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07/17 15:23 CDT Jake Bennett allows 1 hit in 6 innings as Red Sox extend win
streak to 10 with 10-0 win over Rays
Jake Bennett allows 1 hit in 6 innings as Red Sox extend win streak to 10 with
10-0 win over Rays
By BRENDAN McGAIR
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) --- Rookie Jake Bennett tossed six innings of one-hit ball, and
Masataka Yoshida and Carlos Narvaez each homered as the Boston Red Sox extended
their winning streak to 10 games with a 10-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on
Friday in the first game of a doubleheader.
Narvaez and Jarren Duran each drove in three runs for Boston, which had entered
the All-Star break with nine straight wins, all on the road. The Red Sox
(47-48) moved within one game of .500 for the first time since their third game
of the season.
Yoshida, Navarez and Caleb Durbin each had three hits. The Red Sox outhit the
AL East-leading Rays 15-3.
Bennett (5-3) struck out three as he won his fourth straight start. After
issuing his only walk with one out in the first, the left-hander retired nine
straight before Junior Caminero singled in the fourth.
Alex Gamboa worked the final three innings for his first save.
With the Red Sox leading 2-0, Yoshida hit the first pitch of the fourth by
Griffin Jax (5-7) to right field, wrapping it around Pesky's Pole for his
fourth homer of the season. Navarez cleared the Green Monster in the seventh
for his third homer.
Duran chased Jax with a two-run single as part of Boston's six-run sixth
inning. Jax allowed seven runs on eight hits in five-plus innings as his ERA
jumped from 3.47 to 4.08.
All-Star Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras served the fifth and final
game of his suspension for his actions during a benches-clearing incident
against Washington last month. The suspension was reduced from seven games on
appeal.
Up next
Neither team had announced a starter for Friday's second game.
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