Ninth-place hitter Ceddanne Rafaela hit a three-run homer and had five RBIs, while Rob Refsnyder and Rafael Devers also went deep, during the Boston Red Sox’s 13-3 road rout of the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday.
In his second start, Boston’s Brayan Bello (2-0) yielded six hits and three walks, but only Nolan Jones’ three-run homer in his sixth and final inning. Meanwhile, Logan Allen (1-2) allowed seven runs, nine hits and three walks over 4 1/3 innings for Cleveland, which committed four errors and some poor baserunning while dropping its first 2025 home series.
Cleveland threatened in the first, but Boston first baseman Romy Gonzalez threw out Steven Kwan at the plate on Jose Ramirez’s grounder.
Cleveland ran itself into another out in the second. Catcher Bo Naylor led off with a double, then was easily thrown out trying to steal third.
In the fourth, Campbell doubled into the left-field corner, went to third on Narvaez’s ground ball and came home via Rafaela’s sacrifice fly.
Boston broke things open with five runs in the fifth.
Allen loaded the bases with nobody out before Refsnyder’s sacrifice fly. Gonzalez’s four-pitch walk re-loaded the bags and ended Allen’s day. Paul Sewald allowed a two-run single to Campbell. Gonzalez then scored from third on a double steal and Campbell was plated via Rafaela’s ground-rule double off a fly ball that right-fielder Jones lost in the sun.
Devers’ sixth-inning drive easily cleared the right-field fence.
