Tampa Bay Rays’ Nick Franklin runs to first for a single as Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Fernando Abad fields the grounder in the eighth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Boston. The Sox get one more chance at the Rays in a getaway matinee at the Fens this afternoon but while the win is critical, this brief six-game homestand will still have to be called a disappointment as the Sox can do no better than finish it at 3-3 before they head out on yet another west coast road trip.
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This time followed by a save from the Boston bats.
“Really impressed with the offense that they came right back and got two quick runs to tie it back up”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
RHP Steven Wright, who had a rough start his last time out after missing time with a shoulder injury, faces the Rays in the series finale on Wednesday.
Logan Forsythe gave him a 3-1 lead with his 17th homer in the top of the second and Logan Morrison extended the lead to 4-1 hitting his 11th homer in the top of the fourth.
Brock Holt had three hits and drove in two runs, Travis Shaw had three hits and Chris Young added a tiebreaking two-run double for Boston. Gee (6-7) allowed four hits and a run in the latest impressive start by the Royals’ staff, helping the reigning World Series champions win for the 18th time in 22 games.
Pedroia has 15 hits in his last 20 at-bats and is batting.463 since moving into the leadoff spot on August 10. JBJ ripped an RBI double to pad the lead to 8-6.
Luke Maile of the Rays hit a two-run homer with two outs in the seventh.
Boston took the lead in the fifth after Drew Smyly loaded the bases on two hits and a two-out walk.
Ramirez decided that Boston’s struggles with the bases chucked was going to end, and he demolished a pitch well into the Monster for his seventh career grand slam and suddenly Boston led 5-4 and the atmosphere at Fenway flip-flopped.
The Red Sox will promote Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada from Double-A Portland before Friday’s game at Oakland. Beckham was standing at 2nd base with 2-outs when Kevin Kiermaier hit a slow single to right center field.
Asked which mistake was worse, the out on the basepaths or the squandered run, Cash said: “Definitely the not hustling”.
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 24th save. Alex Bregman then struck out, but reached when the pitch got away, allowing Springer to score. “That’s what I set out to do”, he said. Tuesday, he allowed three runs in six innings, striking out seven while throwing 113 pitches.
Toronto tied it at 3-3 in the seventh when Michael Saunders hit a two-run homer off Baltimore starter Ubaldo Jimenez. “I have pretty good control with it”, Pomeranz said. For $12 million a season, is he coming at a bargain for the Boston Red Sox?
With two outs, Abad allowed another walk and John Farrell made a decision to bring in Junichi Tazawa for the final out, Forsythe.
Rays: Cash has chose to go with six starters when RHP Aex Cobb returns to the rotation this weekend against Toronto after being sidelined since Tommy John surgery in May 2015.
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Red Sox: OF Andrew Benintendi has been fitted for a brace for his sprained left knee.
