Wilyer Abreu hit home runs in back-to-back at-bats as the Boston Red Sox won their 11th straight game and swept a day-night doubleheader, defeating the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Friday night.

Abreu cranked a two-run homer — the first of back-to-back shots with Willson Contreras — in the first inning before leading off the third with a go-ahead solo blast.

The victory came in a bullpen game for Boston, with six relievers combining to 6 2/3 scoreless innings with four hits behind Eduardo Rivera, who allowed three runs over the first 2 1/3 innings.

Greg Weissert (2-2) earned the win, while Aroldis Chapman pitched a clean ninth for his 20th save. Boston relievers faced the minimum over the final three innings.

Junior Caminero, who hit a solo home run in the third, and Jonny DeLuca both had multi-hit games for Tampa Bay.

The Rays scored a pair of two-out runs to jump out to a first-inning lead, forcing Rivera to throw 36 total pitches after the first two batters were retired on five. A Caminero single and two walks in succession loaded the bases for DeLuca to knock a two-run single past diving Boston shortstop Tsung-Che Cheng.

However, the visitors’ lead did not last long. After Ceddanne Rafaela hit a one-out double down the left field line, Abreu cleared the right-center-field bullpen for a game-tying two-run homer, and Contreras flipped the scoreboard with a solo shot over the Green Monster in the next at-bat.

The long ball trend continued for both teams in the third. Caminero knotted the score again with a one-out solo shot just inside the left field foul pole, but Abreu deposited the second pitch of the bottom half of the frame to deep right-center to put Boston back in front 4-3.

Tampa Bay starter Mason Englert (0-3) retired the next three batters after Caleb Durbin was caught stealing and then got two outs in the fourth, but the Red Sox expanded their lead as Cheng walked and scored from first on Anthony Seigler’s two-out double off the base of the wall in the right field corner.

Boston’s bullpen did the rest. After Weissert recorded the final two outs of the third, Jovani Moran had the longest outing of the bunch, throwing back-to-back 1-2-3 innings.

The Rays’ stable of relievers was also strong. Craig Kimbrel, Cole Sulser and Cam Booser did not allow a hit over three innings behind Englert, who was tagged for eight hits and five runs across the first five frames.

–Field Level Media

Sydney Taylor kept her hot streak rolling, knocking down four 3-pointers and pouring in 19 points as the Chicago Sky won their second in a row with a 96-82 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night in Chicago.

The undrafted rookie star shot 6-of-10 from the field on her way to reaching double figures for the sixth game in a row and the 12th time in the last 13 outings.

Kamilla Cardoso recorded her ninth double-double of the year with 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Sky (8-16), who had five players in double figures and sent the Sparks (10-14) to their third consecutive loss.

Natasha Cloud tallied 15 points, while Jacy Sheldon finished with 14 off the bench. Azura scored 12 points, while Cloud handed out nine of Chicago’s 27 assists.

The win overshadowed a big moment for Nneka Ogwumike, who surpassed Sparks legend Lisa Leslie as the franchise’s all-time leader in points, now standing with 6,281 points. Ogwumike finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, reaching double figures for the 10th consecutive game.

Dearica Hamby tallied 18 points and Erica Wheeler scored 12 for Los Angeles, which has lost its last five road games.

Los Angeles won the first meeting of the season against Chicago, beating the Sky 102-87 on July 10, and the Sparks led 8-2 early in this one as Ogwumike drove and knocked down a jumper over a defender with 6:54 left in the first quarter to reach her scoring milestone.

Chicago answered with a 7-0 run, grabbing a 9-8 lead on a 3-pointer from Taylor with 4:45 remaining.

The Sparks led 17-16 after one, but Taylor hit a pair of 3-pointers to fuel a 14-2 run that allowed the Sky to surge in front 30-19. Taylor also scored on a jumper in the lane before Cordoso capped the spurt on a layup with 7:01 to play.

Wheeler got Los Angeles within 10 at 44-34 with 1:07 to play, but Gabriela Jaquez answered with a 3-pointer of her own and Chicago went on to lead 49-36 at halftime.

The Sky outscored the Sparks 33-19 in the second quarter, capitalizing on 12 turnovers and a 23-0 advantage in bench points.

Chicago had its lead cut to 65-59 with 1:24 to play in the third after two free throws from Ariel Atkins, but the Sky held a 69-63 advantage after three and opened the fourth on a 9-0 run.

–Field Level Media

Caitlin Clark delivered the first 40-point, 10-assist performance in WNBA history as the Indiana Fever defeated the Seattle Storm 110-107 on Friday night in Indianapolis.

With the game tied at 102 with under a minute to go in the fourth quarter, Clark blocked a driving Flau’jae Johnson layup going to the rim. On the next offensive possession, she hit her sixth and final three-pointer of the evening to put the Fever (15-10) ahead for good at 105-102.

Clark (career-high 45 points) also set career highs in free throws made (17) and attempted (19) in 29 minutes of playing time as she remains on a minutes restriction. With 10 assists, she recorded her fifth double-double of the season, with her last coming over a month ago on June 16.

Natisha Hiedeman had a chance to tie the game at the end of regulation for Seattle, but her halfcourt three-point attempt was off-target.

Indiana jumped out to an early double digit lead thanks to the efforts of Kelsey Mitchell. Mitchell racked up a career-high 17 first-quarter points as Indiana led 37-26 after the first quarter. The Fever amassed their biggest lead of the game at 49-32 on a long-range Clark 3-pointer early in the second quarter.

The Storm were able to start cutting into the deficit by going on a 21-7 run to cut the lead down to three points at halftime.

Dominique Malonga scored 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for Seattle (6-21) for her third consecutive double-double.

Awa Fam scored 14 of her 16 points after halftime and grabbed nine rebounds along with two blocks.

Mitchell tied her season high in points with 30. It was her third 30-point game of the season. Monique Billings scored a season-high 16 points for Indiana.

Seattle regained the lead for the first time since the opening minutes on a driving layup by Johnson which put the Storm ahead 80-79 with 2:48 left in the third quarter.

With All-Star Fever center Aliyah Boston sidelined with a right leg injury, Seattle was able to take advantage on the inside. Seattle outscored the Fever 66-44 in the paint. All five starters scored in double-figures for the Storm, who saw their losing streak extended to four games.

–Field Level Media