Red Sox Beat Rays 1-0 Wednesday Night [VIDEO]

David Hamilton broke out of his slump, hitting his 1st homer of the season for the game's only run as the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 on Wednesday night.

Hamilton's homer was a line drive to right field in the 3rd inning. He entered the game 1-21 in 9 games.

Romy Gonzalez playing 3rd base in place of Alex Bregman who went on paternity leave, was 1-4 with a double.

Jarren Duran was 1-4 with a double.

Rafael Devers was 1-3. It was Devers' 1000th career game as a Red Sox player and just the 31st player to play 1000 games as a Red Sox.

Most Extra Base Hits in 1st 1000 games as a Red Sox

1. Ted Williams - 534
2. Nomar Garciaparra - 507
3. Rafael Devers - 474

Most Home Runs in 1st 1000 games as a Red Sox

1. Mo Vaughn - 221
2. Ted Williams - 220
3. Jim Rice - 209
4. Rafael Devers - 201

Sean Newcomb started for the Red Sox and pitched 4.2 innings allowing 4 hits and striking out 4 and walking 2. From there the bullpen was lights-out. Greg Weissert went 1.1 innings, striking out 3 and picked up the win. He's 1-0. Garrett Whitlock pitched 2 innings, allowing 1 hit and striking out 4. Justin Slaten pitched the 9th inning, striking out 2, picking up his 2nd save of the season.

Check out the highlights of the game.

Boston is now 10-10 and in 3rd place in the AL East. Tampa Bay is 8-10 and in 4th place in the AL East.

The Red Sox are off on Thursday.  They will start a 7-game homestand on Friday, April 18th. The Red Sox will play 4 games against the Chicago White Sox April 18-21 including the Patriot's Day game on Monday, April 21st that starts at 11:10 a.m. The Red Sox will then conclude the homestand with 3 games against the Seattle Mariners April 22-24.

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