“Just tried to make the most of it”, Buchholz said. Hembree went back out for the 11th inning, but this one would end up with the Rays walking off. Hembree gave up a double and walk with two outs.
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The Red Sox will wrap up their four-game series with Tampa Bay on Thursday afternoon by sending Drew Pomeranz to the hill to face right-hander Jake Odorizzi.
Boston is tied with Toronto, which beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2.
I think Odorizzi will pitch pretty well in this one, but I doubt he’ll be able to overcome the Red Sox offense in the long run.
While this was only the outfielder’s 21st game in the majors, he had been one of the best players on the team in his short run. The team is sending him for an MRI, so we don’t know the extent of the damage, but it isn’t good. Porcello left a hanging off-speed pitch over the heart of the plate to Longoria, and the Tampa slugger crushed his 30th home run on Porcello’s 113th pitch of his outing.
Benintendi exited Wednesday’s game against the Rays with a sprained left knee, and it was initially believed he may have also sustained an ankle injury.
Thanks to David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia, Porcello appeared to be in line for his MLB-leading 18th win of the season.
Porcello wouldn’t give up another run until the bottom of the 8th.
The right-hander was inserted into the rotation on August 13 after injuries to a couple starting pitchers.
“He’s playing a huge role for us right now given the situation where some guys have been nicked up”, Farrell said.
“I’m still pitching timidly but that’s inevitable after getting injured”, said Uehara, who suffered the injury during Boston’s 4-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on July 19 and was sent to the DL the following day. Tampa Bay reliever Tyler Sturdevant struck out designated hitter Hanley Ramirez and center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr.in the top of the ninth and Enny Romero came in to strike out pinch hitter David Ortiz to record the save.Boston (71-56) had a chance to get to Odorizzi in the top of the sixth inning, loading the bases with no outs. The Sox kept the game tied headed to the ninth inning, with Ziegler striking out Corey Dickerson to strand three runners. RHP Carson Smith (Tommy John surgery) will start throwing in 3 1/2 weeks.
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Pomeranz struck out a career-high 11 in six-plus innings. Benintendi is batting.324 with a homer and 10 RBI since debuting in the major leagues in August.
