Devers Homers for 6th Straight Game as Red Sox Beat Rays 5-0 [VIDEO]
Rafael Devers became the 1st Boston Red Sox player to homer in 6 straight games, homering in the 4th inning, in Monday's 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays
The all-time consecutive-game home run record is 8 games set by Ken Griffey Jr. in 1993, Don Mattingly in 1987 and Dale Long in 1956.
Jarren Duran hit his 8th triple of the season.
Tanner Houck went 7.0 strong innings, allowing just 2 hits and striking out 5 and walking 1.
Justin Slaten pitched the final 2.0 innings, striking out 3 and walking 1.
Taj Bradley struck out 10 for the Rays, striking out 8 of the 1st 9 batters he faced. He left after 7.0 innings allowing 6 hits and 5 runs.
The game took just 2 hours and 8 minutes.
The Red Sox received bad news after the game when Alex Cora told reporters that Garrett Whitlock has damage to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and might need surgery.
The Red Sox are now 24-24 in 4th place in the AL East and just a half game behind the 25-24 Rays. The 2 teams play again on Tuesday night, with the pregame starting at 5:50 p.m and 1st pitch at 6:50 p.m. on AM 1370 WDEA.