MLB

Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox

· Doubleheader - Game 2
Tampa Bay Rays
56-40, 21-25 Away
Final
3 - 5
Boston Red Sox
48-48, 19-27 Home

Red Sox push win streak to 11 games, reach .500 with 5-3 win over Rays to sweep doubleheader

Willson Contreras smashes a home run

The streak is the longest for the Red Sox since Sept. 15-25, 2016, and Boston (48-48) moved to .500 for the first time since its second game of the season.

Abreu and Contreras homered back-to-back in the first inning after the Rays jumped to a 2-0 lead. Abreu tied it with his two-run shot and Contreras followed with his 21st of the season.

Contreras was suspended for his actions during a benches-clearing incident against Washington last month. The suspension was reduced from seven games on appeal.

All-Star slugger Junior Caminero hit his 29th homer for AL-best Tampa Bay, which also got a two-run single from Johnny DeLuca. Caminero's longball tied it at 3-all in the third.

Abreu put the Red Sox back ahead in the bottom half with his 13th homer. It was his sixth career game with multiple home runs.

Greg Weissert (2-2) was one of six Red Sox relievers to combine for 6 2/3 scoreless innings. All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect ninth for his 20th save.

Anthony Siegler doubled in a run in the fifth for Boston.

Tampa Bay starter Mason Englert (0-3) allowed five runs in five innings.

In Friday’s opener, the Red Sox beat the Rays 10-0 behind six sharp innings from rookie Jake Bennett and homers from Masataka Yoshida and Carlos Navarez.

Up next Tampa Bay LHP Ian Seymour (6-2, 4.59 ERA) is slated to start on Saturday against Boston LHP Patrick Sandoval (0-0, 2.08).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Fortes struck out swinging.
9th Inning Fortes hit for Feduccia
9th Inning Williamson fouled out to first.
9th Inning DeLuca struck out swinging.
9th Inning Chapman relieved Slaten
9th Inning Jones as designated hitter.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
13 Ground Balls 9
8 Strikeouts 6
3 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 8
0 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 5
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
33 At Bats 31
1 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
8 Runners Left On Base 8
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 2
12 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 1
132 Pitches 131
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
10 Total Bases 19
35 Plate Appearances 34
162.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
1 Extra Base Hits 5
2.2 Runs Created 5.8
.212 Batting Average .258
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.303 Slugging Percentage .613
.152 Secondary Average .419
.257 On Base Percentage .324
.560 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .936
1.1 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
2.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 6.5
22.0 Batter Rating 41.0
33.0 At Bats Per Home Run 10.3
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.77 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.85
.091 Isolated Power .355
0.25 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.057 Walks Per Plate Appearance .088
-.061 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .161
6.0 Runs Produced 10.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.7
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.2
74.0 MLB Rating 89.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Fenway Park

Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 34,255 | Capacity:

2026 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Tampa Bay - 62 L1 0.6075949 96
New York 5 67 W1 0.5759494 91
Boston 11 73 W1 0.53797466 85
Baltimore 18.5 81 W3 0.49056605 78
Toronto 19.5 82 L3 0.48427674 77
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