The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox kicked off a three-game series on Monday at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Florida.
It was a battle between two American League East teams that have gotten off to average starts in the 2025 campaign.
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The Rays entered with a 7-8 record and the Red Sox entered at 8-9 on the year.
At the end of Monday’s game, the Rays crushed the Red Sox, 16-1.
Tampa Bay scored 14 of the 16 runs within the first three innings, including a nine-run third inning. Red Sox starter Tanner Huock went just 2.1 innings, giving up 12 runs (11 earned) on 10 hits.
Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kameron Misner (26) runs the bases after hitting a home run against the Boston Red SoxNathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
In fact, the Rays did something that had only been done one other time in franchise history, and the MLB revealed the news after the win.
“For the second time in franchise history each player in @RaysBaseball’s starting lineup recorded a run and an RBI.”
The last time the Rays did that was against the Seattle Mariners on June 30, 2023, per Adam Berry of MLB.com.
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Here is how the Rays’ lineup fared on Monday night:
Yandy Diaz: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 runs
Brandon Lowe: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 run
Junior Caminero: 2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 runs
Jonathan Aranda: 2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 runs
Christopher Morel: 3-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 runs
Kameron Misner: 3-for-4, 3 RBI, 2 runs
Taylor Walls: 0-for-4, 1 RBI, 2 runs
Danny Jansen: 1-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 run
Jake Magnum: 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 runs
Misner hit a pair of home runs, and Diaz made franchise history by hitting leadoff home runs in back-to-back games, so there were a lot of positives for Tampa Bay on Monday.
The Rays ended the game with 16 runs on 16 hits as the Red Sox dropped the first of the series.
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