The Red Sox got back to their winning ways thanks to a well-rounded performance Friday night. At first it appeared it could potentially be a long night as Brian Johnson did not look good in the opening frame. He recovered in a big way and the Red Sox offense continually chipped away and eventually opened up their four-run lead. There were a lot of contributions to the effort in this one, but Xander Bogaerts clearly deserves the loudest shoutout after his 3-4 with two doubles and a triple. Also deserving of a shoutout is the bullpen, who first entered with a one-run lead and tossed 3 1⁄3 scoreless innings between Heath Hembree, Ryan Brasier, Matt Barnes and Tyler Thornburg.
Red Sox 7, Rays 3: Xander’s big night leads the Sox to victory
