On a day the baseball world mourned the sudden death of Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, killed in a boating accident Sunday morning at the age of 24, the Red Sox extended their winning streak to 11 games and lowered their magic number for clinching the AL East to two.
Led by Eduardo Rodriguez (5.1-3-1-2-13, 113) Red Sox pitchers struck out 23 Rays hitters, including 11 in a row in the middle innings. There was a stretch from the second inning to the eighth where the Red Sox recorded 17 straight outs by strikeout.
Mookie Betts singled in Xander Bogaerts in the first inning, but the Rays tied the game in the second.