Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Sonny Gray reached a major career milestone on Sunday, recording his 2,000th career Major League Baseball strikeout during a 5-4 extra-inning victory over the New York Yankees at Fenway Park.
The 36-year-old right-hander became one of only seven active MLB pitchers to achieve the 2,000-strikeout mark.
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He fanned Spencer Jones with an 86-mph sweeper to start the eighth inning, securing the milestone.
Gray also carried a no-hitter into the eighth frame, the longest no-hit bid by a Boston pitcher against New York since Bob Ojeda in 1981.
The no-hit effort ended when Amed Rosario singled to center field with two outs in the eighth.
Defensive support played a key role early.
Right fielder Wilyer Abreu made a sliding catch in shallow right field during the third inning to deny Austin Wells a hit.
Gray retired the first 14 Yankees batters before issuing his first walk to Rosario.
He finished the outing with eight strikeouts and 97 pitches, a new single-game high for his 2026 season.
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The game also featured the ejection of Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who argued a checked-swing strikeout call on an 81-mph curveball from Gray with umpire Adam Hamari.
Boston took an initial lead in the fourth inning.
Caleb Durbin drove home Connor Wong and Anthony Seigler with a single to center field off Yankees starter Carlos Rondon.
New York erased the deficit by scoring two late runs to tie the game.
The Yankees pushed across two more in the 10th inning to take a temporary 4-2 lead.
The Red Sox secured the 5-4 extra-inning victory in the bottom of the 10th on a walkoff hit by Durbin.
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The win improved Boston's record to 2-42 when trailing by two or more runs this season.
