Rafaela, Bello Power Red Sox To Sweep of Rays & Tenth Straight Win Sunday
SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 13 – Brayan Bello allowed one run into the seventh inning as the Red Sox swept the Rays and matched their longest winning streak since 2018, now at 10 games.
- The Boston Red Sox secured their tenth consecutive win by sweeping the Tampa Bay Rays in the series with a 4-1 victory on Sunday at Fenway Park.
- The streak followed key performances including Ceddanne Rafaela's two-run homer in the sixth inning and Brayan Bello pitching one-run ball into the seventh inning.
- Boston took an early 1-0 lead when Marcelo Mayer scored after a pickoff play was disrupted by Junior Caminero’s foot blocking the base, resulting in an obstruction call. Tampa Bay evened the score with a sacrifice fly by Josh Lowe, followed by a home run from Rafaela.
- Bello, 26, improved to a 6-3 record by striking out five batters, allowing six hits and no walks over 6 1/3 innings, with Aroldis Chapman earning his 17th save by striking out the final three batters.
- Boston has achieved a 10-game winning streak for the first time since July 2018 as they enter the midseason break positioned third in the highly contested AL East division.
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Rafaela, Bello Power Red Sox To Sweep of Rays & Tenth Straight Win Sunday
BY KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer, Brayan Bello pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 4-1, series-sweeping victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. Rafaela, who hit a walk-off, two-run homer for Boston on Friday, hit his 14th homer of the season in the sixth inning. Trevor Story added a go-ahead single in the sixth. Bo…

Red Sox complete four-game sweep of Rays, win streak at 10
Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run home run to help the Boston Red Sox stretch their winning streak to 10 games by beating the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Sunday.
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