The Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0 on May 8, 2026 at Fenway Park.
Final · Fenway Park
Top performers
- Nick Fortes went 2-for-3 for the Rays.
- Jesse Scholtens pitched 4.2 innings for the Rays, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Ceddanne Rafaela went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Connelly Early pitched 7.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 0 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
Tampa Bay Rays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Caminero | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Vilade | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonny DeLuca | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Taylor Walls | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Fortes | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chandler Simpson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Williamson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Scholtens | 4.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Mason Englert | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Boston Red Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarren Duran | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Story | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcelo Mayer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Caleb Durbin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Carlos Narvaez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connelly Early | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
Before and after
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous May 7, 2026: TB 8, BOS 4 · Next May 9, 2026: TB at BOS
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