The Red Sox (44-45) celebrated Independence Day with a (9-0) win over the Nationals in Washington, D.C. on Friday. The Sox have won 4 of their last 6 Games. The win snapped the Red Sox 5-game road losing streak.      

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Sox at the Dish: The Sox got on the board 1st with 2 runs in the 2nd Inning against Michael Soroka. Ceddanne Rafaela made it 1-0 with an RBI Double and he scored on a 2-out Single from Jarren Duran. Trevor Story reached with an infield Single in the 2nd Inning to extend his hit streak to 6 in a row.  Story capped his 4-hit day with a 2-run Home Run in the 8th and has 13 hits (10 RBIs) during his current hit streak. The Sox sent 12 batters to the plate and broke the game open with a 7-run 5th Inning. Story had a 2-run Single and Jarren Duran had 2-out, 2-run Double in the Inning.  The Sox had 6 different players with multi-hit Games.

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Gio On Independence Day: Lucas Giolito made the start against the team that originally drafted him in the 1st Round (16th overall) in 2012 and picked up his 5th win of the year with his impressive outing. . Giolito went 7.2 Innings and gave up 1 earned run on 4 Hits (all singles). He walked 3 and struck out 7.  The Sox are now 8-4 in Giolito's 12 starts. It's the 7th time this season where Giolito has allowed 0 or 1 run in a start. Giolito's only loss came against the Texas Rangers on May 6.  He has 5 straight winning decisions.              

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#'s of the DAY: The Sox have scored 5 or more runs 7 times over their last 13 Games and 10 or more runs 3 times over their last 6 Games. Rafaela has 5 Doubles over his last 5 Games and has hit safely in 6 of his last 7 Games.  Jarren Duran had 3 2-out RBIs in the win. The Red Sox had 4 more extra-base hits in Friday's win and have 36 extra-base hits over the last 6 Games. The Red Sox are (12-10) in inter-league play.  

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What's On Tap?: The Sox and Nationals continue their weekend series with Game 2 Saturday afternoon in D.C.  Walker Buehler & Mitchell Parker are the scheduled starters for Saturday.  Garrett Crochet is set to start in the finale on Sunday. The Sox wrap up the final week before the All-Star break with 3 against the Colorado Rockies and 4 against the Tampa Bay Rays.   

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