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"I've been waiting for this moment since I was watching games with my mom in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007," Rafaela said after his walk-off homer.
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Playing nine innings while thinking those early extensions for Ceddanne Rafaela and Brayan Bello look pretty good right now …
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Ceddanne Rafaela hit a go-ahead two-run double as part of a three-run seventh inning and Boston Red Sox earned their season-high seventh straight win, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3.
Marcelo Mayer’s opposite-field RBI double cut Boston’s deficit to 3-2. It left his bat at 108.7 mph. Ceddanne Rafaela then connected on a 1-2 slider outside of the zone and dropped it into center field for a go-ahead two-run double to make it 4-3 Red Sox.