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San Francisco Giants @ Boston Red Sox

2026-08-21 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 37007 · 69°F, Overcast · Wind 5 mph, In From CF · 2:46

Boston Red Sox defeated San Francisco Giants 6–4. San Francisco Giants opened the scoring in the 3rd — Bryce Eldridge singles on a ground ball to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. Christian Koss scores. Rafael Devers to 2nd. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 3rd — Willson Contreras homers (26) on a fly ball to left field. Nick Sogard scores. Wilyer Abreu scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Willson Contreras homers (26) on a fly ball to left field. Nick Sogard scores. Wilyer Abreu scores — worth 30% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
BOS	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	11

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jonah Cox CF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Drew Gilbert CF	3	1	2	2	0	1
Rafael Devers DH	3	1	1	1	1	1
Willy Adames SS	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bryce Eldridge 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jung Hoo Lee RF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Osleivis Basabe 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Victor Bericoto PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Turner Hill LF	3	0	1	0	0	2
Drew Cavanaugh C	3	0	0	0	0	2
Buddy Kennedy PH	0	0	0	0	1	0
Christian Koss 3B	4	2	2	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Sogard 2B	4	2	1	0	1	1
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	5	0	2	0	0	1
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	1	3	1	1	0
Willson Contreras 1B	2	1	1	3	2	0
Adley Rutschman C	4	1	1	0	0	1
Caleb Durbin 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jarren Duran LF	3	0	2	0	0	0
Andruw Monasterio SS	3	0	0	1	1	0
Mickey Gasper DH	3	0	0	1	0	0