Sonny Gray returned from a skipped start to throw seven scoreless innings in Boston's 5-0 win at Baltimore on September 5. Isiah Kiner-Falefa supplied a two-out, two-run double in the seventh.

Gray had missed a turn for rest and recovery. Boston got length from him on his return, while Kiner-Falefa contributed on a day Caleb Durbin rested. Rob Bradford's WEEI report looks at what those veterans bring to the September push.

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