Red Sox Sale Past Rays Win 4-2 Tuesday

The Boston Red Sox moved back into sole possession of 1st place after beating the Tampa Bay Rays in Florida on Tuesday night, May 22nd, beating the Rays 4-2. The New York Yankees lost to Texas 6-4.

Chris Sale turned in another dominant pitching performance, going 7.2 innings striking out 9, and allowing 2 walks. He gave up 4 hits, including a solo homer, and allowed 2 runs, 1 of which was earned. Sale is now 5-1 with a 2.17 ERA. Craig Kimbrel picked up his 14th save of the season.

Mookie Betts hit his major league leading 16th homer of the season, a 2 run blast. He drove in 3 runs, and was 2-4 and is now batting .368

Rafael Devers hit his 9th homer, a solo shot in the 6th inning

Jackie Bradley Jr. showed signs of coming out of his season long batting slump, he went 2-4.

The Red Sox will play Tampa Bay Wednesday night in the 2nd game of the 3 game series. David Price 4-4 will face his former team for the Red Sox. The pregame starts at 6:25 and 1st pitch at 7:10 on AM 1370 WDEA.