AROUND THE HORN

Guardians, Red Sox:

Carlos Carrasco gave up two runs in 5 solid innings and Andrés Giménez had two RBIs to lead the Guardians to a 5-4 victory over the Red Sox on Thursday in Boston. Ramón Laureano, Josh Naylor and José Ramírez also drove in runs for the Guardians, who took three of four in the series and improved to a Central Division-best 13-6. Carrasco (1-1) threw 56 of his 89 pitches for strikes and allowed two hits while striking out five and walking three. He left after allowing a two-out single to Reese McGuire in the sixth with the Guardians leading 5-1. Emmanuel Clase pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save. After starting the season with seven wins in 10 road games, the Red Sox went 3-7 on their first homestand of the season. Trailing 5-1, the Red Sox cut into the Guardinas’ lead behind Jarren Duran’s two-run triple in a three-run sixth inning. Left-hander Brennan Bernardino had two scoreless innings in the start for the Red Sox, who used five pitchers. Cooper Criswell (0-1) was charged with the loss after allowing four runs — three earned —in2 innings. The Red Sox made two more errors that led to three unearned runs. They have committed an MLB-worse 19 errors . ... Red Sox All-Star 3B Rafael Devers underwent an MRI on his sore left knee, revealing just a bone bruise and no structural damage. Manager Alex Cora said Devers will be viewed as day to day going forward, and a trip to the IL isn’t expected. Devers was removed from Tuesday’s game due to his injury and attempted to play through it Wednesday. He didn’t play Thursday . ... The Red Sox placed OF Tyler O’Neill on the seven-day IL. The move is retroactive to Tuesday. O’Neill suffered a cut on his forehead that required eight stitches after his collision with Devers on Monday. He cleared concussion protocol but hadn’t played since.

Rangers, Tigers: Leody Taveras scored the winning run on a fielder’s choice in the eighth and added an RBI single in the ninth to lead the Rangers to a 9-7 victory over the Tigers. Taveras doubled with one out advanced to third on Marcus Semien’s fielder’s choice grounder and scored on Corey Seager’s grounder that broke a 7-all tie. Taveras added an insurce run with a two-out hit in the ninth. Jose Leclerc (1-2) got the win in relief for the Rangers, who won three out of four games in Detroit. Kirby Yates, who picked up the win Wednesday, earned his second save with a perfect ninth. The game marked the MLB debut of Rangers starter Jack Leiter, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 draft. He was brought up from Triple-A Round Rock. He’s the son of Al Leiter, who won 162 games in 19 major-league seasons. Jack Leiter allowed seven eared runs on eight hits in 3 innings.

Rays, Angels: Ryan Pepiot allowed one run and three hits in six strong innings, Amed Rosario hit an RBI triple in a two-run first and the Rays split their four-game series with a 2-1 win over the visiting Angels. Pepiot struck out seven and walked three. Colin Poche, the third Rays reliever, worked out of a jam with two on and two outs in the ninth for his second save in three chances. Rosario extended his hitting streak to 10 games with his RBI triple.