“Given where things are shaping up, a series win is a big one”, Boston manager John Farrell said after his team squandered a two-run lead in the top of the eighth but rallied for two in the bottom of the inning to post an 8-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday in the rubber game of a three-game series.
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On a 1-2 pitch, Tazawa threw a ball right down the pike and Forsythe ripped a 2-RBI single for a 6-6 tie.
With Pedey’s hit, he now has an eight-game hitting streak where he is hitting over.500, he has hit at 17 straight games at Fenway and 14 straight games against the Rays. Pedroia opened the first with a single but thrown out stealing.Odorizzi got the first out in the fifth before Ramirez hit a fly ball down the right field line that squeezed around the fabled Pesky Pole for his 18th homer of the season.NOTES: 2B Dustin Pedroia returned to the Boston lineup after missing two games to attend a family funeral.
The Rays dropped an 8-6 decision to the Boston Red Sox Thursday, allowing two runs in the bottom of the eighth to snap a 6-6 tie.
“Difficult loss. We get out to an early lead, have some real good at-bats against a good pitcher that’s having a good year”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
“A walk here and couple of hits, then the big home run by Hanley really killed us”.
Brad Miller‘s ground rule double scored Kevin Kiermaier and Drew Smyly was staked to an early 1-0 lead before he took the mound. “That’s why he’s such a special player”, Cash said.
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In two series in the past week, Longoria had just four hits but produced three homers and six RBIs.
The Red Sox are two games behind the American League (AL) East-leading Toronto Blue Jays, who crushed the Baltimore Orioles 5-1.
Ramirez hit the next pitch over the Green Monster for his 19th homer of the season.
Odorizzi pitched out of two bases loaded spots in the sixth inning of last Thursday’s game. “I just left it up a little bit too much and he got it”. It was the first time in his career he has worked back-to-back games and this is only the second time in his career he has reached double figures in losses.
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.
Pedroia has 15 hits in his last 20 at-bats and is batting.463 since moving into the leadoff spot on August 10.
Kimbrel pitched a ideal ninth for his 24th save. It ended with Aaron Hill hitting an RBI single to the opposite field and Jackie Bradley Jr. knocking his third hit of the game, an RBI double to pad the lead.
Rick Porcello helped the Red Sox beat the Rays and earn his 18th win of the season. 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. The Red Sox took a step back with Tuesday night’ loss to visiting Tampa Bay.
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Wright makes his second start since coming back from a shoulder injury suffered diving back into second base as a pinch runner in Los Angeles, gave up five runs on seven hits, walking three and striking out one, against the Kansas City Royals in his return last Friday night.
