Velazquez, Red Sox arms deliver to edge Rays

Velazquez fans Kiermaier ST. PETERSBURG -- The Red Sox effectively used a mixed bag of arms to lead a 2-1 win over the Rays on Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field.

The win gave the Red Sox a 3-1 series win, along with their third-consecutive one-run victory.

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Hector Velazquez -- whom the Red Sox grabbed out of the Mexican League prior to the 2017 season, held the Rays to one run over 5 2/3 innings before giving way to Marcus Walden, who made his Major League debut on Sunday after spending 11 years in the Minor Leagues. Walden added 1 1/3 scoreless innings before Bobby Poyner -- who had never pitched above Double-A before this season, entered the game and retired Kevin…