Sonny Gray silences Milwaukee 5-0 as the Red Sox roll to their first back-to-back wins

by | Apr 8, 2026 | Sports

BOSTON — Sonny Gray pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings, and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of three walks and two infield hits to score three times in the third inning on Wednesday and beat Milwaukee 5-0 for their first back-to-back wins of the season.Gray (2-0) allowed three hits and two walks, striking out two. Shane Drohan took the loss in his major league debut, giving up three runs on three hits and four walks — most of it in the third, when he walked both Andruw Monasterio and Caleb Durbin, two of the players he was traded for in February.Ceddanne Rafaela led off the third inning with a single and took second when Isiah Kiner-Falefa beat the throw on a bunt. Monasterio drew a one-out walk to load the bases, then Drohan walked Willson Contreras to force home the first run.Wilyer Abreu’s hard chopper bounced off the second baseman to shortstop Joey Ortiz, whose throw to first was late, scoring another run. Trevor Story’s sacrifice fly made it 3-0.Drohan was pulled after walking Durb …

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