The Cleveland Guardians need pitching help, and Gavin Williams is supposed to be the answer to that.

But the team's most recent injury update was not promising for the franchise's top pitching prospect.

Connor Wong homered twice, Rafael Devers connected in his return to Boston's lineup and the banged-up Red Sox got another solid pitching effort in an 8-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night.

Wong hit leadoff homers in the second and sixth innings off Carlos Carrasco (1-2). He added an RBI single in the ninth and had four hits.

Devers missed the previous five games with a bone bruise in his knee. After testing his knee by scoring on a double in the first, he homered in the fifth and the Red Sox piled up a season-high 16 hits to cool off baseball's hottest team with a four-hit shutout.

“Any time that guy is in the lineup it completely changes it," Wong said of Devers. "He can hit the ball really far at any point in the game so it’s great when he’s in there.”

Rookie outfielder Wilyer Abreu also had four hits and drove in a run in Boston's second shutout against Cleveland in a week.

With three starters on the injured list, Red Sox manager Alex Cora was counting on his bullpen to get him through a game or two and rookie Cooper Criswell (1-1) gave him five scoreless innings in his fourth career start.

Criswell allowed three singles before Cora used Joely Rodríguez and Zack Kelly for two innings apiece to finish off the Guardians.

Despite numerous injuries, the Red Sox have gotten good pitching.

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