BOSTON, July 5 (UPI) -- Coco Crisp had a grand slam and combined with Mike Lowell to produce 10 RBI Thursday night as the Boston Red Sox blasted Tampa Bay, 15-4.
The Red Sox piled up 21 hits and scored 13 times in the first three innings, while handing the Devil Rays their 11th straight loss.
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Crisp and Lowell drove in five runs each, with Lowell going 5-for-6.
The offensive display made a winner out of Josh Beckett (12-2), who allowed three runs on nine hits in six innings.
J.P. Howell (1-3) could retire only two batters while being roughed up for six runs on six hits.
The grand slam by Crisp highlighted a six-run first inning, and Lowell hit a three-run shot in the second.
Boston has won four in a row.
