Rays hit 4 extra homers, beat Red Sox for eleventh straight win to open season

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays ran their season-opening win streak to 11 video games, utilizing one other homer for Brandon Lowe and a powerful efficiency by Shane McClanahan to beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Tuesday evening.

Yandy Díaz and Lowe hit back-to-back solo photographs with two out within the fifth inning. Lowe prolonged his homer streak to 4 straight video games.

Isaac Paredes and Josh Lowe additionally related for the Rays, and McClanahan (3-0) struck out 9 whereas pitching five-plus innings of one-run ball.

The 4 homers introduced Tampa Bay’s whole to 29, matching the most important league file by means of 11 video games set by the 2000 St. Louis Cardinals. It was the Rays’ third four-homer recreation of the younger season.

Tampa Bay’s win streak is one recreation wanting the franchise file set in 2004.

McClanahan surrendered two hits, however he walked 4. The left-hander has 21 strikeouts in 17 innings up to now this season.

Rafael Devers opened the Boston sixth with a leadoff stroll. He superior to 3rd on Justin Turner’s single earlier than McClanahan was changed by Garrett Cleavinger.

Devers then scored when Masataka Yoshida bounced right into a double play. It was the primary run allowed by the Rays for the reason that ninth on Friday, a franchise-record streak of 32 scoreless innings.

Paredes’ third homer of the season made it 3-0 within the fourth. Josh Lowe led off the seventh with a drive to right-center towards Kaleb Ort for his second homer.

Garrett Whitlock (0-1) permitted 5 runs and eight hits in 5 innings in his season debut for Boston. The right-hander had hip surgical procedure in September.

Reese McGuire hit an RBI single within the ninth for Boston.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: RHP Zach Eflin was positioned on the 15-day injured record with decrease again tightness. … Díaz, who had three hits and scored three runs, left within the eighth inning with an obvious harm. … INF Taylor Walls, who has missed two video games with left elbow tendinitis, expects to return Wednesday.

UP NEXT

Taj Bradley, referred to as up from Triple-A Durham to exchange Eflin on the roster, will make his main league debut Wednesday evening towards Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale (1-0, 11.25 ERA).