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Tuesday 5 July 2022
Red Sox win 8th straight on Fourth of July, beat Rays 4-0

By KEN POWTAK point despite going 26-39
Associated Press against everyone else.
BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Sto- “Essentially it seems that
ry hit a solo homer, Kutter we’ve scored with these
Crawford pitched 5 1/3 in- guys,” manager Don Mat-
nings of two-hit relief and tingly said. “We seemed to
the Boston Red Sox won have getting the outs we
their eighth straight Fourth need to and getting some
of July game, beating the big hits when we need to.”
Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 on De La Cruz became the lat-
Monday. est Miami player to come
Franchy Cordero added up with a big hit during this
an RBI single for the Red run, after Sánchez hit a go-
Sox, who won their sec- ahead two-run home run in
ond straight game and im- the ninth Sunday and Agui-
proved to just 9-16 against lar homered and doubled
AL East rivals. Saturday. His fifth homer
With a handful of its play- this season came off Tan-
ers wearing long sleeves ner Rainey (1-3), who also
with stars and stripes on a gave up Sánchez’s shot to
warm, sunny day, Boston right less than 24 hours ear-
matched its franchise re- lier.
cord for consecutive July It was the first time De La
4 wins, accomplished from Cruz homered in the ninth
1901-04 and 1936-39, when inning or later in his major
teams played double- league career.
headers. Miami’s Braxton Garrett
Tampa Bay had its three- Boston Red Sox’s Trevor Story, right, is congratulated by Christian Arroyo (39) after hitting a solo cruised through seven in-
game winning streak home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway nings on 61 pitches before
halted and lost a road se- Park, Monday, July 4, 2022, in Boston. things got away from him
ries opener for the eighth Associated Press in the eighth. His first and
straight time. The Rays had walking two before retiring Javier Báez hit an RBI single only walk proved costly
just two hits, both singles. DETROIT (AP) — Garrett Owen Miller on a ground- in the seventh and Tucker when Ehire Adrianza stole
Story put the Red Sox Hill won his major league out. Barnhart singled home second and scored on Luis
ahead in the fourth, driv- debut by pitching six im- The two hits matched the Schoop in the eighth. Garcia’s RBI single that sent
ing a changeup from Josh pressive innings, Miguel fewest for Cleveland bat- Garrett to the showers.
Fleming (2-4) into the back Cabrera delivered a two- ters this season (June 18 at De La Cruz homers in 10th, “I was just efficient early,”
of Boston’s bullpen for his run single and the Detroit the Dodgers) and fewest Marlins beat Nationals Garrett said. “I was 0-1 a
13th homer. Tigers beat the Cleveland allowed by Detroit pitchers again lot. And also our bullpen’s
Boston went with a bullpen Guardians 4-1 Monday in (June 1 against Minnesota). a little taxed. Our late-
game because scheduled the opener of a day-night Jonathan Schoop, who en- WASHINGTON (AP) — Af- game guys have gone I
starter Michael Wacha was doubleheader. tered the game hitting .191, ter watching Jesús Agui- think it was three days in a
scratched Sunday with The Guardians played third had four singles in four at- lar and Jesús Sánchez hit row, and it was in the back
what manager Alex Cora doubleheader in seven bats and scored two runs. late-inning home runs to of my mind to try and get
called dead arm. The Red days and their seventh this Cabrera’s single in the first win games for the Miami a few more innings out just
Sox started Austin Davis for season. inning gave the Tigers a Marlins over the weekend, for the bullpen.”
two hitless innings before A 26th-round draft choice 2-0 lead and put him at Bryan De La Cruz was hap- With top relievers Anthony
using two more relievers. by the Tigers in 2018, Hill (1- 3,060 hits, tying Craig Big- py to get a similar chance Bass, Steven Okert and Tan-
Crawford (2-2) struck out 0) allowed just two hits, in- gio for 25th on the all-time Monday. ner Scott unavailable after
eight and walked one and cluding a home run by Josh list. His 1,831 RBIs tied him He made the most of it. each pitching three days in
John Schreiber got five outs Naylor. He struck out three with Manny Ramirez. Ca- De La Cruz hit a two-run a row, Mattingly pieced to-
for third save. and walked one. brera has now hit safely in homer off the foul pole in gether eight outs with Zach
The Red Sox added a run in Hill drew attention last year 10 games. the 10th inning to keep the Pop, Jimmy Yacabonis and
the fifth when Christian Ar- after pitching in the Arizona Cleveland starter Zach Ple- Miami’s domination of the Dylan Floro. Yacabonis (1-
royo doubled leading off, League Fall Stars Game. sac (2-6) went six innings Washington Nationals go- 1) got the win after pitching
advanced on a groundout The 26-year-old right-hand- and suffered the loss. ing with a 3-2 victory. a scoreless ninth, and Floro
and scored when Rafael er was a combined 4-2 with The Guardians’ Myles Straw “Just being able to do that picked up his second save
Devers was credited with a 3.23 ERA in a combined tried to score on Steve with one swing, just put in as many days — his first
an infield hit after second 15 starts at Triple-A and Kwan’s third-inning single your team ahead, it’s a two this season.
baseman Isaac Paredes Double-A this season. but didn’t slide and was wonderful feeling,” he said Washington’s Patrick
bobbled his grounder try- Back in 2005, another Tigers tagged out on by catcher through an interpreter. “It Corbin made quick work
ing to make a backhand rookie pitcher also made Tyler Barnhart after a throw feels great just to do it for of the Marlins for much of
pickup. Fleming booted a his big league debut on from left fielder Robbie the whole team.” his seven innings, scatter-
comebacker with the bas- the Fourth of July against Grossman. A replay over- The Marlins won the rare ing eight hits and striking
es loaded for a run before Cleveland — that day, Jus- turned plate umpire Erich 11:05 a.m. start by beat- out four with one walk. The
Cordero’s single. tin Verlander took the loss. Bacchus’ original safe call. ing the Nationals for the only run he gave up came
Fleming gave up four runs Tigers relievers Andrew Naylor hit his 11th homer, 12th time in 13 games this in the third, when Luke Wil-
in five innings of relief. Chafin, Michael Fulmer connecting in the fourth. year, including seven in a liams reached on a bunt
and Gregory Soto teamed Naylor walked in the sev- row. They extended their single, advanced on Billy
Hill wins stellar MLB debut, for three hitless innings. enth and exited because winning streak to five and Hamilton’s sacrifice and
Tigers beat Guardians in Soto worked the ninth and of back spasms. Miller moved two games back of scored on Jesús Aguilar’s
Game 1 picked up his 16th save, pinch-ran for him. .500 at nearly the halfway single.q