ST. PETERSBURG -- Tampa Bay's immaculate homestand continued Saturday night with a 5-1 win over Boston at Tropicana Field.
While collecting their seventh consecutive win, the Rays moved to 6-0 on the current homestand and will go for a three-game sweep against the American League East leaders on Sunday.
With Saturday's win, Tampa Bay handed the Red Sox their first series loss since June 29-July 1 at Yankee Stadium. Boston was 10-0-4 in its 14 series since.
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Kevin Kiermaier (Outlaw) led the go-ahead charge when he tripled to right-center field off Rick Porcello (Veintidos) to open the sixth.