BOSTON -- Blake Snell worked into the eighth inning and struck out nine, and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Friday night for their seventh consecutive victory.
Wilson Ramos hit a two-run homer in the first inning for the Rays, who handed the Red Sox just their second loss in 10 home games and spoiled Xander Bogaerts' return to Boston's lineup. Rob Refsnyder and Daniel Robertson also homered for Tampa Bay.
Bogaerts had Boston's first hit off Snell (4-1), a leadoff single in the fifth.