The Red Sox beat the Rays 7-6 on July 18 at Fenway Park.
Boston trailed 6-3 in the seventh inning after Jonny DeLuca homered for Tampa Bay. Then the Red Sox flipped the game.
Masataka Yoshida drove in one run, Ceddanne Rafaela doubled home another, and Wilyer Abreu hit a two-run homer to right-center to put Boston ahead.
Abreu finished with two home runs and three RBIs. Jahmai Jones also homered earlier for Boston.
What It Means
The Red Sox improved to 49-48 and pushed their winning streak to 12 games.
BaseChaser lists Boston at 57.4% to make the playoffs, up 4.2 percentage points.
Boston is turning the streak into real playoff-race movement. Every comeback is pushing the Red Sox higher on the board.
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