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Boston Red Sox @ Atlanta Braves

2026-05-16 · Night game · Suntrust Park · Att: 39336 · 82°F, Cloudy · Wind 3 mph, Calm · 2:06

Boston Red Sox defeated Atlanta Braves 3–2. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 1st — Drake Baldwin homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 8th — Willson Contreras homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field. Wilyer Abreu scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Willson Contreras homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field. Wilyer Abreu scores — worth 49% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	1
ATL	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jarren Duran LF	4	0	1	0	1
Mickey Gasper C	4	1	1	0	0
Carlos Narvaez C	0	0	0	0	0
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	1	2	0	1
Willson Contreras 1B	4	1	2	2	1
Masataka Yoshida DH	3	0	0	1	0
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	4	0	1	0	1
Marcelo Mayer 2B	4	0	0	0	1
Andruw Monasterio SS	4	0	0	0	0
Caleb Durbin 3B	3	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Drake Baldwin DH	3	1	2	2	1	0
Ozzie Albies 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Olson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Mateo PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Riley 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mauricio Dubon LF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Harris CF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ha-Seong Kim SS	4	0	0	0	0	2
Sandy Leon C	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Azocar RF	3	1	2	0	0	0