Final: Red Sox 9, Rays 8

The Red Sox overcame a 3-0 lead early and a threat late to edge the Tampa Bay Rays, 9-8 in a Fenway Park slugfest. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Sox and was just their third win in 11 meetings with the Rays this year.

The Sox clawed back with two runs in the fourth, two in the fifth and three -- on Xander Bogaerts' homer over everything -- in the sixth. Franchy Cordero launched his third homer in the last five games.

A three-run homer off Ryan Brasier in the eighth narrowed what had been a four-run lead to one, but Matt Barnes and Garrett Whitlock held on.

WHO: Red Sox (60-65) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (69-55)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SEASON SERIES TO DATE: TB 8-2
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Michael Wacha (8-1, 2.28) vs. RHP J.T. Chargois (1-0, 0.00)
TV/RADIO: AppleTV; WEEI-FM 93.7

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Pham LF
Verdugo RF
Martinez RF
Bogaerts SS
Arroyo 3B
Cordero 1B
Hernandez 2b
Plawecki C
Duran CF

RAYS

Diaz 3B
Lowe 2B
Arozarena RF
Ramirez DH
Peralta LF
Siri CF
Mejia C
Choi 1B
Walls SS