Red Sox score 3 runs in 7th to hold of Rays 4-3, earn season-high 7th straight victory

BOSTON AP Ceddanne Rafaela hit a go-ahead two-run double during a three-run seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox earned their season-high seventh straight win by beating the Tampa Bay Rays - on Thursday Boston starter Walker Buehler gave up three runs off five hits including two home runs over six innings Chris Murphy - and Garrett Whitlock pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth and Aroldis Chapman struck out two in the ninth to pick up his th save and th strikeout Junior Caminero hit a two-run home run and Ha-Seong Kim added a solo homer for the Rays Tampa s Taj Bradley allowed one run off two hits over six innings striking out five But reliever Bryan Baker - who was making his Rays debut after being traded by the Baltimore Orioles surrendered all three Boston runs in the seventh Boston struck first when Roman Anthony lined a two-out RBI single into right field in the third inning The Rays responded when Kim took Buehler to a full count and drove his -mph slider just over the top of the Green Monster for his first homer of the season to put the Rays in front - Caminero made it - in the sixth connecting on Buehler s first pitch of the inning for a solo home run his rd this season Key moment Trailing - the Red Sox opened the seventh by drawing back-to-back walks off Baker That was followed by an RBI double by Marcelo Mayer and the two-run single by Rafaela to put the Red Sox in front Key stats Tampa Bay rookie Chandler Simpson extended his hitting streak to games the longest by a rookie in Rays history Up next RHP Drew Rasmussen - ERA is scheduled to make his first start against Boston since July LHP Garrett Crochet - has won three of his last four starts AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB