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Red Sox beat Rays 6-1 for 13th straight win
The Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Sunday behind a two-run homer from Willson Contreras and six innings from Sonny Gray. The win extended Boston's streak to 13 games, matching the franchise's second-longest run in team history.
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The Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Sunday. Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer and Sonny Gray allowed one run over six innings. Gray struck out five and walked four in his ninth consecutive quality start.
The Rays took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an inside-the-park homer. Andruw Monasterio tied the game with an RBI double in the bottom half. Boston scored three runs in the third inning without a hit. A passed ball and a fielder's choice brought two runners home, and Romy Gonzalez's groundout scored another.
Contreras hit his two-run homer in the fifth inning. Rays starter Shane McClanahan allowed six runs, four earned, over five innings. The streak ties a 13-game run from July 1948. Boston's longest streak was 15 games in June 1946.
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