The Red Sox didn’t just beat the Mets on Saturday at Citi Field - they kept rolling right through them.
Andruw Monasterio and Masataka Yoshida each delivered a two-run homer, and Boston rode those swings to a 4-0 win that pushed its winning streak to eight games. The Red Sox have now won 13 of 15 and 16 of 21, and this run is their longest since they won 10 straight from July 4-13 last year.
Boston’s trip to New York came with a little extra baggage after flight trouble left the club stuck in Chicago for nearly 24 hours before Friday’s series opener. The Red Sox leaned into the chaos with white T-shirts that read “Show and Go Airlines, See You at 4:15."
The game itself turned in the fourth. After Caleb Durbin opened the inning with a walk, Monasterio jumped on a fastball from Freddy Peralta and sent it into the left-field seats two batters later to put Boston in front.
The Red Sox added more late. Durbin singled off Tobias Myers to start the eighth, and Yoshida followed by launching a 1-0 cutter into the right-field seats.
Boston also got a strong early outing from Eduardo Rivera, who started with 3 2/3 hitless innings in his first big league start. The no-hit bid ended when Jorge Polanco singled on Rivera’s final pitch.
Greg Weissert, a Bay Shore native, took over and struck out Eric Wagaman. Weissert finished with two strikeouts and one hit allowed in an inning of work.
The Mets had chances but couldn’t cash in. In the seventh, they loaded the bases after a Wagaman walk, a Francisco Alvarez single and a Bo Bichette walk.
Justin Slaten then struck out rookie A.J. Ewing on a called third strike, and Ewing lost an ABS challenge on the play.
New York tried again in the eighth when Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor walked to start the inning, but Carson Benge flied out to right and Danny Coulombe finished the frame by getting Polanco to hit into a double play. That closed out Boston’s AL-leading ninth shutout.
Peralta was tagged for two runs on three hits and five walks in 4 1/3 innings. He is 0-3 with a 7.59 ERA in his last five starts.
For the Mets, the frustration kept piling up. They went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position for the second straight day, were blanked for the ninth time, and were held to three hits or fewer for the eighth time this season.
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