Can the Red Sox make good on their recent surge and punch their ticket back to the postseason? Here are a few reasons for optimism.

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The turnaround since then has been nothing short of spectacular. Over his subsequent four starts in June, Giolito yielded just two earned runs (0.72 ERA). His final June outing was a seven-inning gem that lowered his ERA to 3.99.

Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run, walk-off home run in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to a season-best eight games with a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Boston will turn to Brayan Bello — who also authored a complete game last time out — to try to send the Sox into the All-Star break on a 10-game winning streak with a win over the Rays Sunday. The Rays will counter with righthander Ryan Pepiot as the visitors look to avoid a sweep at Fenway.

The Red Sox stormed back to steal the opening game of this four-game series against the Rays, 4-3. Boston was able to score three runs on two hits in the seventh inning before the bullpen held tight to extend the winning streak to seven games — a season-long for the Sox.

Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run home run to help the Boston Red Sox stretch their winning streak to 10 games by beating the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Sunday.

The Red Sox last had a 10-game win streak in July 2018 and head into the All-Star break in third place in the competitive AL East.