BOSTON (Interstat) – Hunter Bigge pitched two scoreless innings of relief to earn his first win as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 on Thursday at Fenway Park, extending their winning streak to eight games. The Rays improved to 25-12 while Boston fell to 16-22 before an announced crowd of 33,961 in a game that lasted 2:48.

Chandler Simpson drove in three runs, going 2 for 2 with a triple as a pinch hitter and left fielder. Junior Caminero homered in the ninth, a two-run shot, and finished 2 for 4 with three RBIs. Cedric Mullins also drove in a run for Tampa Bay, which pounded out 13 hits.

The Rays scored three in the second on a sacrifice fly by Yandy Diaz and RBI singles from Ben Williamson and Mullins. Boston answered with three in the bottom half, but Tampa Bay added two in the sixth on Simpson’s single, one in the eighth on his triple and two in the ninth on Caminero’s homer. The Red Sox got a run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Wilyer Abreu.

Jake Bennett took the loss for Boston, allowing four earned runs over 5 1/3 innings. Griffin Jax worked four innings of two-run ball for the Rays.