2) Red Sox starter Lucas Giolito allowed seven runs while recording just five outs in a disastrous start against the Angels on June 4. Since then, he has allowed just three earned runs in 38 ⅔ innings (0.70 ERA) over six starts.

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to keep their three-game home win streak intact when they face the Tampa Bay Rays. Boston is 49-45 overall and 28-20 in home games. The Red Sox have the sixth-best team on-base percentage in the majors at .327.

The Atlanta Braves are "built to win," the team's GM says, perhaps an indication that they could make this desperate trade with the Boston Red Sox.

Brayan Bello struck out a season-high 10 in the first nine-inning complete game of his career, Trevor Story hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 10-2 for their fifth straight win.

Center fielder Jarren Duran barehanded Michael Toglia’s double off the Green Monster. He threw to cutoff man Trevor Story who fired a strike from behind second base to catcher Carlos Narváez to throw out Tyler Freeman who tried to score from first base.

The competition – and stakes – will ratchet up for the Red Sox with their four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays starting on Thursday, but the Sox at least took care of their business over