Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu approaching MLB history

As the Boston Red Sox's win streak reached 12 games, an unlikely hero emerged as the main reason they've been the hottest team in baseball lately. 

Red Sox right fielder Wilyer Abreu went yard twice in Boston's 7-6 win over the American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night. He hit a solo with two outs already on the board in the third inning and then slugged a two-run blast in the seventh. 

Wilyer Abreu has back-to-back multi-HR games

Abreu's multi-homer game was also a sense of deja vu, too. 

Abreu's pair of home runs and three RBIs in the third game of a four-game series with Tampa Bay came a day after he put up the same production in the second game of a doubleheader on Friday. 

Abreu can make more history in Boston's next game

With now 15 home runs on the year, Abreu, in the midst of his fourth season in Boston, became the first Red Sox player with consecutive multi-homer games since Mookie Betts in 2016.