Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox
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Amed Rosario drives in 3 runs with triple and double, Rays beat Red Sox 5-3
Rosario added an RBI double and Yandy Díaz had three hits for the Rays, who are in a stretch of 13 straight games vs rival AL East clubs.
“We got guys on in front of him,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said of Rosario. “He came through in a big way in the beginning of the game and certainly at the end of the game.”
Boston’s Tyler O’Neill hit his 10th homer, a three-run shot. The Red Sox had won their last two games.
Rays starter Zach Eflin (3-4) gave up three runs on six hits in five innings. Their bullpen took over from there, with three relievers holding Boston to two singles.
The teams opened a stretch of seven games in 10 days against each other.
Jose Siri’s sacrifice fly pushed Tampa Bay in front 4-3 in the fourth after José Caballero blooped a leadoff double just inside the right-field foul line and stole third. Rosario added his double in the eighth.
Kevin Kelly pitched two innings of one-hit relief, Garrett Cleavinger worked the eighth and Jason Adam got the final three outs for his third save. Adam struck out the last three after a leadoff walk.
“Kevin Kelly certainly highlighted that,” Cash said. “Kevin Kelly was so efficient that first inning; to go back out there and get through the second was huge for us. JA, after that leadoff walk, really settled in and got a feel for his breaking ball.”
Tampa Bay broke ahead 3-0 against Kutter Crawford (2-2). Rosario’s two-out hit just ticked off the edge center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela’s glove on a full-length diving attempt before Richie Palacios followed with an RBI single.
“If he would have caught it, that would have been a tremendous play,” Rosario said through a team translator.
Crawford settled down after that and allowed four runs on seven hits over six innings, throwing a career-high 101 pitches.
“I struggled with the command a little bit,” he said. “I think it all kind of started by falling behind. I was throwing across my body a little in the first. ... Just kind of falling behind in the first kind of led to a long inning.”
Crawford entered with a 1.75 ERA and had allowed two or fewer runs in seven of his eight previous starts.
O’Neill belted a low curveball completely out of Fenway Park over the Green Monster, a drive estimated at 426 feet that tied it in the bottom half.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rays: Cash said before the game that INF Isaac Paredes was fully healthy after getting hit in the helmet by a pitch Sunday, but he had the day off. … Cash also said 2B Brandon Lowe (injured list, right oblique strain) “is still feeling it a little bit. … he’s going to go get an opinion from a doctor (Tuesday morning).” He was pulled from a rehab game with Triple-A Durham on May 10. … Díaz appeared to tweak something on a swing in the seventh but stayed in. He said through a translator after the game that it was something he's been dealing with pertaining to his shoulder.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Aaron Civale (2-3, 5.88) is slated to make his first career appearance in Fenway, starting on Tuesday night. The 28-year-old grew up a Red Sox fan in East Windsor, Connecticut, and attended college at nearby Northeastern University.
Red Sox: RHP Nick Pivetta (1-2, 3.60) is set to make his second start since coming off the IL.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | González struck out swinging. | |
9th Inning | Grissom struck out looking. | |
9th Inning | Smith struck out swinging. | |
9th Inning | O'Neill walked. | |
9th Inning | Adam relieved Cleavinger | |
9th Inning | Arozarena struck out swinging. |
Statistics
TB | BOS | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
8 | Ground Balls | 11 |
9 | Strikeouts | 8 |
5 | Runs Batted In | 3 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
10 | Hits | 8 |
2 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
2 | Walks | 1 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
5 | Runs | 3 |
0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
35 | At Bats | 34 |
0 | Home Runs | 1 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
14 | Runners Left On Base | 12 |
1 | Triples | 0 |
1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
4 | Doubles | 2 |
19 | Fly Balls | 15 |
1 | Caught Stealing | 1 |
152 | Pitches | 152 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 2 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
16 | Total Bases | 13 |
38 | Plate Appearances | 35 |
0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
5 | Extra Base Hits | 3 |
5.3 | Runs Created | 3.2 |
.286 | Batting Average | .235 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.457 | Slugging Percentage | .382 |
.257 | Secondary Average | .176 |
.316 | On Base Percentage | .257 |
.773 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .639 |
0.4 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.7 |
5.3 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 3.2 |
42.5 | Batter Rating | 28.0 |
0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 34.0 |
0.67 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.50 |
4.00 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.34 |
.171 | Isolated Power | .147 |
0.22 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.13 |
.053 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .029 |
-.029 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.059 |
10.0 | Runs Produced | 6.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.5 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
87.5 | MLB Rating | 77.8 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 28,663 | Capacity:
2024 American League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | 94 | 68 | .580 | - | W1 |
Baltimore | 91 | 71 | .562 | 3 | W3 |
Boston | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13 | W1 |
Tampa Bay | 80 | 82 | .494 | 14 | L1 |
Toronto | 74 | 88 | .457 | 20 | L3 |