For the Tampa Bay Rays, the loss is just the latest one.
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Brock Holt stroked a pinch-hit single and Hill lined his hit to right field.The Red Sox had rallied from a 4-1 deficit a blast from Ramirez and a solo shot by Bradley Jr., taking a 6-4 lead.
BOSTON (AP) – One bad pitch and a baserunning blunder had the Tampa Bay Rays doing a lot of second guessing.
Porcello (18-3) allowed three runs and six hits, striking out seven without issuing a walk to become the first Boston pitcher since Dave “Boo” Ferriss finished 13-0 at home in 1946 to start a season by winning his initial 13 decisions in Fenway.
The Rays’ offense climbed back and tied the game with a pair of runs on a Logan Forsythe single in the top of the eighth but Erasmo Ramirez allowed the Red Sox to push across a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning. Farrell said his closer was not available to get a four-out save a day after throwing 22 pitches in a non-save situation just so he could get his work in.
“A walk here and couple of hits, then the big home run by Hanley really killed us”.
The Rays opened a 4-1 lead in the fourth on Kevin Kiermaier’s RBI single, but he was cut down trying to stretch to a double and Beckham didn’t hustle to the plate, nullifying another run. The Sox took a big step in eradicating their bases loaded curse last night.
“There are still some lingering effects (from the injury) definitely going on”, Wright said. “That’s required of us and probably the easiest part to do in baseball”.
Smyly had been 4-0 with a 2.82 ERA in his last seven starts coming in, but gave up five runs in five innings.
Xander Bogaerts lifted a solo home run into the Green Monster in the bottom of the first frame to quickly tie the score at one.
BREWERS 3, CARDINALS 1 (at Milwaukee) – Kirk Nieuwenhuis belted a three-run homer and Matt Garza pitched into the eighth inning as Milwaukee snapped a six-game losing streak.
“This one’s on me.it’s a tough way to lose”, Pomeranz said.
The 8-acre maze was created by Davis Mega Maze and features a cornstalk rendering of Ortiz’s trademark home run pose of pointing two fingers to the sky. “It’s unbelievable what can happen when you make contact”. I threw it and left it over the middle. Pedroia has been a Red Sox for nearly as long as anyone on the roster and will soon become the last remaining member of the old core that brought Boston a World Series title.
Bruce Rondon (5-2) picked up the win in relief of Daniel Norris, who allowed three runs in five innings.
Pedroia has spent most of the 2016 season batting second in the Red Sox order, but the recent lineup shuffle that moved him to the leadoff spot has helped better utilize his skillset.
Junichi Tazawa (3-2) earned the victory despite allowing a two-run single after Boston took a 6-4 lead on the homers by Ramirez and Bradley.
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Craig Kimbrel pitched a ideal ninth for the save. Farrell said he would fly on his own to the West Coast “to keep him away from others. being so contagious”. NOTES: There was nothing official, but it appeared the Red Sox were going to recall speedy super prospect 2B Yoan Moncada when the rosters expand – in time for Friday night’s opener of a nine-game road trip in Oakland. Benintendi injured the knee last Wednesday in a loss at Tampa Bay.
