Benintendi was hurt in the seventh inning of a 4-3 loss in 11 innings to Tampa Bay on Wednesday night.
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Headed our way on Thursday from Tropicana Field, the Major League Baseball is bringing us the finale of the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays series.
Boston starter Rick Porcello was five outs from being the majors’ first 18-game victor before Longoria took him deep.
Pomeranz should be extra fresh after a rain delay in Detroit on Saturday limited him to 51 pitches – 39 strikes – over five innings. Third baseman Evan Longoria reached base on a one-out double and first baseman Brad Miller followed with an RBI single that chased Pomeranz.Odorizzi gave up one run on five hits in seven innings. 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. “So we’ll just see what the results say and move on from there.” .
Tyler Sturdevant struck out Hanley Ramirez and Bradley to begin the ninth, and Romero was summoned.
Romero said he threw a cutter to close out the save.
Archer started the season considered the Rays’ ace after making the all-star game past year. The thin margin win was big for Boston last night, as the Orioles and Jays both won as well, so the victory keeps Boston tied for now atop the division with Toronto, while the Orioles are two games back.
“It was a relief”, Mahtook said.
Pedroia singled in the eighth, but was erased on a Xander Bogaerts double play.
In his 26 starts and 8-5 record this season, Odorizzi has an 8-5 record with a 3.63 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP in 148.2 innings. He allowed three runs on nine hits in 7 2/3 innings.
“He did his job to give us an opportunity to win”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
CINCINNATI – Dan Straily extended his surge since the All-Star break by pitching six innings and Joey Votto drove in a pair of runs to lead Cincinnati over Texas.
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The Red Sox lost Wednesday night’s game to the Tampa Bay Rays in 11 innings, but the loss of left fielder Andrew Benintendi stung even more. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (left hamstring) will have a bullpen session Thursday, which will help determine where he will be inserted into the rotation.
