The Boston Red Sox just rolled into Fenway and absolutely wrecked the Tampa Bay Rays, sweeping the team currently topping the AL East and racking up their THIRTEENTH straight win! It’s their fourth consecutive series sweep, a wild streak that has them at 50-48 and just climbing. You can practically feel the disbelief bubbling over, but man, in the best way possible. This team is on fire.
Gray Grinds, Rays Go 0-for-15
Sonny Gray, man, what a gamer! He wasn’t razor sharp, nope, four walks tell you that much right off the bat. But he was effective? Absolutely! The dude just grinds through jams all afternoon like it’s nothing, totally owning the mound. He’s stepped up HUGE as the ace with Garrett Crochet out, proving himself the truest workhorse on this staff, doing it effortlessly all season long. You gotta respect that kind of grit! His only real stumble was a Victor Mesa Jr. inside-the-park homer in the second inning, a bizarre play where Ceddanne Rafaela flubbed it in center, bobbling the ball so Mesa Jr. just kept running and scored easily. Other than that? Gray held it down, and a massive part of that was the Rays themselves. They went an anemic 0-for-15 with runners in scoring position, which certainly made those walks feel a whole lot less worrying for Boston.
Chaotic Inning Blows It Open, Contreras Seals The Deal
Boston answered Mesa Jr.’s homer immediately in the second inning. Caleb Durbin singled, then straight-up stole second. He snagged third on a throwing error, then came home on an Andruw Monasterio double. Monasterio has been crushing it with extra-base hits lately! But then the third inning happened, and it was pure, unadulterated baseball chaos. Jahmai Jones walked to lead off. Rafaela flew out. Abreu got hit by a pitch. Willson Contreras then battled for a walk, even after the Rays immediately challenged a pitch the umpire called ball three , it was correctly inside, their challenge failed, and suddenly the bases were loaded with one out! Hunter Feduccia let a Caleb Durbin swing-and-miss get past him, and Jones sprinted home. Then Durbin grounded one to Junior Caminero, who threw it right into the back of Abreu as he was charging home, tacking on another run. Romy Gonzalez grounded out sharply to drive home one more. Three runs, zero hits, and two unearned! The Rays just handed them three runs, and the way this Red Sox team is playing, they capitalize on every single mistake you make.
Contreras didn’t mess around in the fifth, either, putting this game away with a gorgeous two-run shot into the bullpen in right-center. The whole park just exploded with exuberance! The Rays felt done, you could just see it. Weissert, Morán, and Watson then combined for three clean-enough innings to close it out. Shane McClanahan, back in his first season after missing almost all of 2025 due to an injury that started against these same Red Sox, just didn’t have it today. He’s looked more beatable than he had in two years prior to that injury. The Sox took full advantage, again. Thirteen wins in a row, four series sweeps! This team is six games back of the division lead. What’s next for this scorching squad? You gotta tune in to find out!
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