Benintendi told reporters he’s having an MRI on his injured knee on Thursday. However, Farrell said the Red Sox are holding on to hope.
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The Red Sox have Drew Pomeranz on the mound to face Jake Odorizzi of the Rays. After getting just three wins in his first 19 starts of the season and leading the majors in no-decisions, he now has five wins in his last seven starts. “So we’ll just see what the results say and move on from there.” .
After Tyler Sturdevant struck out Hanley Ramirez and Jackie Bradley Jr.to begin the ninth, Romero was summoned.
Romero said he threw a cutter to close out the save.
The Rays fly to Houston after the game for the three-game weekend series.
The Sox got right to scoring in the top of the 1st inning when David Ortiz hit his 30th home run of the season against Rays starter Andriese.
Boston finished the 11-game road trip 7-4.
Mookie Betts was thrown out by Mahtook from left field trying to stretch a single into a double in the eighth. The 26-year-old breezed past the Texas Rangers in a win on Saturday, yielding one run and six hits in six innings while striking out four.
Pomeranz struck out a career high 11 batters, but took the loss, 2-1, to the Rays.
“He was in control of the ballgame up to that point”, Farrell said. In his lone start vs. the Rays in 2014, Pomeranz pitched five scoreless innings, giving up only three hits and two walks with three strikeouts in a 3-0 Oakland win.
Since the All-Star break, the righty has yet to lose a start in seven outings while posting a 1.64 ERA.
The Red Sox did take a potentially serious injury as rookie outfielder Andrew Benintendi had to be helped off the field after spraining his left knee as he landed badly in the seventh. – John Farrell on the deciding play in which Heath Hembree couldn’t hold onto the ball at first.
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Notes: Rays INF Tim Beckham, day to day after leaving Tuesday’s game with a tight hamstring, was not in the starting lineup. The 40-year-old designated hitter also passed Hall of Famer Ted Williams by recording his 10th 100-RBI season with the franchise and is showing no signs of slowing down with hits in 11 consecutive games.
