G65: Red Sox 5, Rays 1

Rays    - 000 010 000 - 1  6  0
Red Sox - 002 012 00x - 5  6  2

Michael Chavis and Marco Hernández each drove in two runs and David Price (6-5-1-2-10, 103) struck out 10 in six innings.

Mookie Betts and Andrew Benintendi began the third inning with singles. Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers struck out, but Chavis greeted reliever Austin Pruitt with a double to center, giving Boston a 2-0 lead.

The Rays scored in the top of the fifth and the Red Sox answered with Bogaerts's sac fly, which scored Betts, who had doubled and taken third on Benintendi's groundout.

In the sixth, Chavis walked and Brock Holt singled. Vázquez bunted the runners to second and third. Pruitt walked Jackie Bradley intentionally and Hernández made him pay, with a double to left.

Workman pitched a clean seventh, striking out two. Marcus Walden gave up a one-out double in the eighth and retired the next two batters. Matt Barnes committed a one-out throwing error, putting Kevin Kiermaier on second. He preserved the win by striking out Christian Arroyo and getting Guillermo Heredia on a grounder to shortstop.

Ryan Stanek / David Price

Betts, DH
Benintendi, LF
Bogaerts, SS
Devers, 3B
Chavis, 1B
Holt, RF
Vázquez, C
Bradley, CF
Hernández, 2B

Despite pitching only 34.1 innings this year, Ryan Stanek will make his MLB-leading 18th start this evening. In 28 innings as a starter/"opener", Stanek has allowed 20 hits and five walks, while striking out 31. He has a 1.93 ERA and 0.893 WHIP.