​NEW YORK (AP) — Sonny Gray shrugged off travel chaos that caused Boston to arrive late in New York, delivering six solid innings as the Red Sox defeated the Mets 6-2 on Friday night. The game began at 7:51 p.m. EDT, about 36 minutes past the scheduled start, after Gray and the Red Sox, who had been stranded in Chicago for nearly a day due to two mechanical issues with their plane, finally stepped into the visitor’s clubhouse at Citi Field at 5:05 p.m.
Gray (11-1) allowed one run and struck out five, helping Boston stretch its best-ever winning streak to seven games. The veteran right-hander has not lost in his last 13 starts and owns a 2.03 ERA over that stretch. Tayron Guerrero worked the seventh inning, and Garrett Whitlock escaped a two-on, none-out jam in the eighth before Greg Weissert surrendered a home run to Brett Baty in the ninth. Anthony Seigler and Wilyer Abreu connected for two-run homers, while Masataka Yoshida added two doubles and drove in two runs for the Red Sox.
Boston has gone 12-2 since June 25, the date the Red Sox returned from Denver near dawn after the plane’s malfunction delayed their arrival. Baty produced three hits and scored on Juan Soto’s sacrifice fly in the third inning. He is hitting .342 (13 of 38) over a 10-game hitting streak—the longest by a Mets player since Francisco Lindor’s 12-game run last August. Nolan McLean (6-6) took the loss, allowing two runs while fanning seven across six innings.
The Red Sox have yet to announce their opening pitcher for Saturday, with Freddy Peralta (5-7, 4.68 ERA) slated to start for the Mets.