Boston Red Sox at Atlanta Braves

BOS 3 — 2 ATL

Final — 2026-05-16

MVP: Payton Tolle 8.0 IP, 3 K, 2 ER

Boston Red Sox defeated Atlanta Braves 3-2. Payton Tolle led the way with 8.0 IP, 3 K, 2 ER. Payton Tolle earned the win and Bryce Elder took the loss. Aroldis Chapman recorded the save.

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

WP Payton Tolle (2-2)

LP Bryce Elder (4-2)

SV Aroldis Chapman (10)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Baldwin homered to center (421 feet). (0-1)

Top 4: Braves challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Masataka Yoshida out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Mauricio Dubón. Mickey Gasper scores. (1-1)

Bot 5: Baldwin singled to left, Azócar scored, Baldwin thrown out at second. (1-2)

Top 8: Contreras homered to left center (426 feet), Abreu scored. (3-2)

BOS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Duran	LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.176	.238	.296	.534
Gasper	C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.381	.409	.476	.885
Abreu	RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.307	.380	.470	.850
Contreras	1B	4	1	2	0	1	2	1	.252	.363	.464	.827
Yoshida	DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.370	.312	.682
Rafaela	CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.283	.350	.434	.784
Mayer	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.225	.293	.325	.618
Monasterio	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.293	.400	.693
Durbin	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.247	.245	.492
Narvaez	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.284	.345	.629

ATL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Baldwin	DH	3	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	.304	.385	.549	.934
Albies	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.332	.458	.790
Olson	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.356	.601	.957
Riley	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214	.283	.358	.641
Dubon	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.245	.305	.387	.692
Harris	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.301	.331	.500	.831
Kim	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.059	.111	.059	.170
Leon	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.572
Azocar	RF	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000
Mateo	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.309	.345	.455	.800

BOS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Tolle	8.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	85-60	2.05	1.16	W, 2-2
Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20-10	0.57	1.19	S, 10

ATL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Elder	8.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	103-72	2.01	1.25	L, 4-2
Perez	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-8	2.25	1.17

Venue: Truist Park, Atlanta, Georgia (39,336)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Nic Lentz, First Base Umpire: Hunter Wendelstedt, Second Base Umpire: Edwin Moscoso, Third Base Umpire: Vic Carapazza

Broadcast: NESN | BRVN | GRAY

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