The Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on May 16, 2026 at Truist Park.
Final · Truist Park
Top performers
- Willson Contreras went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Payton Tolle pitched 8.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Drake Baldwin went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Braves.
- Bryce Elder pitched 8.0 innings for the Braves, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Boston Red Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andruw Monasterio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Gasper | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jarren Duran | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcelo Mayer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Durbin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payton Tolle | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Atlanta Braves box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozzie Albies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ha-Seong Kim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy Leon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Harris II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drake Baldwin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Elder | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Martin Perez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
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