The Red Sox beat the Mets 4-0 on July 11.
Boston broke through in the fourth inning when Andruw Monasterio hit a two-run homer to left, scoring Caleb Durbin.
The Red Sox added insurance in the eighth. Masataka Yoshida launched a two-run homer to right, again with Durbin aboard.
Boston's pitching staff took care of the rest. Five pitchers combined on the shutout, and Jovani Morán earned the win with 1.2 scoreless innings of relief.
What It Means
The Red Sox improve to 45-48. The Mets fall to 40-56.
BaseChaser lists Boston at 37.2% to make the playoffs. New York sits at 0.0%.
Boston moved up 3.4 percentage points on today’s BaseChaser board.
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