Mookie Betts and Chris Sale lead Boston Red Sox 4-2 over Tampa Bay Rays as Willy Adames debuts

Chris Sale has high praise for Boston teammate Mookie Betts, and with good reason. Betts hit his major league-leading 16th homer, Sale struck out nine in 7 2/3 innings and the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Tuesday night. Betts had two hits in four at-bats and is hitting .368. Boston is 21-9 against the AL East, winning eight of 11 against Tampa Bay. Willy Adames made his big league debut and hit a solo home run off Sale in his second at-bat. The 22-year-old shortstop went 1 for 4 with three strikeouts. He was acquired from Detroit as part of a three-team trade that sent Rays ace - and current Sale teammate - David Price to the Tigers on July 31, 2014. Adames is the first player to homer at Tropicana Field in first big league game. Sale (5-1) gave up four hits and walked two. He has allowed three runs or fewer in his first 11 starts, the longest stretch by a Boston pitcher to open a season since Pedro Martinez's 12 in 2001.