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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2026-05-08 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 35052 · 58°F, Clear · Wind 5 mph, Out To RF · 2:30

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Rays 2–0. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 3rd — Wilyer Abreu homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Junior Caminero grounds into a double play, third baseman Caleb Durbin to second baseman Marcelo Mayer to first baseman Willson Contreras. Yandy Díaz out at 2nd. Junior Caminero out at 1st — worth 17% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
BOS	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz DH	3	0	0	3
Ryan Vilade RF	4	0	0	1
Junior Caminero 3B	4	0	0	0
Jonathan Aranda 1B	3	1	1	2
Jonny Deluca CF	4	0	0	2
Ben Williamson 2B	3	0	0	0
Chandler Simpson LF	3	0	0	1
Nick Fortes C	3	2	0	1
Taylor Walls SS	3	1	0	2

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jarren Duran LF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Willson Contreras 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1
Wilyer Abreu RF	2	1	1	1	2	0
Masataka Yoshida DH	4	0	0	0	0	0
Trevor Story SS	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	4	1	3	1	0	0
Marcelo Mayer 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Narvaez C	2	0	0	0	0	1
Caleb Durbin 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Mason Englert	3.1	3	0	0	0	3
Jesse Scholtens	4.2	2	2	2	4	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching