Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox
Final
Recap
BOSTON -- Pinch-hitter Chandler Simpson broke a sixth-inning tie with a two-run single and the Tampa Bay Rays won their seventh straight game by beating the Boston Red Sox 8-4 on Thursday night. Simpson added an RBI triple in the eighth for the Rays, who have won 13 of 14 overall. Junior Caminero hit a two-run homer in the ninth, his 10th of the season, and Yandy Díaz got his 1,000th career hit. Tampa Bay used four relievers to cover the final five innings. Hunter Bigge (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteBOS -116 · 52% to win
UpsetRun LineTBA -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 8.5 · 12 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
13Hits7
1Home runs0
4Walks1
3Strikeouts6
2Stolen bases2
128Pitches thrown154
6Pitching strikeouts3
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan ViladeLF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor WallsSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Richie PalaciosPR-DH-PR-DH-PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric MullinsCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny DeLucaRF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Junior Caminero3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Williamson2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chandler SimpsonPH-LF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yandy DiazDH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter FeducciaC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick FortesC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett CleavingerP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter BiggeP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin KellyP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole SulserP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Griffin JaxP | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |