Boston Red Sox at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

65-52, 26-30 Away

Final
10 - 2

San Diego Padres

64-52, 36-20 Home

Abreu homers off Pivetta to help the Red Sox beat the Padres, 10-2

Connor Wong added a bases-loaded double and Walker Buehler (7-6) shut out the Padres on four singles through six innings as the Red Sox won for the 10th time in 12 games. Buehler struck out four and walked two, with only two Padres reaching scoring position.

Buehler improved to 7-1 against the Padres and 2-1 at Petco Park. His previous 12 starts against San Diego all came while with the NL West-rival Los Angeles Dodgers.

Buehler, who earned the save in the Dodgers' World Series-ending Game 5 victory over the Yankees, signed with the Red Sox as a free agent Dec. 28.

Pivetta (11-4) loaded the bases opening the fourth by allowing a single to Alex Bregman and walking Jarren Duran and Trevor Story. Yoshida hit a sacrifice fly and Pivetta's errant throw trying to pick off Story brought in another run.

With two outs, Abreu hit a 423-foot homer to right-center, his 21st, to make it 4-0.

Bregman hit a sac fly in the fifth.

Pivetta allowed five runs and five hits in six innings, struck out three and walked three.

Wong’s three-run double off Sean Reynolds made it 8-0 in the eighth. The Padres scored twice in the bottom of the inning.

Yoshida hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Reynolds, his second.

Key moment Abreu's homer to one of the deepest parts of Petco Park.

Key stat The Red Sox improved to 18-10 against the Padres, 9-4 at Petco Park and 11-5 in San Diego.

Up next Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (8-2, 3.57 ERA) was scheduled to start Saturday night opposite RHP Michael King (4-2, 2.59).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Iglesias grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Johnson grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Sheets grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Campbell relieved Whitlock
	9th Inning	Sheets hit for Machado
	9th Inning	Wong grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Toro out at second.

Statistics

BOS		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	14
4	Strikeouts	6
9	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
24	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
174	Pitches	168
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	6
45	Plate Appearances	41
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
8.3	Runs Created	3.0
.286	Batting Average	.182
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.514	Slugging Percentage	.182
.457	Secondary Average	.212
.422	On Base Percentage	.341
.937	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.523
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
8.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.0
58.0	Batter Rating	14.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.87	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.10
.229	Isolated Power	.000
2.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.17
.178	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.171
.171	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
19.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
101.3	MLB Rating	68.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0