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Red Sox blank Reds, trim magic number to 5

With eight games left, Boston (90-64) has a four-game lead in the division after the Yankees beat the Blue Jays on Saturday.

Clinging to a 1-0 lead in the sixth, Moreland changed the game when he unloaded on a first-pitch changeup from Robert Stephenson and smashed it with an exit velocity of 104.9-mph, according to Statcast™. Moreland's 20th homer of the season traveled a projected distance of 411 feet. Moreland has now hit at least 20 home runs in four consecutive seasons.

Holt's sacrifice fly
Brock Holt drives a sac fly to center field to open the scoring for the Red Sox in the top of the 1st inning

The Red Sox got a sacrifice fly from Brock Holt in the top of the first to take the lead.