Sonny Gray's First Red Sox Win Sends Boston Into Series Finale, But the Brewers Have Fresh Blood Ready to Go

The Boston Red Sox finally broke out of the basement on Tuesday night, snapping a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over Milwaukee despite scratching out just three hits. Now they're heading into the series finale Wednesday looking to keep the momentum rolling, but they're about to face a Brewers starter making his major league debut in what has to be one of the wildest matchups of early season baseball: Shane Drohan is pitching for Milwaukee against his former organization.

Red Sox Strike Gold in the Sixth

Boston's at 3-8 on the season, which is brutal. But on Tuesday night, they found a way to get it done against the Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski, who absolutely mowed down hitters with 10 strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. The trick? Three consecutive walks in the sixth inning that turned into three runs. Trevor Story delivered the dagger with a two-run, bases-loaded double to give the Red Sox a 3-0 lead. Milwaukee answered with two runs in the seventh, but couldn't push across the tying run, leaving runners stranded on second and third.

Garrett Crochet, who started for Boston, had nothing but respect for what he was up against. "A night like tonight, you know who's on the other side and you kind of know that you've got to be on your A-game," Crochet said afterward about Misiorowski's dominant performance.

Gray's Taking the Ball, and Drohan's Making History

Sonny Gray picked up his first win with the Red Sox in his last outing, a 5-2 victory over San Diego on Friday where he allowed two runs on four hits over six innings. The veteran right-hander, who won 27 games over the previous two seasons with St. Louis, is keeping it simple. "It's a team effort, for sure," Gray said. "But I do think it's the starting pitcher's job to come out and attack, put zeros on the board and give your team a chance. That's what my mindset was today." Gray is 5-6 with a 4.55 ERA in 20 career starts against Milwaukee.

The Brewers are countering with Drohan, who was called up Monday from Triple-A Nashville after reliever Jared Koenig went on the injured list. Here's the wild part: Drohan was acquired by Milwaukee in February from Boston as part of a trade that sent pitcher Kyle Harrison and infielder David Hamilton to the Red Sox. He made one Triple-A start this season, allowing two runs on three hits in 3 1/3 innings. Last year at Worcester, Boston's Triple-A affiliate, he was 5-1 with a 2.27 ERA in 12 games.

Brewers Dealing With the Walking Wounded

Milwaukee's already without injured starters Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn. Second baseman Brice Turang, hitting .270 with seven RBIs, sat out Tuesday night with a foot or ankle injury. Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Turang probably won't hit the injured list, but playing hurt is tough. "Turang's playing on one leg, and he hasn't got great numbers on this road trip, but he's helped us win," Murphy said. "He's been on base, he's played defense. He's a threat when he's taking his walks."

First pitch Wednesday afternoon, and the Red Sox are looking to take the series.

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