Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays

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Boston Red Sox

26-24, 16-11 Away

Final
8 - 5

Tampa Bay Rays

25-26, 14-15 Home

Abreu and Wong both drive in 2 runs, Red Sox beat Rays 8-5 to complete a three-game sweep

Boston swept the Rays on the road for the first time since April 19-21, 2019. The Red Sox had lost 15 of their previous 16 games at Tampa Bay entering the series.

“It’s very important to come here and sweep this team,” Abreu said through a translator. “Even more when we haven’t done it in a long time. That will give us extra confidence.”

Boston star Rafael Devers had his 11-game hitting streak end after going 0 for 4. His team record of homering in six consecutive games was stopped on Tuesday night.

José Caballero drove in a pair with a single during a three-run second for the Rays, who have lost a season-high four straight and dropped under .500 at 25-26. Yandy Díaz hit a ninth-inning solo homer.

Bello (5-2) gave up three runs and four hits. The right-hander struck out six and walked four.

“I think he found the changeup,” Boston manager Alex Cora said about Bello's recovery.

Rob Refsnyder had a tiebreaking RBI single off reliever Kevin Kelly during a five-run fifth as the Red Sox took a 5-3 lead.

Ceddanne Rafaela ended Ryan Pepoit's night with an RBI single in the fifth. Richard Lovelady (0-2) entered and allow Wong's two-run single before Refsynder and Dominic Smith had consecutive run-scoring hits off Kelly.

Abreu connected on a two-run homer in a three-run sixth against Kelly to make it 8-3.

“We did a lot of good things,” Cora said. “We put the ball in play. The value of putting the ball in play, it was huge.”

Pepiot, making his first start since being hit on the lower left leg by an 107.5 mph liner by the New York Mets' Starling Marte on May 5, allowed three runs, two hits, four walks and hit a batter in four-plus innings.

“Overall just didn't execute pitches,” Pepiot said. “Just one of those days.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: RHP Garrett Whitlock (right elbow ligament) will see Dr. Jeff Dugas on May 29 in Birmingham, Alabama to determine if he needs surgery. … 1B Garrett Cooper was a late scratch due to right shoulder discomfort.

Rays: CF Josh Lowe departed in the second inning with right side strain and will have a MRI. He started the season on the injured list with a right oblique strain. … RHP Drew Rasmussen (right elbow internal brace surgery) had his first bullpen session.

Red Sox: RHP Kutter Crawford (2-2, 2.17 ERA) will face Milwaukee RHP Brice Wilson (2-1, 2.79 ERA) on Friday night,

Rays: LHP Tyler Alexander (2-2, 5.17 ERA), who took a perfect game into the eighth inning last Friday at Toronto, starts Friday night against Kansas City RHP Seth Lugo (7-1, 1.79 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 57.3%

Red Sox: 42.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	B. Lowe fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Arozarena struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	DeLuca flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Díaz homered to center (427 feet).
	9th Inning	Devers flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Wong struck out looking.

Statistics

BOS		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	16
8	Strikeouts	8
8	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
141	Pitches	154
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	12
40	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
3.9	Runs Created	4.6
.229	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.353
.229	Secondary Average	.324
.325	On Base Percentage	.350
.668	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.703
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
3.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.6
45.0	Batter Rating	34.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.53	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.114	Isolated Power	.118
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.150
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.088
16.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
87.5	MLB Rating	82.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0