Benintendi sprained his left knee while running the bases in the seventh inning.
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Taking the mound for the Red Sox on Thursday will be lefty Drew Pomeranz.
Meanwhile, the Rays are 2-5 in their last seven Thursday games, and 3-9 in their last 12 games versus a left-handed starter.
The Rays and Red Sox return today to the Trop for a quick turnaround after last night’s 11-inning affair won by the Rays 4-3 on a walk-off error. He hit his first major league home run in Detroit earlier this week.
In the top of the seventh inning, Benintendi had doubled to have the Red Sox runners at second and third, ready to put up a deuce on the scoreboard.
“We just have to wait and see what comes out of this and depending on the findings, what is the safest thing for Andrew to get him back on the field”, Farrell said.
After Tyler Sturdevant struck out Hanley Ramirez and Jackie Bradley Jr.to begin the ninth, Romero was summoned.
“I throw a cutter and he takes it”. Jeurys Familia got the save, his forty-second of the year, and the Mets maintain their three and a half games back position for a wild card spot.
Before Longoria’s 30th home run, Boston’s David Ortiz got his 30th, becoming the oldest player in baseball history to reach 30 in a season. The Red Sox, who began the day tied with Toronto for the AL East lead, lost the final two games of the series.
Betts was thrown out by Mahtook from left field trying to stretch a single into a double in the eighth. Pomeranz got a win his last time out, going five innings with four hits and one earned in Detroit.
In his 24 starts and 10-9 record this year, Pomeranz owns a 2.95 ERA with a 1.14 WHIP in 140.1 innings.
“Outstanding damage control”, Cash said.
Brad Miller’s double in the third drove in Tampa Bay’s first two runs.
Since the All-Star break, the righty has yet to lose a start in seven outings while posting a 1.64 ERA.
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The No. 7 pick in the 2015 draft was reportedly evaluated in Florida on Thursday but Manager John Farrell deemed the MRI “inconclusive”. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (left hamstring) felt fine after a bullpen session and will start Sunday against Kansas City.
