The Boston Red Sox opened a doubleheader on Tuesday with a commanding 10‑0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, a performance highlighted by Masataka Yoshida’s fourth home run of the season. Yoshida finished 3‑for‑5 with a double and a single, and the Sox exploded for six runs in the sixth inning before adding a solo homer from Carlos Narvaez in the seventh.
The momentum carried into the nightcap, where the Red Sox edged the Rays 5‑3 to stretch their winning streak to eleven games. Griffin Jax provided solid relief, and the offense continued to click as the team built on the early explosion.
Boston’s doubleheader dominance
Across the country, the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied from a deficit to beat the New York Yankees 2‑1 in a dramatic finish. Roki Sasaki turned in a strong outing, scattering one unearned run over five‑two‑thirds innings and earning a no‑decision.
Max Muncy’s two‑run homer in the seventh proved decisive, flipping the score in favor of the Dodgers. Shohei Ohtani, who went 0‑for‑4, was held without a hit, but the team’s late surge secured the win.
Sasaki later noted a minor tweak to his pitching mechanics that he believes helped sharpen his command, a adjustment that could bode well for future starts.