Rafaela homers and drives in four runs as the Red Sox rout the Tigers
DETROIT (AP) — Ceddanne Rafaela homered and drove in four runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers for the second straight night with a 10-3 victory on Tuesday night. Framber Valdez (2-2) allowed a career-high 10 runs before being ejected in the fourth inning for hitting Trevor Story, which caused both benches to empty , though no punches were thrown. He also matched a career worst by allowing three homers.
Willson Contreras and Wilyer Abreu also homered for the Red Sox, who had lost four of five before coming to Detroit. Boston is 4-2 against the Tigers this season. Matt Vierling homered for Detroit, which has lost five of eight.
Brayan Bello (2-4) allowed one run on four hits in seven innings after replacing opener Jovani Moran for the second inning. He walked one and struck out seven after losing his last three starts. RAYS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 ST.
PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ben Williamson drove in the winning run with a single after Yandy Díaz tied it with an RBI single and Tampa Bay rallied in the eighth inning to beat Toronto for the their fifth straight victory. Tampa Bay won for the 11th time in 12 games and ran their winning streak at home to nine.
They haven’t allowed more than three runs in 12 straight games, tying a team record set in 2013. Jonathan Aranda had a one-out double off Tyler Rogers (1-2) to get the rally started. Díaz singled to tie it 3-3.
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