three to start. Toro got a base hit to left and Nate Eaton ran for him. Eaton stole second and moved to third on the Narvaez grounder to second. Abreu got a base hit to right to score Eaton and Story doubled to left to score Abreu just like that. Story was thrown out at third to end the inning with the Sox ahead 5-3.
Romy Gonzalez came in for Eaton with Aroldis Chapman now on the mound to start the top of the ninth. De La Cruz struck out swinging and Hays grounded out to short. Lux grounded out to short to end the game. The Sox had won it 5-3.
Hero of The Night is Aroldis Chapman for earning his 350th career save.
The Good:
Abraham Toro was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
Nate Eaton stole a base and scored a run.
Carlos Narvaez was 1 for 2 with a walk and 2 rbis.
Wilyer Abreu was 2 for 3 with a walk, stolen base and an rbi.
Brayan Bello tossed 5 innings of 2 run ball to earn the win.
The Bad:
Marcelo Mayer was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts.
David Hamilton was 0 for 3.
Ceddanne Rafaela was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
The Ugly:
Jarren Duran was just 1 for 4 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts but scored a run.
Roman Anthony was just 1 for 4 with 2 strikeouts but drove in a run and scored a run.
Trevor Story was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but drove in a run.
Richard Fitts allowed a run in 3 innings of work.
Honorable Mention:
Romy Gonzalez played first in the top of the ninth.
Final Thoughts:
Good win by the Sox to rally at the end after getting nothing done up to that point. The only problem is there's another game to play today and they already used Chapman. Bello had a yeoman's effort to win this one and hopefully the Sox can ride this momentum into "game 2" later. Apart from the bottom of the order being completely useless, this was a good win to scratch out runs the way they did. Obviously the Rafael Devers trade is going to affect them offensively but being able to scratch and claw will be a necessity at this point. Still, at least they won a game for once. The win improved the Sox to 43-44. Technically since this game concluded on Wednesday, there's no point in posting the standings. The Sox are going to go with a bullpen game against Nick Martinez of Cincinnati. The game begins at 7:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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