Miller’s two-run double in the third enabled the Rays to stay close until Longoria’s homer tied things up five innings later. He hit his first major league home run in Detroit earlier this week.
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Porcello threw a career-high 123 pitches.
Boston jumped all over Tampa starter Matt Andriese in the first inning, with David Ortiz notching another accomplishment during his torrid farewell season. Pomeranz still has some trouble keeping the ball in the yard and surrendered at least one home run in each of his seven starts with Boston.
Boston Red Sox’s David Ortiz walks back to the dugout after being called out on strikes on a pitch from Tampa Bay Rays’ Enny Romero to end the game during a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Ortiz plans to retire at the end of the season. “We’re not going to draw straws and say one guy’s out of the rotation, but we’re going to have to find a way to get everybody their innings”. Mookie Betts drove him in with an RBI single to put the Sox up 3-0. Before the ball was thrown to first, Benintendi had already made a motion to third, but thought better of it, as he saw that Travis Shaw hadn’t moved from third to home plate.
The Rays loaded the bases after Longoria’s home run, but reliever Brad Ziegler struck out Corey Dickerson to strand all three and preserve the tie. It was the Rays’ third walk-off win this year. “To get into the seventh inning was an outstanding job on his part”.
Betts was thrown out by Mahtook from left field trying to stretch a single into a double in the eighth. Pedroia followed with a chopper up the middle, which fooled Benintendi on the bases.
Chris Young will be the primary left fielder with Benintendi sidelined.
Odorizzi is 8-5 in 26 starts with a 3.63 ERA and a 1.211 WHIP. He worked Longoria to a 1-1 count before he hung a 72 miles per hour curveball over the heart of the plate. After Miller missed hitting the go-ahead home run by a couple feet, Duffy ripped a single up the middle to end Porcello’s lengthy outing, which ended in a no-decision. The right-hander gave up three runs and nine hits while striking out eight, failing to win for only the second time in 11 starts since June 23. Kimbrel struck out the next two batters to finish off the inning to send it to extras.
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The Rays got an RBI double from Kevin Kiermaier in the fifth.
