Contreras Three-Run Blast Breaks It Open, Boston Holds Off SF

Willson Contreras hit a three-run homer in the third inning that swung Boston's win probability from 54% to 84% in a single swing, and the Red Sox never fully surrendered that edge. Final: Boston 6, San Francisco 4.

The game turned ugly for San Francisco in a hurry. Bryce Eldridge's RBI single in the third gave the Giants a 1-0 lead, and for a moment it looked like they might build something. Then Contreras stepped in and ended that conversation — his homer to left scored two and put Boston up 3-1, flipping the win probability 29 points in one at-bat. The inning wasn't done. A walk scored another run, then a hit-by-pitch pushed it to 5-1. San Francisco had surrendered a lead and spotted Boston four runs in the same half-inning. That's a tough hole to dig out of against anyone.

Credit the Giants for not folding. Drew Gilbert launched a 389-foot shot to right in the fourth, scoring Christian Koss to make it 5-3. Then Rafael Devers — now wearing a San Francisco uniform — went the other way with a 412-foot blast to center to cut it to 5-4. Koss scored twice on the night and looks like he was one of the few Giants who showed up ready to compete from the jump. Sonny Gray gave Boston 6.0 innings, allowing 4 earned runs on 7 hits with 6 strikeouts — serviceable, not dominant, but enough. The Giants' bullpen combination of Jason Foley (2.0 IP, 0 ER) and Reiver Sanmartin (2.0 IP, 0 ER) kept San Francisco in striking distance, which made the late-inning drama feel real.

But Wilyer Abreu put it away. His triple to right in the sixth scored a run and pushed Boston back to a two-run cushion at 6-4, and that's where it stayed. Abreu finished 3-for-4 with an RBI — the kind of quiet, consistent night that doesn't grab headlines but absolutely matters in close games. Aroldis Chapman closed it out with a clean inning: 0 hits, 3 strikeouts, 1 walk. The story of the night was Boston's ability to pile on in one chaotic third inning and then survive San Francisco's genuine fourth-inning comeback attempt. The Giants hit three home runs and still lost by two. That appears to be the defining frustration of this one — plenty of power, not nearly enough consistency everywhere else.