Bello pitches Red Sox to 11‑1 win over Diamondbacks

BOSTON (Interstat) — Brayan Bello allowed one earned run over 4 2/3 innings, and the Boston Red Sox pounded the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-1 on Monday at Fenway Park.

Ceddanne Rafaela went 3-for-5 with an RBI, Willson Contreras and Mickey Gasper homered, and Nick Sogard drove in a run for Boston. The Red Sox banged out 16 hits.

The Red Sox scored two in the second, one in the third, one in the fourth, three in the fifth, two in the sixth and two in the seventh. Arizona avoided a shutout with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Bello (5-6) struck out three and scattered three hits. Jovani Morán tossed two hitless innings, and Alec Gamboa and Wyatt Olds combined for 2 1/3 hitless innings. Mitch Bratt (1-2) took the loss for Arizona. Ildemaro Vargas pitched a scoreless inning for Arizona.

Attendance was 36,511. Time of game was 2:47. Boston improved to 67-58, while Arizona fell to 66-60.