The Red Sox (51-45) extended their season-high win streak to 8 in a row with a 5-4 comeback win over the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night at Fenway Park. Ceddanne Rafaela hit a game-winning 2-run Home Run in the Bottom of the 9th Inning off of Rays closer Pete Fairbanks. The Sox have also won 11 of 13 overall and are also a season-high 6 games over .500. It's the Red Sox 20th comeback win of the season. The Sox are now 6-2 on the season against the Rays.  Alex Bregman returned to the lineup after missing the previous 43 Games with a quad injury and went 1-for-4 with a Double.

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Dobbins Returns: Hunter Dobbins came off the IL Friday and made his 1st start since June 20 on the road against the San Francisco Giants. Dobbins gave up a run in the opening inning on an RBI Single from Junior Caminero. Dobbins left in the 2nd Inning after injuring his lower right leg while covering 1st on a groundball to Abraham Toro. It was announced Dobbins exited with right knee pain.  

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Sox at the Dish: Rafaela extended his hit streak to 8 in a row with an RBI Single in the 2nd Inning. His Single tied the game at 1-1 and gave Rafaela at least 1 RBI in 7 straight games. The Sox got to within 1 run with 2 runs across in the 4th. Marcelo Mayer knocked in a run with an RBI 2B. Abraham Toro picked up an RBI with a groundout.    

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#'s of the DAY: The Red Sox had 4 (3 Doubles & 1 Game-Winning HR) more extra-base hits in Friday night's win and have 72 extra-base hits over the last 13 Games. The Sox are now 11-19 in 1-run Games. The Sox went down 1-2-3 in 4 different innings against Rays pitching.     

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What's On Tap?: The Rays and Sox continue their 4-Game series Saturday afternoon at Fenway. Shane Baz & Garrett Crochet are the probable starting pitchers. The series concludes Sunday afternoon with Brayan Bello expected to take the ball for the last game before the All-Star break. The Sox are 6-2 vs. the Rays this season, having won 2 of 3 in Tampa back in April & 4 of 5 at Fenway. The Rays have scored 26 runs in their 2 wins vs. the Red Sox this season.     

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