The Red Sox got back in the win column Monday Night with a 5-4 walk-off win in the bottom of the 10th inning against the Texas Rangers in the opener of their 3-Game Series at Fenway.  The win ended the Red Sox 4-Game losing streak.  Boston with its first 3 runs, scoring on a sacrifice fly and a pair of bases loaded walks.  It's the Sox 5th walk-off win of the season.  The Rangers have lost 5 of their last 6.        6-8 in Extra-Innings.

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Heros of the Night: Enmanuel Valdez tied the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the 10th with a ground-rule Double that scored the ghost-runner, Romy Gonzalez.  Valdez scored the winning run from 3rd on a 2-out RBI single from Rob Refsnyder.  

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Bello On The Bump: Brayan Bello worked 6 quality innings in Monday night's opener.  Bello tossed 4 scoreless innings to start and allowed his only run of the night in the 5th inning on an RBI single from Marcus Semien. He left with a 3-1 lead but ended up with his 5th straight no-decision.  

#66 Final Line- 6.0 IP. 4 Hits. 1 R. 1 ER. 3 BB. 5 Ks.    

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More on Bello: Red Sox have won 4 straight starts made by Bello and are 7-1 in his last 8 outings.  His last loss came at home against the Blue Jays on June 25th.  

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Jarren Out of Lineup: Jarren Duran was suspended for 2 games by the Red Sox on Monday, and he was out of the lineup for the 1st time this season for the series opener.  Here's Ian Brown's story from RedSox.com.  Jarren Duran suspended two games by Red Sox (mlb.com).  Duran will miss Tuesday's game against the Rangers.  

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That Guy Again; Rangers Corey Seager tied the game at 3-3 with a 2-run Home Run on the 1st pitch that he saw from reliever Bailey Horn.  Seager with his 26th Home Run on the season.  He has 7 Home Runs in the month of August and 4 of those have come against the Red Sox.

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Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST Notes:

Red Sox pitcher have allowed at least 1 Home Run in 13 straight games (28 Total). 

The Red Sox have now struck out 10 or times in a game 61 times this season and in all 4 games on the current Home Stand (55 Total in 4 Games).

David Hamilton stole his 30th base of the season on Monday night.  He's the first Red Sox player with 30 bags in a season since Mookie Betts stole 30 bases in 2018.

The Sox are now 7-8 in extra-inning games.    

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