Thursday, May 28, 2026 · Fenway Park · Final

Atlanta Braves logo Atlanta Braves

64-45 · L10 6-4

10–2
Boston Red Sox logo Boston Red Sox

57-51 · L10 5-5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
ATL 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 2 10 11 0
BOS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
WP Chris Sale (12-6) LP Danny Coulombe (0-2)

Stars of the game

Chris Sale Ronald Acuña Payton Tolle

Season matchup

ATL leads 12 of 19 categories

ATL Metric BOS
Offense
4.87 6th Runs scored per game 4.20 22nd
.728 9th Team On-Base Plus Slugging .708 20th
143 4th Team Home Runs 104 28th
.248 10th Team Batting Average .244 15th
12.0 17th Total position-player WAR 12.8 14th
Pitching
3.98 6th Runs allowed per game 3.74 2nd
3.71 7th Team Earned Run Average 3.54 3rd
1.25 8th Team Walks + Hits per Inning 1.22 7th
936 12th Team Strikeouts 923 15th
7.7 18th Rotation WAR 10.9 9th
4.7 8th Bullpen WAR 4.0 11th
Roster
8.4 10th Combined WAR of the club's three best position players 8.7 8th
10.1% 8th Share of plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 16.0% 16th
70.0% 10th Share of position-player WAR from the top three 68.0% 11th
29.8 5th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 28.6 15th
Results
.587 4th Winning percentage .528 7th
97 3rd Run differential 50 6th
.591 3rd Pythagorean winning percentage .553 6th
.529 13th Winning percentage in one-run games .458 21st
.623 3rd Home winning percentage .463 24th
.554 7th Road winning percentage .593 4th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

Atlanta Braves logoAtlanta Braves

Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Ronald Acuña RF 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 .244 .781
2 Mauricio Dubón LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .704
3 Matt Olson 1B 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 .261 .858
4 Ozzie Albies 2B 5 2 3 1 2 0 1 .261 .747
5 Austin Riley 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .212 .634
6 Michael Harris CF 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 .290 .807
7 Jorge Mateo SS 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .240 .665
8 Dominic Smith DH 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .267 .714
9 Sandy León C 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .182
Eli White PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .691
Mike Yastrzemski PH 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .226 .676
Chadwick Tromp C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163 .344
Team 38 10 11 3 10 5 10 .289 .977
2B:
Olson, Albies, Mateo
HR:
Acuña, Albies, Harris
SB:
Acuña 2
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Chris Sale W 5.0 6 2 2 3 8 0 96-61 2.08 1.02
Tyler Kinley 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14-9 4.23 1.25
Reynaldo López 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19-15 3.64 1.34
Dylan Dodd 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18-12 2.20 0.83
Team 9.0 8 2 2 3 11 0 147-97 2.00 1.22

Boston Red Sox logoBoston Red Sox

Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Jarren Duran LF 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 .195 .589
2 Ceddanne Rafaela CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .282 .769
3 Wilyer Abreu RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .248 .754
4 Willson Contreras 1B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .289 .944
5 Andruw Monasterio DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .259 .774
6 Nick Sogard 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .275 .731
Marcelo Mayer SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .594
7 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 .277 .705
8 Carlos Narváez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .193 .544
9 Caleb Durbin 3B 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .243 .704
Team 33 2 8 0 2 3 11 .242 .658
2B:
Rafaela, Abreu, Durbin
CS:
Contreras
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Payton Tolle 4.2 5 2 2 2 7 0 94-64 3.32 1.11
Tyron Guerrero 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8-6 2.16 1.00
Danny Coulombe L 0.0 1 3 3 2 0 0 10-2 4.50 1.50
Greg Weissert 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 17-9 3.95 1.20
Jovani Moran 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 31-23 2.66 0.95
Ryan Watson 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 20-13 4.53 1.31
Team 9.0 11 10 10 5 10 3 180-117 10.00 1.78
Win% = BOS win prob.
Bot 9th · BOS batting
10–2

Strikeout. Ceddanne Rafaela strikes out swinging.

0%
10–2

Strikeout. Jarren Duran strikes out swinging.

0%
10–2

Pop Out. Caleb Durbin pops out to first baseman Matt Olson.

0%
Top 9th · ATL batting
10–2

Flyout. Jorge Mateo flies out sharply to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela.

