Tampa Bay could win their sixth game over the past nine as they’ve been on a hot streak to start June (6-3 overall). The Rays have also won eight-straight games with Littell pitching after losing the first five with him.

All of his hard work, and the help and support he got from family and friends along the way, as he made his major-league debut, throwing two scoreless and hitless innings at Fenway Park, where he used to attend games as a kid, to lead the Rays to a hard-fought win.

After scoring 10 runs in Monday's extra-inning opener, the Tampa Bay Rays notched just three hits and an unearned run against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.

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By reaching 25 steals against the Red Sox on Tuesday, José Caballero achieved a feat the Rays had only seen from Carl Crawford, B.J. Upton and Josh Lowe.

On Thursday, the Brewers are off to see the Miz. Milwaukee is calling up No. 68 overall prospect Jacob Misiorowski to the Majors, MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy confirmed Tuesday. The 23-year-old right-hander