Boston shuts out AL East leader Tampa Bay in the opener, then climbs back to the .500 mark by winning the nightcap.
Masataka Yoshida heads to the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning of the Red Sox's 10-0 win over the Rays on Friday in Boston. (Mark Stockwell/Associated Press)
BOSTON — Wilyer Abreu homered twice, All-Star Willson Contreras went deep in his first game back from a five-game suspension, and the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to 11 games with a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night to sweep a doubleheader.
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.
The Red Sox won 10-0 in the opener of the day-night doubleheader.
Abreu and Contreras homered back-to-back in the first inning of the nightcap 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 got six sharp innings from rookie Jake Bennett and homers from Masataka Yoshida and Carlos Navarez.
Narvaez and Jarren Duran each drove in three runs for Boston.
Bennett (5-3) gave up only one hit and 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.
Up nextTampa Bay left-hander Ian Seymour (6-2, 4.59 ERA) is slated to start on Saturday against Boston left-hander Patrick Sandoval (0-0, 2.08).
| # | Наименование новости | Тональность | Информативность | Дата публикации |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willson Contreras, Sonny Gray lift Red Sox to 13th straight win | 0 | 38.96 | 19-07-2026 |
| 2 | Red Sox rally from 3 down to win 12th in a row | 0 | 37.48 | 19-07-2026 |
| 3 | Red Sox split doubleheader, team record winning streak ends at 15 | 0 | 37.48 | 22-07-2026 |
| 4 | Rays complete series sweep over flailing Red Sox | 0 | 41.43 | 10-06-2026 |
| 5 | Red Sox bats stay quiet in loss to Rays | 0 | 37.48 | 09-06-2026 |
| 6 | Red Sox clinch rare series win at home | 0 | 41.99 | 13-06-2026 |
| 7 | Red Sox stay hot, win 7th in a row | 0 | 36.66 | 11-07-2026 |
| 8 | Red Sox beat Nationals for 5th straight win | 0 | 39.5 | 30-06-2026 |
| 9 | Red Sox roll to second straight win over Angels | 0 | 39.5 | 05-07-2026 |
| 10 | Red Sox make it 8 in a row | 0 | 38.1 | 11-07-2026 |