Sports Xchange: Wright, Benintendi Lift Red Sox Past Rays

By Gethin Coolbaugh, The Sports Xchange

BOSTON -- Steven Wright took a step in the right direction Monday after putting up a stinker last week. 

The knuckleballer bounced back with six innings of three-run ball and the Boston Red Sox scored three runs in the second to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Patriots Day at Fenway Park. 

Wright (1-1) served up four homers and eight runs in just 1 1/3 innings last Wednesday against Baltimore. The former All-Star allowed just one earned run, nine hits and a walk with four strikeouts this time around.

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