Rays vs Red Sox

Final · Fri May 8 · 7:10 PM ET · Fenway Park

Tampa Bay RaysRays25-13

FinalMay 8, 2026

Boston Red SoxRed Sox17-22

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Closing line

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Moneyline

TB+114

BOS−137

Run line

TB +1.5−188

BOS −1.5+155

Total O/U

Over 8.5−110

Under 8.5−110

Run line: Red Sox −1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 8.5 (2 runs).

Recap

The Boston Red Sox shut out the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0 at Fenway Park in Boston on May 8, 2026 to move to 17-22.

The game was played before 35,052.

Score by inning

Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox, score by inning
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	x	2

W: Early (3-2) · L: Scholtens (3-2) · S: Chapman (0-1)

Scoring plays

Bottom 3

BOSHome runAbreu homered to right center (427 feet).0-1

Bottom 4

BOSHome runRafaela homered to left (379 feet).0-2

Team stats

TBBOS

Hits: 4; 5
Home Runs: 0; 2
Runs Batted In: 0; 2
Walks: 1; 4
Strikeouts: 12; 7
Runners Left On Base: 12; 12
Errors: 1; 0

Player stats

Rays · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	H	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Yandy Diaz DH	0-3	3	0	0	3	19	.316	.397	.471
Ryan Vilade RF	0-4	4	0	0	1	10	.255	.309	.353
Junior Caminero 3B	0-4	4	0	0	0	18	.252	.341	.483
Jonathan Aranda 1B	1-3	3	1	1	2	18	.265	.368	.456
Jonny DeLuca CF	0-4	4	0	0	2	18	.271	.303	.424
Ben Williamson 2B	0-3	3	0	0	0	8	.260	.330	.327
Chandler Simpson LF	0-3	3	0	0	1	7	.306	.333	.354
Nick Fortes C	2-3	3	2	0	1	11	.284	.320	.368
Taylor Walls SS	1-3	3	1	0	2	15	.203	.308	.241

Rays · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Jesse Scholtens P	4.2	2	2	2	4	4	2	91-53	3.29	91
Mason Englert P	3.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	46-31	5.63	46

Red Sox · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jarren Duran LF	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	.194	.255	.328
Willson Contreras 1B	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	21	.259	.376	.467
Wilyer Abreu RF	1-2	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	16	.303	.387	.486
Masataka Yoshida DH	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.277	.390	.338
Trevor Story SS	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	21	.199	.236	.278
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	3-4	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	12	.286	.353	.421
Marcelo Mayer 2B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.238	.304	.327
Carlos Narvaez C	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.208	.274	.325
Caleb Durbin 3B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.177	.255	.258

Red Sox · Pitching

Player	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Connelly Early P	7.0	4	1	8	96-70	3.16	96
Garrett Whitlock P	1.0	0	0	2	10-10	3.52	10
Aroldis Chapman P	1.0	0	0	2	18-13	0.71	18

Game info

VenueFenway Park, Boston, MA

Attendance35,052

OfficialsHome Plate Umpire: Steven Jaschinski · First Base Umpire: D.J. Reyburn · Second Base Umpire: Tyler Jones · Third Base Umpire: Sean Barber

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Last and next games

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Red Sox

Last game: L 4-8 vs TBThu May 7
Next game: L 1-4 vs TBSun May 10
W 4-0 at DETWed May 6
W 10-3 at DETTue May 5
W 5-4 at DETMon May 4

Head to head

TB 8, BOS 4Thu May 7

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