Red Sox extend winning streak to 13 games, longest since 1948: What does hot streak mean for trade deadline?

Getty Images The Boston Red Sox are scorching hot right now and are approaching franchise history. They took down the first-place Rays in Fenway Park Sunday afternoon, 6-1, behind a strong start from Sonny Gray to extend their winning streak to 13 games. They fell behind in the top of the second inning on an inside-the-park home run, but evened things up in the bottom half, scored three in the third inning and two in the fifth on a Willson Contreras home run. That’s the 22nd home run of the season for Contreras, who’s now only two short of his…