Red Sox rout Rangers 10‑1 behind Rafaela, Abreu homers

BOSTON (Interstat) — Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu each homered and drove in three runs as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 10-1 on Friday at Fenway Park. Rafaela went 3-for-5 with a home run and a double, while Abreu was 3-for-4 with a homer and a double. Willson Contreras added a homer and three hits for Boston, which collected 12 hits. Sonny Gray (8-1) allowed one earned run on five hits over six innings with seven strikeouts to earn the win. Jack Leiter (3-6) took the loss after giving up five earned runs on eight hits in five innings. Texas took a 1-0 lead in the first on Wyatt Langford’s RBI single, but Boston answered with two runs in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly and Contreras’ home run. The Red Sox broke the game open with four runs in the fifth, then added one in the seventh and three in the eighth. The Rangers managed only six hits. Attendance was 33,919, and the game lasted 2 hours, 46 minutes. Boston improved to 28-39, while Texas fell to 34-35.