Boston Red Sox Homer Twice and Beat Rays 2-0 [VIDEO]

The Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night, May 8th as they homered twice and Connelly Early went 7.0 innings to pick up the win.

Boston has won 4 of their last 5 games and are 3-0 in their "Fenway Greens".

Early picked up the win and is now 3-2. He allowed just 4 hits and struck out 8 while walking 1.

Garrett Whitlock struck out 2 in the 8th inning and Aroldis Chapman struck out 2 in the 9th inning, earning his 8th save of the season.

Boston had only 4 hits in the game, but 2 of them were home runs.

Ceddanne Rafaela was 2-4 and hit a solo home run in the 4 inning. It was his 3rd homer of the season.

Wilyer Abreu hit a solo home run in the 3rd inning. It was his 6th homer of the season.

Jarren Duran had Boston's other hit.

Check out the video highlights.

Boston is now 17-22 and Tampa Bay is 25-13.

The 2 teams will play the 3rd game of their 4-game series on Saturday afternoon, May 9th. The pregame begins at 3:10 with the 1st pitch at 4:10 on WDEA AM 1370

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