The Tampa Bay Rays futility in extra innings continued as the Boston Red Sox rallied in the top of the 13th inning off Enny Romero and Andrew Bellatti to plate a pair of runs to defeat the Rays 2-0.
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“Xander Bogaerts is a very risky hitter”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Hanigan struck out. Bradley Jr. was hit by a pitch. “I don’t think I could have slept tonight if we took him out of the game”. “It’d be tough to say”.
Boston designated hitter David Ortiz on Saturday became the 27th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs. He didn’t give up a run in three of them, including a 2-0, 13-inning loss to Boston on September 13.
The Rays had grabbed a 3-0 lead just nine pitches into the game against Eduardo Rodriguez.
Nava spent five seasons with Boston, batting.267 with a.357 on-base percentage, .387 slugging percentage, .744 OPS, 23 homers and 169 RBIs in 424 games. The Rays took the lead the following inning when two runs scored on a sac fly by Evan Longoria with the help of a throwing error by Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts.
Smyly (4-2) gave up five hits, struck out seven and walked three in 6 1-3 innings.
Pham hit a sacrifice fly to deep center in the seventh that scored Tony Cruz and broke a 1-all tie. The Red Sox lead was shortened again in the next inning after Owens issued a leadoff walk to Richie Shaffer and hit Brandon Guyer with a pitch. Even if it was at the middle of the 8th inning, the bullpen’s work as solid enough to stop the Rays from scoring more runs.
“Man, three guys 30 and 100, we never had that”, Ortiz said. “Just trying to be too flawless”. “I’m not going to tell you what’s going to happen two years from now”.
Bellatti wasted no time before giving up a two-RBI single to Rusney Castillo that put the Red Sox up for good.
John Lackey pitched seven strong innings, rookie Tommy Pham continued his productive hitting and the Cardinals beat the Reds.
A two-run homer by Mike Mahtook in the eighth on a hanging curveball closed out the scoring for the Rays.
“I feel confident heading into the next (start) and pretty happy about the way the last two have went”, Moore said.
In the seventh, Bogaerts had an RBI double high off the Monster.
Daniel Murphy lined a two-run double, Yoenis Cespedes had three hits and the Mets handed hard-luck Shelby Miller (5-16) his 15th straight defeat.
Moore said Monday that he is in a better place physically since the last time he was at Fenway Park.
Nava, a member of Boston’s championship team in 2013, was honored with a video tribute after the second inning and came out of the dugout for a curtain call.
Pablo Sandoval is dealing with a significant upper respiratory infection that will keep him out of the lineup for at least a few more days. He came in defensively. If he does, the fortunes of the Red Sox could turn around next season.
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Considering there had been no prior animosity between the two clubs during the game, Red Sox interim manager Torey Lovullo had no idea why Machi was tossed.
