Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays
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The Red Sox’s latest loss against the Rays on Thursday was just the same script read again. The starting rotation failed, the bullpen blew up the game, and the offense failed to score.
A key error coupled with another lackluster offensive performance put the Red Sox behind the eight ball on Sunday as they fell to division rival Tampa Bay, 4-1, at Fenway Park. The visitors staked themselves a quick 1-0 lead off the bat of Junior Caminero,
Junior Caminero hit a solo homer over the Green Monster, Nick Martinez pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Sunday to win the rain-shortened series.
Pinch-hitter Chandler Simpson broke a sixth-inning tie with a two-run single and the Tampa Bay Rays won their seventh straight game by beating the Boston Red Sox 8-4.
BOSTON — Entering Sunday, Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story had not committed an error in 20 straight games. The end of that streak proved costly in a loss to the Rays. With Tampa Bay up 1-0 in the third inning and a man on second with one out,
The Red Sox were able to erase a three-run deficit once, but they couldn’t rally again when the Rays retook the lead in the top of the sixth.
Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela hit solo home runs in back-to-back innings, Connelly Early struck out eight and the Boston Red Sox snapped the Tampa Bay Rays seven-game winning streak with a 2-0 victory.
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