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07/10 20:40 CDT Red Sox score 3 runs in 7th to hold of Rays 4-3, earn
season-high 7th straight victory
Red Sox score 3 runs in 7th to hold of Rays 4-3, earn season-high 7th straight
victory
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) --- Ceddanne Rafaela hit a go-ahead, two-run double during a
three-run seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox earned their season-high
seventh straight win by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Thursday.
Boston starter Walker Buehler gave up three runs off five hits, including two
home runs, over six innings. Chris Murphy (1-0) and Garrett Whitlock pitched a
scoreless seventh and eighth, and Aroldis Chapman struck out two in the ninth
to pick up his 16th save and 1,300th strikeout.
Junior Caminero hit a two-run home run and Ha-Seong Kim added a solo homer for
the Rays.
Tampa's Taj Bradley allowed one run off two hits over six innings, striking out
five. But reliever Bryan Baker (3-3), who was making his Rays debut after being
traded by the Baltimore Orioles, surrendered all three Boston runs in the
seventh.
Boston struck first when Roman Anthony lined a two-out RBI single into right
field in the third inning.
The Rays responded when Kim took Buehler to a full count and drove his 89-mph
slider just over the top of the Green Monster for his first homer of the season
to put the Rays in front 2-1.
Caminero made it 3-1 in the sixth, connecting on Buehler's first pitch of the
inning for a solo home run, his 23rd this season.
Key moment Trailing 3-1, the Red Sox opened the seventh by drawing back-to-back walks off Baker. That was followed by an RBI double by Marcelo Mayer and the two-run single by Rafaela to put the Red Sox in front.
Key stats Tampa Bay rookie Chandler Simpson extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest by a rookie in Rays history.
Up next RHP Drew Rasmussen (7-5, 2.78 ERA) is scheduled to make his first start against Boston since July 14, 2022. LHP Garrett Crochet (9-4, 2.39) has won three of his last four starts. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
Key moment Trailing 3-1, the Red Sox opened the seventh by drawing back-to-back walks off Baker. That was followed by an RBI double by Marcelo Mayer and the two-run single by Rafaela to put the Red Sox in front.
Key stats Tampa Bay rookie Chandler Simpson extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest by a rookie in Rays history.
Up next RHP Drew Rasmussen (7-5, 2.78 ERA) is scheduled to make his first start against Boston since July 14, 2022. LHP Garrett Crochet (9-4, 2.39) has won three of his last four starts. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
