BOSTON (Interstat) — Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela hit solo home runs in consecutive innings, Connelly Early struck out eight and the Boston Red Sox snapped the Tampa Bay Rays’ seven-game winning streak with a 2-0 victory on Friday night at Fenway Park.

Abreu homered in the third inning and Rafaela added another in the fourth. Early (3-2) allowed four hits and one walk over seven innings, throwing a career-high 96 pitches. Jesse Scholtens (3-2) took the loss, allowing two runs on two hits in 4 2/3 innings. Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth for his eighth save.

Both teams finished with four hits. Tampa Bay did not have a baserunner after the sixth inning and was shut out for the first time this season. The Rays fell to 25-13; Boston improved to 17-22. Attendance was 35,052 and the game time was 2 hours, 30 minutes.