Enrique Hernandez hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox broke out of their slumber with a 7-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Phoenix.
Triston Casas and Alex Verdugo each had three hits and one RBI as Boston racked up 14 hits to break a four-game losing streak. The Red Sox were outscored 20-4 during the skid and had just 21 hits.
Chris Sale gave up one run and four hits over five innings for Boston. He struck out three and walked one. Arizona's Ketel Marte singled with two outs in the eighth to stretch his career-best streak of reaching base to 25 games.Arizona's Brandon Pfaadt was torched for five runs and eight hits over 3 2/3 innings. He struck out four and walked none.Casas stroked an RBI double for the first run. Two outs later, Wong hit a ground-rule double to score Casas, and Tapia followed with a single to drive in Wong.
Arizona got on the board in the bottom of the inning when Rivera led off with a single and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. followed with a triple.
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