Back-to-back strikeouts for #RedSox Sonny Gray for #Yankees Spencer Jones and George Lombard Jr., the latter on just 3 pitches.

Pressure? What pressure? #RedSox are 18-9 (.667) in potential elimination games since 1999.

#RedSox Sonny Gray, 2026
Pitch Effectiveness (cont. 2)

• Four Seamer (123 PA):
+0.6 RV/100; +2 run value
.395 wOBA; .382 xwOBA

• Curveball (75 PA):
-1.1 RV/100; -4 run value
.409 wOBA; .341 xwOBA

• Changeup (24 PA):
+0.2 RV/100; +0 run value
.269 wOBA; .357 xwOBA

#RedSox Sonny Gray, 2026
Primary Pitch Effectiveness

• Sinker (172 PA):
+1.6 RV/100; +8 run value
.268 wOBA; .281 xwOBA

• Sweeper (163 PA):
+1.6 RV/100; +8 run value
.167 wOBA; .188 xwOBA

• Cutter (126 PA):
+0.5 RV/100; +2 run value
.360 wOBA; .369 xwOBA

Watching these games, it’s clear that the #redsox lineup is just not good enough. It lacks both the big, superstar bat, like Rice or Schwarber/Harper and the move it along guys who are not stars, but give you professional, representative at bats throughout the lineup. And that’s compared to the…

#RedSox Sonny Gray, 2026
Pitch Mix (cont. 2)

• Changeup:
5.7% usage, 86.2 MPH, 142 pitches

#RedSox Sonny Gray, 2026
Primary Pitch Mix

• Sinker:
21.7% usage, 92.0 MPH, 538 pitches

• Sweeper:
20.5% usage, 84.8 MPH, 506 pitches

• Cutter:
18.8% usage, 88.3 MPH, 465 pitches

• Four Seamer:
17.3% usage, 91.5 MPH, 428 pitches

• Curveball:
16.0% usage, 79.6 MPH, 395 pitches

At the plate: #Yankees rookie right fielder Spencer Jones made his postseason debut last night vs #RedSox and reached base twice with a hit and a walk. He scored 2 runs.

Live look at me putting aside generational differences to link up with Red Sox nation tonight #redsox #yankees

Two innings in the books and they pick up right where they left off last night. #RedSox

#RedSox go 1-2-3 in the 2nd on just SEVEN pitches from #Yankees Max Fried.

Due next for #Yankees:
• Spencer Jones
• George Lombard Jr.
• Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Today's pitching matchup:

#RedSox Sonny Gray: 2.72 ERA, 3.45 FIP, 1.148 WHIP, 7.9 K/9.

#Yankees Max Fried: 2.80 ERA, 2.63 FIP, 0.994 WHIP, 8.3 K/9.

After an inning, #RedSox and #Yankees are scoreless.

Due next for BOS:
• Ceddanne Rafaela
• Caleb Durbin
• Nick Sogard

Congrats to the #WhiteSox for advancing to the ALDS.

Former #RedSox organization players on the White Sox's ALWCS roster:

Chase Meidroth
Kyle Teel
Braden Montgomery
Andrew Benentendi
Tommy Pham
Jordan Hicks

#RedSox Sonny Gray sets down #Yankees 1-2-3 to start tonight's game on 11 pitches.

In the outfield for the #RedSox from left to right are Nate Eaton, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Wilyer Abreu vs #Yankees.

#RedSox have Willson Contreras at first, Nick Sogard at second, and Caleb Durbin at third with Trevor Story at short, and Adley Rutschman behind the plate catching Sonny Gray vs #Yankees.

Tonight's is the 7th career postseason game and start for #RedSox Sonny Gray, his first since appearing in the Wild Card and Division Series with #Twins in 2023.

Gray is 1-3 with a 3.26 ERA and 1.385 WHIP in postseason action (30.1 IP).

#RedSox starter is Sonny Douglas Gray, 36, from Smyrna, Tennessee. Lives today in Nashville, TN. Listed at 5-foot-10, 195 pounds. Was a 1st-round pick for #Athletics in 2011 #MLB Draft. Made his big league debut with OAK in 2013.

Opponents this season vs #RedSox Sonny Gray: 56-for-223 (.251) with 6 HR and .682 OPS from the right, 92-for-404 (.228) with 10 HR and .653 OPS from the left.