Andriese left with a 3-2 lead after six innings, but reliever Ryan Garton gave up singles to Hanley Ramirez and Brock Holt to open the seventh. Ryan Garton (1-2) was the loser.
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NY ended its 33-inning scoreless streak, but lost for the 11th time in 14 games. The Red Sox had gone scoreless as well since the third, so when Matt Barnes finally broke the streak of strikeouts, and the Rays put men on base, the Sox had no wiggle room to work with.
The Tigers made it interesting as the game wound down, rallying for two runs off Kevin Herrera in the eighth inning.
Tampa Bay jumped ahead 3-1 in the third as Casali and Kiermaier singled, then with two outs, scored on a two-run double by Miller. Breaking it down by pitch, he sat down eight on the fastball, three on changeups, and a pair on sliders.
Sano’s 24th homer, a solo shot, followed Nelson Cruz’s tying two-run shot for Seattle.
The biggest play of the game however was the game victor.
The game not only marked the end of the Dodgers’ regular-season home schedule, it culminated a weekend of festivities honoring Vin Scully. When he finally did, the ball was knocked loose and Pedroia scored the go-ahead run. Houston fell to three games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card. Mahtook added two more hits, raising his average from.174 to.182.
The game remained relatively quiet until the extra-inning entertainment.
Boston sits one game behind Texas for the AL’s top mark. But great Red Sox pitching had saved the game, as Joe Kelly relieved Fernando Abad, recording four strikeouts over 2.2 innings.
The Mets fell behind by 10 runs early and finished just short of what would have been the largest comeback victory in team history, losing 10-8 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.
Five Red Sox pitchers combined to strike out 23 Rays in 10 innings Sunday, including 21 in the first nine innings.
CARDINALS 10, CUBS 4: Yadier Molina drove in four runs and Stephen Piscotty homered to help St. Louis in its wild-card chase by beating Chicago.
Jason Hammel (15-10) allowed six runs and six hits while getting just seven outs, hurting his bid for a postseason rotation spot. He had three hits and moved past Frank Thomas for 107th place on the career list with 2,469 hits.
The Dodgers can wrap up the title Sunday in Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully’s final home game before he retires next weekend.
With two out in the bottom of the 10th, Culberson hit a 91-mph fastball from Boone Logan into the stands down the left-field line for his first home run of the season and the sixth career.
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With one out, Corey Dickerson hit a grounder and couldn’t beat out the double play, allowing Boston to escape with the lead.
