Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox

BOSTON -- Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela hit solo home runs in back-to-back innings, Connelly Early struck out eight and the Boston Red Sox snapped the Tampa Bay Rays seven-game winning streak with a 2-0 victory on Friday night. Boston had only four hits, but Tampa Bay didn’t have a base runner after the sixth inning and was shut out for the first time this season. After tying his shortest outing of the season last week at Houston when he exited after four innings, Early (3-2) allowed four hits and walked one n seven innings, throwing a career-high 96 pitches.