0%
10–2

Groundout. Michael Harris II grounds out, second baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa to first baseman Willson Contreras.

0%
10–2

Strikeout. Austin Riley called out on strikes.

0%
10–2

Home Run. Ozzie Albies homers (9) on a fly ball to center field. Matt Olson scores.

0%
8–2

Double. Matt Olson doubles (18) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela.

0%
Bot 8th · BOS batting
8–2

Lineout. Carlos Narváez lines out sharply to left fielder Mauricio Dubón.

0%
8–2

Single. Isiah Kiner-Falefa singles on a ground ball to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.

1%
8–2

Flyout. Marcelo Mayer flies out to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.

0%
8–2

Flyout. Andruw Monasterio flies out to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.

1%
Top 8th · ATL batting
8–2

Lineout. Braves challenged (trap play), call on the field was upheld: Mauricio Dubón lines out to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela.

1%
8–2

Groundout. Ronald Acuña Jr. grounds out, third baseman Caleb Durbin to first baseman Willson Contreras.

1%
8–2

Groundout. Chadwick Tromp grounds out, shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa to first baseman Willson Contreras.

1%
Bot 7th · BOS batting
8–2

Lineout. Willson Contreras lines out to shortstop Jorge Mateo.

1%
8–2

Groundout. Wilyer Abreu grounds out, third baseman Austin Riley to first baseman Matt Olson.

1%
8–2

Flyout. Ceddanne Rafaela flies out to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.

1%
Top 7th · ATL batting
8–2

Flyout. Dominic Smith flies out to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela.

2%
8–2

Strikeout. Jorge Mateo strikes out swinging.

2%
8–2

Home Run. Michael Harris II homers (13) on a fly ball to right field.

2%
7–2

Strikeout. Austin Riley called out on strikes.

4%
Bot 6th · BOS batting
7–2

Groundout. Jarren Duran grounds out to first baseman Matt Olson.

3%
7–2

Flyout. Caleb Durbin flies out to left fielder Mauricio Dubón.

4%
7–2

Strikeout. Carlos Narváez strikes out swinging.

6%
7–2

Single. Isiah Kiner-Falefa singles on a ground ball to shortstop Jorge Mateo.

8%
Top 6th · ATL batting
7–2

Flyout. Ozzie Albies flies out to left fielder Jarren Duran.

6%
7–2

Flyout. Matt Olson flies out to left fielder Jarren Duran.

6%
7–2

Flyout. Mauricio Dubón flies out to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela.

5%
7–2

Home Run. Ronald Acuña Jr. hits a grand slam (3) to left center field. Jorge Mateo scores. Dominic Smith scores. Mike Yastrzemski scores.

5% ▼13
3–2

Walk. Mike Yastrzemski walks. Michael Harris II scores. Jorge Mateo to 3rd. Dominic Smith to 2nd.

18% ▼10
2–2

Walk. Dominic Smith walks. Michael Harris II to 3rd. Jorge Mateo to 2nd.

28% ▼10
2–2

Walk. Jorge Mateo walks. Michael Harris II to 2nd.

37% ▼8
2–2

Single. Michael Harris II singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Caleb Durbin.

45%
Bot 5th · BOS batting
2–2

Caught Stealing 2B. Willson Contreras caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Sandy León to second baseman Ozzie Albies.

50%
2–2

Strikeout. Nick Sogard strikes out swinging.

53%
2–2

Strikeout. Andruw Monasterio called out on strikes.

57%
2–2

Single. Willson Contreras singles on a line drive to left fielder Mauricio Dubón.

61%
Top 5th · ATL batting
2–2

Groundout. Austin Riley grounds out, second baseman Nick Sogard to first baseman Willson Contreras.

57%
2–2

Single. Ozzie Albies singles on a ground ball to third baseman Caleb Durbin. Ronald Acuña Jr. to 2nd.

51%
2–2

Strikeout. Matt Olson strikes out swinging.

54%
2–2

Pop Out. Mauricio Dubón pops out to first baseman Willson Contreras in foul territory.

50%
2–2

Walk. Ronald Acuña Jr. walks.

45%
Bot 4th · BOS batting
2–2

Strikeout. Wilyer Abreu strikes out swinging.

50%
2–2

Strikeout. Ceddanne Rafaela strikes out swinging.

53%
2–2

Single. Jarren Duran singles on a line drive to left fielder Mauricio Dubón. Caleb Durbin scores.

56%
2–1

Double. Caleb Durbin doubles (9) on a ground ball to left fielder Mauricio Dubón. Isiah Kiner-Falefa scores. Caleb Durbin to 3rd.

49% ▲18
2–0

Lineout. Carlos Narváez lines out to center fielder Michael Harris II.

32%
2–0

Walk. Isiah Kiner-Falefa walks.

36%
Top 4th · ATL batting
2–0

Strikeout. Sandy León strikes out swinging.

31%
2–0

Single. Dominic Smith singles on a fly ball to left fielder Jarren Duran. Ozzie Albies scores. Jorge Mateo to 3rd.

27% ▼11
1–0

Single. Jorge Mateo singles on a ground ball to second baseman Nick Sogard, deflected by pitcher Payton Tolle. Matt Olson scores. Ozzie Albies to 3rd.

38% ▼11
0–0

Groundout. Michael Harris II grounds out, second baseman Nick Sogard to first baseman Willson Contreras.

49% ▲10
0–0

Strikeout. Austin Riley strikes out swinging, catcher Carlos Narváez to first baseman Willson Contreras.

40%
0–0

Double. Ozzie Albies doubles (9) on a line drive to left fielder Jarren Duran. Matt Olson to 3rd.

34% ▼12
0–0

Single. Matt Olson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela.

46%
Bot 3rd · BOS batting
0–0

Groundout. Nick Sogard grounds out, second baseman Ozzie Albies to first baseman Matt Olson.

50%
0–0

Strikeout. Andruw Monasterio strikes out swinging.

56% ▼8
0–0

Hit By Pitch. Willson Contreras hit by pitch.

63%
0–0

Sac Bunt. Wilyer Abreu out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Chris Sale to first baseman Matt Olson. Ceddanne Rafaela to 3rd.

61%
0–0

Double. Ceddanne Rafaela doubles (10) on a line drive to left fielder Mauricio Dubón.

62%
Top 3rd · ATL batting
0–0

Flyout. Mauricio Dubón flies out to left fielder Jarren Duran.

56%
0–0

Walk. Ronald Acuña Jr. walks.

50%
0–0

Strikeout. Sandy León strikes out swinging.

51%
0–0

Groundout. Dominic Smith grounds out, second baseman Nick Sogard to first baseman Willson Contreras. Jorge Mateo to 3rd.

45%
0–0

Double. Jorge Mateo doubles (4) on a line drive to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela.

43%
Bot 2nd · BOS batting
0–0

Strikeout. Jarren Duran strikes out swinging.

50%
0–0

Single. Caleb Durbin singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael Harris II. Isiah Kiner-Falefa to 3rd.

55%
0–0

Strikeout. Carlos Narváez called out on strikes.

52%
0–0

Walk. Isiah Kiner-Falefa challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Isiah Kiner-Falefa walks.

55%
0–0

Groundout. Nick Sogard grounds out, third baseman Austin Riley to first baseman Matt Olson.

53%
Top 2nd · ATL batting
0–0

Groundout. Michael Harris II grounds out, pitcher Payton Tolle to first baseman Willson Contreras.

55%
0–0

Strikeout. Austin Riley strikes out swinging.

54%
0–0

Strikeout. Ozzie Albies strikes out swinging.

52%
Bot 1st · BOS batting
0–0

Strikeout. Andruw Monasterio strikes out swinging.

50%
0–0

Walk. Willson Contreras walks.

54%
0–0

Double. Wilyer Abreu doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Mauricio Dubón, deflected by center fielder Michael Harris II.

53%
0–0

Flyout. Ceddanne Rafaela flies out to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.

51%
0–0

Groundout. Jarren Duran grounds out, shortstop Jorge Mateo to first baseman Matt Olson.

53%
Top 1st · ATL batting
0–0

Lineout. Matt Olson lines out to right fielder Wilyer Abreu.

55%
0–0

Pop Out. Mauricio Dubón pops out to second baseman Nick Sogard.

54%
0–0

Strikeout. Ronald Acuña Jr. strikes out swinging.

52%