BOSTON (AP) — Shane Victorino had four hits and his first two RBIs of the season, John Lackey pitched eight strong innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the slumping Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 on a chilly Tuesday night. Victorino, activated from the disabled list last week after missing the first 22 games with a […]
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Red Sox look ahead, not back
Soon after Boston’s third World Series championship in 10 years, that bearded bunch decided to put it behind them and focus on what they must do to keep winning. “It was a dream come true last year,” pitcher Jake Peavy said. “It’s a new year. I think that’s been a slogan of ours on the […]
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Sox pay the Price, lose 8-4
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — David Price went 6 2-3 innings, allowing two runs and three hits, with seven strikeouts, as the Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 on Sunday. Price will start opening day for the Rays. “He had everything going,” Rays manager Joe Maddon said. “You saw a lot of 95s early […]
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Red Sox deflect Rays
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Jon Lester allowed one hit over three scoreless innings in his delayed first spring training start and David Ortiz hit his first home run of the exhibition season Monday as the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2. Lester pitched 248 innings last year in the regular- and […]
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Rays baste Red Sox, 8-0
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Chris Archer pitched two scoreless innings in his spring training debut, Jose Molina reached base three times and scored twice, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-0 Tuesday.Archer, who finished third in the AL Rookie of the Year voting, allowed a hit and struck out one.Molina, […]
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Red Sox throw Rays back
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Shane Victorino’s infield single snapped a seventh-inning tie and journeyman Craig Breslow gave Boston a huge boost out of the bullpen, sending the Red Sox into the AL championship series with a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.Koji Uehara got the final four outs — one night […]
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Red Sox can’t get the job done
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are still afloat in the AL division series.Jose Lobaton hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning into the giant fish tank beyond the center-field wall, and Tampa Bay staved off elimination once again by beating the Boston Red […]
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Rays shake off Red Sox
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Wil Myers hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Thursday night to avoid a three-game sweep.Myers drove in Evan Longoria, who also doubled off Rubby De La Rosa (0-1), to give the Rays a 4-3 lead.Jake McGee […]
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Red Sox, Carp rip Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Mike Carp connected for a pinch-hit grand slam in the 10th inning and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 on Wednesday night.Carp sent a drive over the center-field fence on the first pitch from Roberto Hernandez. It was the first pinch-hit grand slam for […]