BOSTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Curt Schilling became the season's first 20-game winner Thursday night in pitching Boston past Tampa Bay, 11-4.
Schilling (20-6) won his seventh straight start, giving up four runs on eight hits with six strikeouts over seven-plus innings.
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It is his third 20-win season.
Boston scored 19 runs in its last two games against Tampa Bay in a tune-up for this weekend's key three-game series with the New York Yankees.
That series will begin Friday night with the Yankees owning a 3 1/2-game lead in the division.
Boston scored three runs in the first and Schilling coasted most of the way.
