TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Monday night at George Steinbrenner Field, snapping a two-game skid. Casey Legumina earned the win, improving to 2-1, while Bryan Baker recorded his 17th save. Connelly Early took the loss, falling to 5-4.

Boston scored its only run in the third inning, but the Rays answered with a run in the fifth on Jonathan Aranda’s RBI single that scored Austin Slater, breaking a 1-1 tie. Yandy Díaz added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth, scoring Taylor Walls.

Tampa Bay out-hit Boston 7-4. Early worked 4⅔ innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits with six strikeouts. Willson Contreras went 0-for-3 for the Red Sox. Attendance was 14,579, and the game lasted 2 hours, 45 minutes.

The Rays improved to 38-25, while Boston fell to 27-37. The teams meet again Tuesday in the second game of the three‑game series.