Fans display a K for each of Chris Sale's strikeouts during the seventh inning.

Tampa Bay Rays' Logan Morrison, right, celebrates as he crosses home plate after hitting a solo home run in the second inning Saturday. Boston catcher Sandy Leon looks on. (AP Photos/Michael Dwyer)

Mookie Betts, right, celebrates his two-run home run with Boston teammate Dustin Pedroia, center, as Tampa Bay Rays' Derek Norris looks on during the third inning. Boston won, 6-3.

Boston's Deven Marrero watches his two-run double during the fifth inning.

Tampa Bay Rays' Tim Beckham, center, cannot beat the throw to Boston's Mitch Moreland, behind, on a groundout in the fifth inning.

Betts, right, is all smiles after his two-run home run that also drove in Sandy Leon, left, during the third inning.

Tampa Bay Rays' Blake Snell walks on the mound after giving up a two-run home run to Mookie Betts, left.

The Rays' Kevin Kiermaier celebrates his two-run home run with third base coach Charlie Montoyo (25) during the fifth inning.

Chris Sale pitches during the first inning .

Boston players Mookie Betts, center, Jackie Bradley Jr., second from right, and Dustin Pedroia, right, celebrate after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3.

Mookie Betts points to the crowd after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning.

Chris Sale rubs up a new ball as Tampa Bay Rays' Logan Morrison, left, heads home after hitting a solo home run during the second inning.

Sale celebrates in the dugout after pitching during the seventh inning Saturday.