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Red Sox triumph 10th successful row, longest streak since '18 (0:55)
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox: Game Highlights (0:55)
Associated Press
Jul 13, 2025, 04:39 PM ET
BOSTON -- Ceddanne Rafaela deed a two-run homer, Brayan Bello pitched one-run shot into the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 4-1, series-sweeping triumph implicit the Tampa Bay Rays connected Sunday.
Rafaela, who deed a walk-off, two-run homer for Boston connected Friday, deed his 14th homer of the play successful the sixth inning. Trevor Story added a go-ahead azygous successful the sixth.
Boston past had a 10-game triumph streak successful July 2018 and heads into the All-Star interruption successful 3rd spot successful the competitory AL East, down Toronto and the New York Yankees.
Tampa Bay's Chandler Simpson extended his hitting streak to 16 games, a nine grounds for a rookie. The Rays mislaid for the 11th clip successful 14 games and closed retired their roadworthy travel to Minnesota, Detroit and Boston with a 2-8 record.
The 26-year-old Bello (6-3) gave up six hits, struck retired 5 and didn't contented a locomotion implicit 6⅓ innings. He was coming disconnected his archetypal nine-inning implicit crippled successful his erstwhile start. All-Star Aroldis Chapman struck retired the last 3 batters for his 17th save.
Boston moved up 1-0 erstwhile Rays 3rd baseman Junior Caminero was called for obstruction with his ft blocking the container connected a pickoff play, allowing Marcelo Mayer to score.
The Rays snapped an 18-inning scoreless agelong successful the 4th inning, tying the crippled connected Josh Lowe's sacrifice fly.
Ryan Pepiot (6-7) gave up 4 runs, 3 earned, successful six innings.
Key infinitesimal Rafaela deed a 3-2 fastball successful the sixth from Pepiot that sailed conscionable implicit the Green Monster, bouncing disconnected a tabletop successful the beforehand row, aft Story's run-scoring single.
Key stat Story is palmy successful 16 bargain attempts this season. The past Red Sox subordinate to unfastened a play going 16 for 16 was Jacoby Ellsbury successful 2008.
Up adjacent Rays RHP Taj Bradley (5-6, 4.60 ERA) is slated to commencement Friday astatine location against Baltimore aft the All-Star break.
The Red Sox person not announced a commencement for the team's bid opener successful Chicago connected Friday. RHP Collin Rea (7-3, 3.91) is acceptable for the Cubs.
