BOSTON (AP) – Trevor Story hit a solo homer, Kutter Crawford pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-hit relief and the Boston Red Sox won their eighth straight Fourth of July game, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 on Monday. Franchy Cordero added an RBI single for the Red Sox, who won their second straight game and improved to just 9-16 against AL East rivals. Tampa Bay had its three-game winning streak halted. The Rays had just two hits, both singles. Crawford (2-2) struck out eight and walked one, and John Schreiber got five outs for third save. Josh Fleming (2-4) gave up four runs in five innings of relief. TIGERS 4, GUARDIANS 1 DETROIT (AP) – Garrett Hill (1-0) won his major league debut by allowing two hits in six innings with three strikeouts and a walk in a doubleheader opener. Gregory Soto pitched the ninth for his 16th save, finishing a two-hitter. Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run single in the first off Zach Plesac (2-6). Cleveland played its third doubleheader in seven days and their seventh this season. ORIOLES 7, RANGERS 6 BALTIMORE (AP) – Jorge Mateo limped to first base when Matt Moore (3-1) hit him near the left knee with the bases loaded in the 10th. Rookie Adley Rutschman tied the score against Joe Barlow with a two-out RBI double in the ninth that hit off the right-field wall. Baltimore got its sixth walkoff win and reached the season’s midpoint at 37-44, a vast improvement from 27-54 at the halfway point last year. Bryan Baker (3-3) struck out two in a hitless 10th. MARLINS 3, NATIONALS 2 WASHINGTON (AP) – Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-run homer off the foul pole in the 10th, a drive off Tanner Rainey (1-3). Miami beat the Nationals for the 12th time in 13 games this year, including seven in a row. They extended their winning streak to five. Jimmy Yacabonis (1-1) got the win after pitching a scoreless ninth, and Dylan Floro picked up his second save in as many days – his first two this season. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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