Red Sox snap 5-game losing streak, beat Braves 8-0 behind Early's pitching effort

BOSTON (AP) — Connelly Early struck out seven in seven innings, Jarren Duran homered, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 8-0 on Wednesday night to snap a five-game losing streak.

Early (5-2) allowed four hits and walked three. Ryan Watson gave up one hit over the final two innings.

The Red Sox scored six runs in the fourth inning. Masataka Yoshida scored on a throwing error, Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit an RBI single, while Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu hit two-run singles.

Marcelo Mayer plated a run with a single in the seventh before Duran capped the night with his eighth home run of the year — a 400-foot shot to right field.

Duran finished 4 for 5 at the plate, and Rafaela went 3 of 5 with two RBIs and a run.

Bryce Elder (4-3) allowed six runs on nine hits while striking out one in 3 1/3 innings. Carlos Carrasco earned his 1,700th career strikeout in the seventh inning while throwing four innings and giving up two runs.

Jorge Mateo had two of Atlanta's five hits.

LHP Chris Sale (7-3, 1.89 ERA) takes the mound for Atlanta while LHP Payton Tolle (2-2, 2.45) gets the start for Boston in a series finale on Thursday.

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Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Bryce Elder (55) reacts after committing a throwing error during the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Boston Red Sox player Jarren Duran hugs his broken bat after breaking it on a single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Boston Red Sox Isiah Kiner-Falefa, center, celebrates with teammates Wilyer Abreu, left, and Marcelo Mayer (11) after scoring on a single by Ceddanne Rafaela during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Boston Red Sox pitcher Connelly Early (71) throws to a Atlanta Braves batter during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, Will Klein and Tanner Scott had their combined no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies broken up in the eighth inning on Wednesday night.

Scott took over to start the eighth and allowed a two-out single to right by Tyler Freeman after Ohtani and Will Klein combined for seven hitless innings.

Klein started the seventh after Ohtani tossed six innings of one-run ball. The Japanese right-hander struck out seven and walked four. Ohtani left the game after throwing 99 pitches, 56 for strikes.

Ohtani allowed an earned run in the fourth on Willi Castro’s groundout to second, raising his ERA to 0.82.

Ohtani hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first, the second straight mound start in which he's gone deep.

Klein retired the side in the seventh, helped by an inning-ending double play.

The Dodgers led 3-1 at the time.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani walks back to the dugout after finishing the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani, right, throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani, right, throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)