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Pillar lined out to left fielder Brosseau.

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Verdugo homered to right on a 0-1 count, Chavis scored.

Homered to right on a 0-1 count, Chavis scored.

Vázquez singled to left, Bogaerts scored.

Chavis homered to center on a full count, Vázquez scored.

Homered to center on a full count, Vázquez scored.

Red Sox fourth.  Bogaerts lined out to left fielder Brosseau.  Vázquez grounded out, third baseman Díaz to first baseman Martínez.  Chavis singled to center.  Verdugo homered to right on a 0-1 count, Chavis scored.  Peraza popped out to shortstop Adames.

Red Sox sixth.  Bogaerts doubled to center.  Vázquez singled to left, Bogaerts scored.  Chavis homered to center on a full count, Vázquez scored.  Verdugo was hit by a pitch.  Peraza walked, Verdugo to second.  Kittredge pitching.  Araúz struck out.  Pillar grounded into a double play, second baseman Lowe to first baseman Martínez, Peraza out.

The Rays took 12 of the 19 meetings with the Red Sox last season, including seven of the last eight. However, Boston took the season series at Tropicana Field by winning its first five trips before dropping four of the last five.

The Red Sox were swept in a three-game set at Yankee Stadium to fall to 3-7 on the season after starting last season 2-8. That includes a 1-5 record against the AL East in which they've given up 11 home runs -- 10 teams have yet to give up 11 home runs in total this season.

Tampa Bay was swept in a three-game set in Baltimore and has now dropped five straight -- all on the road -- after winning four of its first five games at home. The Rays scored just 13 runs in the five-game road trip (2.6 per game) compared to 33 runs in their season-opening five-game homestand (6.6 per game).

Xander Bogaerts went 7-for-11 in the three-game series against the Yankees, including a 4-for-4, two-homer day in Sunday's finale. It's his second career game hitting 4-for-4 or better with multiple home runs (also August 1, 2019 vs. Tampa) -- only two other Red Sox shortstops have done so even once (Nomar Garciaparra in 2002, John Valentin in 1995).

Ji-Man Choi is slashing .371/.467/.645 in 22 career games against the Red Sox and his teams have gone 16-6 against Boston when he plays, including a 12-3 record when he records a hit.

Charlie Morton is still seeking his first win of the season after two starts in which he has allowed opponents to hit .342 against him. Morton is 5-1 with a 4.09 ERA in nine career starts against the Red Sox and the Rays won four of his five starts against Boston last season.

HP - West, 1B - Scheurwater, 2B - Wendelstedt, 3B - Carapazza

With Austin Meadows back and a five-game losing streak snapped, things are looking up again for the Tampa Bay Rays.
And it couldn't come at a better time as the Rays seek to finish off a two-game sweep of the slumping Boston Red Sox on Wednesday at St. Petersburg, Fla. A win would put Tampa Bay back at .500 at the 20 percent mark of the 60-game season before hosting the New York Yankees for a pivotal four-game weekend series beginning Friday.

Skid broken, Rays go for sweep of Red Sox

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)  Martin Perez pitched out of trouble all night, and Alex Verdugo and Michael Chavis homered to help the Boston Red Sox stop a four-game skid Wednesday with a 5-0 victory over the slumping Tampa Bay Rays.
Perez (2-1) allowed four hits and three walks, wiggling out of jams for five innings. He struck out four.

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Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays on August 5, 2020

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