MLB

Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox

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Tampa Bay Rays
50-47, 22-22 Away
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Boston Red Sox
53-45, 32-20 Home

Ceddanne Rafaela, Brayan Bello power Red Sox past Rays 4-1, extend winning streak to 10 games

Red Sox win 10th in row, longest streak since '18

Rafaela, who hit a walk-off, two-run homer for Boston on Friday, hit his 14th homer of the season in the sixth inning. Trevor Story added a go-ahead single in the sixth.

Boston last had a 10-game win streak in July 2018 and heads into the All-Star break in third place in the competitive AL East, behind Toronto and the New York Yankees.

Tampa Bay’s Chandler Simpson extended his hitting streak to 16 games, a club record for a rookie. The Rays lost for the 11th time in 14 games and closed out their road trip to Minnesota, Detroit and Boston with a 2-8 record.

The 26-year-old Bello (6-3) gave up six hits, struck out five and didn’t issue a walk over 6 1/3 innings. He was coming off his first nine-inning complete game in his previous start. All-Star Aroldis Chapman struck out the final three batters for his 17th save.

Boston moved ahead 1-0 when Rays third baseman Junior Caminero was called for obstruction with his foot blocking the bag on a pickoff play, allowing Marcelo Mayer to score.

The Rays snapped an 18-inning scoreless stretch in the fourth inning, tying the game on Josh Lowe’s sacrifice fly.

Ryan Pepiot (6-7) gave up four runs, three earned, in six innings.

Key moment Rafaela hit a 3-2 fastball in the sixth from Pepiot that sailed just over the Green Monster, bouncing off a tabletop in the front row, after Story’s run-scoring single.

Key stat Story is successful in 16 steal attempts this season. The last Red Sox player to open a season going 16 for 16 was Jacoby Ellsbury in 2008.

Up next Rays RHP Taj Bradley (5-6, 4.60 ERA) is slated to start Friday at home against Baltimore after the All-Star break.

The Red Sox have not announced a start for the team's series opener in Chicago on Friday. RHP Collin Rea (7-3, 3.91) is set for the Cubs.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Walls struck out swinging.
9th Inning Mead struck out swinging.
9th Inning Morel struck out swinging.
9th Inning Chapman relieved Whitlock
9th Inning Morel hit for Thaiss
8th Inning Yoshida grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Anthony out at second.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 14
10 Strikeouts 4
1 Runs Batted In 3
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 8
0 Stolen Bases 1
0 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 4
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
34 At Bats 30
0 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
13 Runners Left On Base 9
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 2
13 Fly Balls 12
0 Caught Stealing 0
155 Pitches 110
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
9 Total Bases 13
36 Plate Appearances 31
0.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
1 Extra Base Hits 3
2.2 Runs Created 3.6
.235 Batting Average .267
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.265 Slugging Percentage .433
.029 Secondary Average .233
.250 On Base Percentage .290
.515 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .724
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.2
2.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.3
14.0 Batter Rating 30.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 30.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.31 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.55
.029 Isolated Power .167
0.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.25
.000 Walks Per Plate Appearance .032
-.206 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.033
2.0 Runs Produced 7.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.8
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
69.5 MLB Rating 81.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Fenway Park

Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 36,497 | Capacity:

2025 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Toronto 55 41 .573 - L2
New York 53 43 .552 2 L2
Boston 53 45 .541 3 W10
Tampa Bay 50 47 .515 5.5 L4
Baltimore 43 52 .453 11.5 L2
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