Boston Red Sox, Rafaela and Tampa Bay Rays
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"I've been waiting for this moment since I was watching games with my mom in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007," Rafaela said after his walk-off homer.
Playing nine innings while thinking those early extensions for Ceddanne Rafaela and Brayan Bello look pretty good right now …
The Red Sox know they need to not only get Anthony more games in the outfield. They also know they would be best served with Anthony, Wilyer Abreu, Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela and Masataka Yoshida all in the same lineup together. That hasn’t happened yet since Yoshida returned from the injured list Wednesday.
Ceddanne Rafaela hit a go-ahead two-run double as part of a three-run seventh inning and Boston Red Sox earned their season-high seventh straight win, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3.
Marcelo Mayer’s opposite-field RBI double cut Boston’s deficit to 3-2. It left his bat at 108.7 mph. Ceddanne Rafaela then connected on a 1-2 slider outside of the zone and dropped it into center field for a go-ahead two-run double to make it 4-3 Red Sox.