Final: Red Sox 10, Rangers 3

After spotting the Texas Rangers a 3-0 first inning lead, the Red Sox ripped off 10 straight unanswered runs and posted a 10-3 victory, their second in a row.

In what was likely his last start in a Red Sox uniform, Rick Porcello pitched six strong innings and overcame the rough first inning, retiring the last 11 hitters he faced and struck out eight.

The Sox got three homers from Christian Vazquez, Mitch Moreland and  as they set a new team home run record with 241.

WHO: Red Sox (82-75) vs. Texas Rangers (75-82)
WHEN: 8:05 p.m.
WHERE: Globe Life Park
SEASON SERIES TO DATE: Boston 3-2
SERIES TO DATE: Boston 1-0
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Rick Porcello (13-12,5.56)  vs. LHP Kolby Allard (4-1, 4.25)
TV/RADIO: NESN; WEEI 93.7 FM
IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:

10:15   Rafael Devers homers, his 32nd homer of the year. That gives him 87 extra-base hits this season, the most for a Red Sox player in a season before turning 23, eclipsing Ted Williams. Also, the 32 homers ties him with Tony Conigliaro for the most homers by a Sox player before turning 23.

10:12  Porcello done after six innings, having retired the last 11 he faced. Knowing that this could well be the final start of his Red Sox career, Porcello takes time to exchange hugs with staff members and teammates in the dugout. He's allowed just five runs over his last three outings.

9:58   Mitch Moreland's fourth homer of the road trip -- a two-run shot  -- boosts the Red Sox lead to 7-3.

9:34  Second night in a row in which Jackie Bradley Jr. is thrown out trying to steal second base. Both times, Bradley attempted to slide off to the side and tag the bag, and both times, it cost him as the indirect route to the bag cost him.

9:22   Vazquez, who left the game the last half-inning, is dealing with a tight left hamstring. Seems like a precautionary move.

9:07  The hot bat of Christian Vazquez continues. Vazquez pounds a pitch to left-center for his 23rd homer of the season and second in the last four games. That also establishes a new season-high for the Red Sox with 239 homers.

8:43  Very quickly, the Red Sox come back and erase a 3-0 deficit, with the big hit coming from an unlikely source: Chris Owings' two-run single up the middle. Owings came into the game with just four hits in 36 at-bats (.111) and two RBI.

8:27  Pretty evident early on that, unlike his last two starts, Rick Porcello isn't as effective down in the strike zone. Some hard contact being made against him in the first.

8:22 Rougned Odor pulled a double into the right field corner scoring two, but a perfectly executed relay between Gorkys Hernandez and Chris Owings cuts down Willie Calhoun at the plate.

 

LINEUPS



RED SOX

Benintendi LF
Devers 3B
Bogaerts SS
Martinez DH
Vazquez C
Moreland 1B
G. Hernandez RF
Bradley CF
Owings 2B

RANGERS

Choo RF
Andrus SS
Calhoun DH
Odor 2B
Santana 3B
Guzman 1B
Heineman LF
Deshields CF
Federowicz C

WHAT'S UP: The Sox assured themselves of a winning record with their win Tuesday night....The 10 runs allowed in the win were the most the Red  Sox have allowed in a game this season and the most since they allowed 12  to Baltimore on Aug. 10, 2018 in a 19-12 victory...The Sox have a four-game winning streak at Globe Life Park...The Sox tied a franchise record for most homers in a season with 238 Tuesday...With his next extra-base hit, Rafael Devers can eclipsed Ted Williams in Red Sox history for the most extra-base hits in a season before turning 23. They're currently tied at 86...Devers needs one more double to surpass Wade Boggs (51 in 1989) for most doubles in a season for a Red Sox third baseman...The next hit for Devers will set a record for most hits in a season by a Red Sox player before turning 23. He's tied with Xander Bogaerts, who also had 194 hits in 2015...Bogaerts needs two extra-base hits to tie Nomar Garciaparra (85) for most extra-base hits in a season for a Red  Sox shortstop...The last American League player to have 195 or more hits in a season before turning 23 was Alex Rodriguez, who had 215 in 1996...Since starting the season 3-10 on the road, the Red Sox have a .636 winning percentage on the road, second-best in MLB....Closer Brandon Workman leads baseball in opponents batting average (.127), opponents slugging percentage (.170) and OPS (.440)...In fact, the .170 slugging percentage is the lowest for any pitcher with at least 50 innings in a season over the last 50 years....Rick Porcello is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his last three starts...He's given up just two runs total in his last two starts, covering 11 innings.