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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2026-07-19 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 32950 · 76°F, Sunny · Wind 5 mph, L To R · 2:25

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Rays 6–1. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 2nd — Victor Mesa Jr. hits an inside-the-park home run (7) on a line drive to right-center field. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 3rd — Caleb Durbin reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman Junior Caminero. Wilyer Abreu scores. Willson Contreras to 3rd. Caleb Durbin to 2nd. Throwing error by third baseman Junior Caminero. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Victor Mesa Jr. hits an inside-the-park home run (7) on a line drive to right-center field — worth 10% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz DH	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jonathan Aranda 1B	4	0	1	0	1	2
Junior Caminero 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1
Cedric Mullins CF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Chandler Simpson LF	4	0	2	0	0	0
Victor Mesa Jr. RF	4	1	1	1	0	1
Richie Palacios 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0
Taylor Walls SS	3	0	1	0	1	0
Hunter Feduccia C	3	0	1	0	1	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jahmai Jones DH	3	1	1	0	1	1
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	4	1	2	0	0	0
Wilyer Abreu RF	3	1	0	0	0	0
Willson Contreras 1B	3	2	1	2	1	0
Caleb Durbin 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0
Romy Gonzalez 2B	4	0	0	1	0	1
Andruw Monasterio SS	3	0	1	1	1	1
Jarren Duran LF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Connor Wong C	3	0	0	0	0	2