Sonny Gray tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings and Trevor Story drove in two runs to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 on Wednesday.
Gray (2-0) limited Milwaukee to three hits, walked two and struck out two. Ten of the 19 outs he recorded came on ground balls.
The victory gave Boston back-to-back victories for the first time this season. The Red Sox beat the Brewers 3-2 in the second game of the series Tuesday. The victory also handed Boston its first series win of the season.
Milwaukee starting pitcher Shane Drohan (0-1) made his MLB debut, but was pulled with two outs in the third. He gave up three runs on three hits, walked four and struck out two. Three of the four walks he issued came in Boston’s three-run third inning.
Boston’s Tyler Samaniego, a left-handed reliever, also made his MLB debut and struck out the side in the eighth inning.
Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela each collected two of Boston’s seven hits. The Red Sox walked eight times in the win.
Sal Frelick had Milwaukee’s only extra-base hit, a double in the first inning.
Milwaukee second baseman Brice Turang missed his second straight game with left ankle tendinitis, but said before the game that he expects to be in the lineup Friday when the Brewers begin a home series against the Nationals.
The Red Sox took a 3-0 lead in the third. Rafaela scored when Willson Contreras drew a bases-loaded walk, Isiah Kiner-Falefa made it 2-0 by scoring on Abreu’s infield single and it was 3-0 after Andruw Monastario scored on Story’s sacrifice fly.
Boston added to its lead by scoring twice in the seventh. Contreras singled, moved to second on an Abreu single and scored on Story’s single. Abreu increased the lead to 5-0 by scoring on a fielder’s choice.
