RED SOX POSTCAST: Bello Solid, Rafaela Homers Again...Sox Win 10th Straight

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The Red Sox (53-45) extended their season-high win streak to 10 in a row with a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. The Sox have also won 13 of 15 overall and are also a season-high 8 games over .500. The Red Sox have swept 3 consecutive series and have 5 series sweeps on the season with 4 coming at Fenway. All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the 9th to close the win and notch his 17th save.

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Bello on the Bump: Brayan Bello made the start in the series finale on Sunday and was solid over 6.1 Innings. Bello allowed 1 earned run on 6 hits in improving to 6-3 with the win. He's won 3 consecutive decisions. Bello has now gone 6 innings or more in 7 straight game starts (5.0 Inning relief outing against the Reds). The Sox are now 9-7 in his 16 starts. Bello walked no one and struck out 5.

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Sox at the Dish: Roman Anthony extended his hit streak to 9 in a row with 1-out Double in the 6th Inning. Trevor Story then broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI Single off the Green Monter that brought Anthony in with the go-ahead run. Story stole 2nd and scored on a 2-run Home Run from Ceddanne Rafaela, who has now hit safely in a career-high 10 straight games.

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#'s of the DAY: The Red Sox had 3 (2 Doubles & 1 Home Run) more extra-base hits in Sunday's win and have 78 extra-base hits over the last 15 Games. Story is a perfect 16-for-16 in stolen base attempts, and he has 17 RBIs over his last 15 Games. Rafaela over his last 15 Games has 14 extra-base hits (8 2B & 6 HR) and 18 RBIs. The Sox are now 20-13 vs. AL East and 8-2 vs. Rays. The Rays have scored 16 runs in their 8 losses to the Sox. The Rays have scored 26 runs in their 2 wins vs. the Red Sox this season. The Sox have won 7 in a row at home and are 15-3 over their last 18 at Fenway.

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What's On Tap?: The Red Sox go into the All-Star Break on a 10-game win streak. They'll open up with 6 on the road with 3 against the Cubs beginning Friday afternoon and 3 against the Phillies out of the Break. The Red Sox will play 12 of their 1st 15 on the road after the All-Star Break.

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