FINAL SCORE: Rays 7, Red Sox 4
IN BRIEF: The Red Sox led 4-0 in the fourth inning Monday night before giving up three home runs to fall behind 6-4 to the Rays by the end of the frame, resulting in a loss where Boston dropped three-of-four to Tampa on the road.
RED SOX RECORD: 81-75
HIGHLIGHTS
2nd inning
Marco Hernandez hit a ground-rule double to left, Bradley Jr. scored (1-0 BOS)
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3rd inning
Jackie Bradley Jr. doubled to right, Moreland scored (2-0 BOS)
4th inning
Rafael Devers singled to right, Hernandez scored (3-0 BOS)
J.D. Martinez singled to center for his 100th RBI of the year, Betts scored (4-0 BOS)
Ji-Man Choi hit a three-run homer to center, Meadows and d'Arnaud scored (4-3 BOS)
Brandon Lowe launched a solo home run (4-4)
Willy Adames hit a two-run homer to left, Kiermaier scored (6-4 TB)
6th inning
Avisail hit double to right but was thrown out at third by Mookie Betts, Choi scored (7-4 TB)
UP NEXT:
@Rangers, Tuesday, 8:05 p.m., NESN
@Rangers, Wednesday, 8:05 p.m., NESN
@Rangers, Thursday, 2:05 p.m., NESN
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