ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
Blake Snell had his best fastball and that was more than enough against baseball’s best team.
The All-Star lefty pitched two-hit ball over six innings and the Tampa Bay Rays won their eighth straight game Sunday, beating Boston, 9-1, to hand the major league-leading Red Sox their first sweep of the season.
Snell (16-5) allowed one run and struck out eight. He has given up no more than one earned run in 14 consecutive starts at home, and he has a 1.08 ERA in four outings against the Red Sox this year.
Boston (90-42) has lost six of eight and was outscored 24-5 in the three-game set.
Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi, acquired from the Rays in a July 25 trade, gave up hits to the first three batters he faced and fell behind 2-0.
Kevin Kiermaier’s two-run triple was the fourth hit off Eovaldi in a three-run third that left Tampa Bay with a 5-0 lead.
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