Wong, Duran propel Red Sox to 9-1 victory over Guardians

CLEVELAND (AP) — Connor Wong and Jarren Duran drove in three runs apiece, Sonny Gray allowed one run in six innings and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Guardians 9-1 on Saturday.

Caleb Durbin also drove in a pair of runs for the Red Sox, who won for only the second time in eight games.

Cleveland — which is 2-3 on its six-game homestand — committed a season-high four errors, including one by Jose Ramirez. The All-Star third baseman also accounted for the Guardians' lone run with an RBI double in the first inning to drive in Travis Bazzana, who had a pair of doubles.

Wong hit the go-ahead double off the left-field wall off Cleveland's Matt Festa (1-1) in the sixth. It was originally ruled a two-run homer, but instant replay overturned the call when it was determined the ball struck an area of the field that is in play. It would have been the Boston catcher's first homer since 2024.

Boston put it out of reach with six runs in the ninth, including Duran's line-drive, three-run homer.

Duran has eight home runs in May and is 12 for 34 with seven RBIs in the last seven games.

Gray (6-1) became the fourth AL starting pitcher this season to get four wins in May. The left-hander — who went 4-0 with a 2.00 ERA this month — allowed one run and four hits in six innings and struck out seven.

Cleveland rookie left-hander Parker Messick allowed one run in five innings and struck out four.

Durbin's sacrifice fly drove in Andruw Monasterio to tie it at 1 in the fourth. He also had an RBI double in the eighth.

Boston LHP Ranger Suarez (2-3, 3.02 ERA) takes on Cleveland RHP Tanner Bibee (0-7, 4.57 ERA) in the series finale.

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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Sonny Gray delivers against the Cleveland Guardians during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Cleveland Guardians' Jose Ramirez, left, is safe at second base as Boston Red Sox' Isiah Kiner-Falefa misses the throw during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Boston Red Sox' Marcelo Mayer dives safely back to first base then takes second on a bad throw by Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Matt Festa during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Boston Red Sox' Masataka Yoshida watches his fly out off Clveland Guardians relief pitcher Codi Heuer during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Boston Red Sox' Marcelo Mayer, left, scores on a double by Connor Wong as Cleveland Guardians' Austin Hedges looks away during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell will not play for the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night because of injuries that have dogged both throughout the series.

Williams has been dealing with a strained left hamstring for much of the playoffs. Mitchell has a strained right soleus.

Williams missed 49 of Oklahoma City's 82 regular-season games with wrist and hamstring issues, and Saturday will be the 10th playoff game he's missed this year with new hamstring problems. He played in five, including about 10 minutes in Thursday's Game 6 loss to the Spurs.

Mitchell had been the starter that replaces Williams in the lineup, until he too got hurt. Oklahoma City has been starting Jared McCain in that spot since, alongside Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Isaiah Hartenstein, Lu Dort and Chet Holmgren. They went to Cason Wallace as the starter for Game 7, with McCain off the bench.

The Spurs reported no injuries going into Game 7.

Marc Davis, John Goble and Josh Tiven were selected by the NBA as the referees for Game 7 of Spurs-Thunder. It's the second Game 7 in these playoffs for Davis and Tiven; Davis worked the final game of the Cleveland-Detroit series in Round 2, and Tiven had Game 7 of Orlando-Detroit in Round 1.

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San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) defends against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams (8) during overtime of Game 1 in a third-round NBA basketball playoffs series Monday, May 18, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)