1-0, 1-0 Away

Final

0-1, 0-1 Home

Boston Red Sox @ Cincinnati Reds

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
R. AnthonyLF	3-4	1	0	.750
T. StorySS	1-5	0	1	.200
J. DuranDH	2-5	0	1	.400
W. Contreras1B	0-4	0	0	.000
C. Durbin3B	0-3	0	0	.000
W. AbreuRF	1-4	0	0	.250
I. Kiner-Falefa2B	0-2	0	0	.000
M. MayerPH-2B	2-2	2	0	1.000
C. NarvaezC	1-3	0	0	.333
C. RafaelaCF	2-4	0	1	.500

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST
G. Crochet	6.0	3	2	8	80-52
J. Slaten	1.0	0	1	2	17-10
G. Whitlock	1.0	1	0	2	18-13
A. Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	11-6

According to ESPN Analytics

BOS

CIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Great American Ball Park

4:10 PM, March 26, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Cincinnati, Ohio

Attendance: 43,897

Game Time:2:31

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Dan Iassogna
First Base Umpire - CB Bucknor
Second Base Umpire - Adam Beck
Third Base Umpire - Jeremie Rehak

Garrett Crochet throws 6 shutout innings as Red Sox defeat Reds 3-0

— Garrett Crochet allowed only three hits in six innings, Ceddanne Rafaela hit an RBI single in the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox got their first opening day shutout since 2015, defeating the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Thursday.

Mar 27, 2026, 01:30 am - AP


BOS
CIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	12	1
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Scoring Summary

		BOS
7th	Rafaela singled to center, Mayer scored.	1
9th	Story singled to left, Mayer scored, Anthony to second.	2
9th	Duran singled to right, Anthony scored, Story to third.	3

Data is currently unavailable.

OpenMLTotalRL

Boston Red SoxRed SoxBOS

(1-0)

(1-0, 1-0 Away)

(1-0)

Garrett Crochet

(3-3, 6.30)

-158

Cincinnati RedsRedsCIN

(0-1)

(0-1, 0-1 Home)

(0-1)

Andrew Abbott

(6-11, 4.61)

u8.5

-105

Red Sox
3
Reds
0

Game 1

3/26

Red Sox
5
Reds
6

Game 2

3/28

Red Sox
2
Reds
3

Game 3

3/29

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

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Boston Red Sox @ Cincinnati Reds

Garrett Crochet throws 6 shutout innings as Red Sox defeat Reds 3-0

G. Crochet1-0

P. Johnson0-1

A. Chapman1

Inning