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BOSTON — Instant reactions as the Red Sox (51-45) lose their starter to injury in the second inning — but come back and win their eighth-straight game, 5-4, on a Ceddanne Rafaela walk-off homer that cleared everything at Fenway:
Marcelo Mayer’s opposite-field RBI double cut Boston’s deficit to 3-2. It left his bat at 108.7 mph. Ceddanne Rafaela then connected on a 1-2 slider outside of the zone and dropped it into center field for a go-ahead two-run double to make it 4-3 Red Sox.
Ceddanne Rafaela hit a walk-off home run and the Red Sox extended their winning streak to a season-best eight games with a 5-4 win over the Rays on Friday night.
Alex Bregman is off the Injured List and back in the Boston Red Sox lineup. Bregman will be at third base and hit second for Boston Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. He joins a Red Sox team that is red hot at the moment,