Sonny Gray gives Red Sox solid start after travel woes and Boston beats the Mets 6-2

NEW YORK (AP) — Sonny Gray shook off travel woes that led to the Red Sox making a late arrival to New York, pitching six strong innings as Boston beat the Mets 6-2 on Friday night.

The game started at 7:51 p.m. EDT, 36 minutes later than scheduled, after Gray and the Red Sox — who were grounded in Chicago for nearly 24 hours due to a pair of mechanical issues on their plane — didn’t walk into the visitor’s clubhouse at Citi Field until 5:05 p.m.

Gray (11-1) allowed one run and struck out five as the Red Sox extended their season-best winning streak to seven games. The veteran right-hander is unbeaten in his last 13 starts and has a 2.03 ERA in that span.

Tayron Guerrero worked the seventh and Garrett Whitlock wriggled out of a two-on, none-out jam in the eighth before Greg Weissert gave up a homer to Brett Baty in the ninth.

Anthony Seigler and Wilyer Abreu each hit two-run homers while Masataka Yoshida doubled twice and drove in two runs for the Red Sox.

Boston is 12-2 since June 25, when the Red Sox arrived home from Denver at near-dawn due to a mechanical malfunction on their plane.

Baty had three hits and scored on Juan Soto’s third-inning sacrifice fly. Baty is batting .342 (13 of 38) during a 10-game hitting streak — the longest of his career and the longest by a Mets player since Francisco Lindor’s 12-game run last August.

Nolan McLean (6-6) surrendered two unearned runs and struck out seven in six innings.

The Red Sox have yet to announce their starter for Saturday, when RHP Freddy Peralta (5-7, 4.68 ERA) starts for the Mets.

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Boston Red Sox's Anthony Seigler celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Friday, July 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Boston Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida follows through on a double during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Friday, July 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez, left, watches as Boston Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu follows through on a two-run home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Boston Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu (52) celebrates with Ceddanne Rafaela (3) after they scored on a two-run home run by Abreu as New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez reacts of a baseball game Friday, July 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Boston Red Sox's Sonny Gray pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Friday, July 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the New York Yankees over the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Friday night.

The Yankees and Nationals rank 1-2 in the major leagues in home runs, and all but one run in this game came via the long ball. Ben Rice hit his 29th of the season for the Yankees, and Jasson Domínguez and Austin Wells also went deep for New York.

Keibert Ruiz and James Wood homered on consecutive pitches in the seventh to give Washington a 3-2 lead, but in the ninth, the Nationals brought in left-hander Matt Krook — who had allowed 22 earned runs in 12 2/3 big league innings dating to 2023. Krook (0-1) yielded a one-out single by Domínguez, and Chisholm followed with his 13th homer.

Wells added a solo shot off Justin Lawrence to make it 5-3.

David Bednar (3-3) won in relief, working the final two innings. The Yankees remained four games behind first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East.

Rice homered in the first off Carson Palmquist, but the New York designated hitter fouled a pitch off his right leg in the fifth and was shaken up. He was able to stay in the game.

By that time, Domínguez had given the Yankees a 2-1 lead with a homer off Zack Littell (8-6) in the fourth.

The game was delayed two hours at the start, and a wet field might have prevented Washington from tying it in the sixth. New York starter Ryan Weathers allowed a one-out double to CJ Abrams. Then Jacob Young followed with a single. Abrams looked likely to score, but he slipped rounding third and had to stay there.

Fernando Cruz then replaced Weathers and struck out the next two hitters to strand both runners.

New York's Paul Goldschmidt singled in the first to snap an 0-for-34 drought, and he also reached on an infield hit in the sixth.

Amed Rosario of the Yankees struck out in all three of his plate appearances and made two errors at third base before being lifted for a pinch-hitter.

Cam Schlittler (9-5) was scheduled to start for New York on Saturday against Miles Mikolas (3-7) of the Nationals.

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New York Yankees' Ben Rice celebrates his solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

New York Yankees third baseman Amed Rosario commits a fielding error on a ball hit by Washington Nationals' Nasim Nunez who was safe at first base during the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Nationals pitcher Carson Palmquist throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)