Final: Red Sox 6, Phillies 3

The Red Sox ran their modest win streak to three straight with a 6-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, dealing another blow to the Phils' longshot playoff hopes.

Christian Vazquez homered twice -- the first one his first career grand slam -- to account for five of the six Red Sox runs. J.D. Martinez provided the other run with a sacrifice fly.

Rick Porcello, who had been belted for 12 runs in his previous two starts, rebounded nicely and allowed just two runs over five innings.

WHO: Red Sox (78-70) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (76-71)
WHEN: 1:05 p.m.
WHERE: Citizen Bank Park
SERIES TO DATE: Boston 1-0
SEASON SERIES TO DATE: Philadelphia 2-1
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Rick Porcello (12-12, 5.83) vs. RHP Jason Vargas (6-7, 4.31)
TV/RADIO: NESN; WEEI 93.7 FM

IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:

3:18    Phils peck away, adding a run off Marcus Walden.

2:50   Back-to-back two-out singles by the Phillies produce a run. Phils have first-and-third now.

2:25  The Red Sox have done a good job of controlling Bryce Harper for the series. Two strikeouts and a single last night to go along with an intentional walk and two strikeouts -- both called -- today.

2:23   The throw wasn't in time to catch J.T. Realmuto at first base, but Xander Bogaerts has gotten a lot better on that play in the hole this season -- complete with the "jump'' throw.

2:10    Rafael Devers runs a long way -- and then almost overruns -- a foul pop-up by Logan Morrison but makes the catch.

2:05  Christian Vazquez clears the bases with a homer that just clears the wall for his first career grand slam. That's his 20th homer of the year.

1:43   Home runs have been an issue for Rick Porcello and a four-seamer left up in the zone to Rhys Hoskins, wh0 smashes it out to left. That's 31 homers allowed by Porcello this season.

1:23  Red Sox load the bases with no out, but produce just one run.

1:18 Based loaded sacrifice fly by J.D. Martinez scores Andrew Benintendi. Second straight run, dating back to last night, to score via the sac fly.

LINEUPS:



RED SOX

Benintendi CF
Bogaerts SS
Devers 3B
Martinez RF
Moreland 1B
Vazquez C
Travis LF
Owings 2B
Porcello P

PHILS

Hernandez 2B
Realmuto C
Harper RF
Hoskins 1B
Miller LF
Segura SS
Kingery 3B
Haseley CF
Vargas P

WHAT'S UP:  The Red Sox have won two straight, but are just 5-8 in their last 13 games....The Sox are fifth in MLB in road winning percentage at .575 (42-31)...Since starting the year 3-10 away from Fenway, they've since gone 39-21 for a .650 winning percentage....The Sox are 20-11 all-time at Citizen Bank Park and are 7-1-3 in series there...The Red Sox own a .599 winning percentage in interleague play all time, the highest in MLLB...Since 2003, their .652 percentage (206-110) is the best in the game....Red Sox pitchers are just 1-for-19 at the plate this season and hitless in their last 18 plate appearances....Last season, Rick Porcello was 3-for-7 with two doubles...He's the only Red Sox pitcher in the DH era with multiple extra-base hits in a season....Brandon Workman leads MLB in batting average allowed (.126), slugging percentage allowed (.172)….and OPS against (.437)...He's 9-1 with 13 saves and a 2.07 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP and is averaging 12.81 strikeouts per nine innings....No other pitchers has as many as nine wins and as many as 13 saves...He hasn't allowed a homer to the last 190 batters he's faced, having given up just one homer all season....Rafael Devers needs one homer to tie Butch Hobson (30) for the most homers in a season by a Red Sox third baseman and one double to tie Wade Boggs (51) for most doubles by a third baseman...Andrew Benintendi is hitless in his last eight at-bats, though he contributed the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly Saturday night...Sam Travis is hitless over his last 17 at-bats...Porcello has pitched six or more innings in 15 of his 29 starts this season...He is 23-10 lifetime against NL teams....In two previous starts at Citizen Bank Park, he's 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA...Bryce Harper is 1-for-9 with a homer lifetime against Porcello while Jean Segura is 4-for-11....J.D. Martinez is just 2-for-11 with four strikeouts in his career against Jason Vargas.