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Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox

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Tampa Bay Rays
80-82, 38-43 Away
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Boston Red Sox
81-81, 38-43 Home

Grissom has RBI double to help Red Sox beat Rays 3-1

The Red Sox finished the season with a record of 81-81, missing the playoffs for the third straight year for the first time since 2010-12. Boston was 78-84 in each of the past two seasons.

“It’s disappointing that we didn’t make it, especially the way the season went the last month and a half, not only with us but around the league,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said before the game. “We had a chance.”

The Rays ended the year at 80-82, halting a stretch of five consecutive seasons going to the postseason. They went 99-63 in 2023. It was the Rays' first losing season since 2017.

“I mean, look, not where we want to be,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. “Know that we've got some work to do. I'm confident we will work very hard this offseason and certainly going into spring training to find a way to be playing a little deeper.”

Dylan Carlson had three singles and an RBI for Tampa Bay.

Boston honored longtime radio voice Joe Castiglione with an on-field pregame ceremony. The 77-year-old called his final game Sunday after being the team’s lead radio voice since 1983. He was honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer with the Ford C. Frick Award.

Before the top of the eighth, the team ran a montage of his calls over highlights shown on the center-field scoreboard. When it was over, the entire Red Sox dugout emptied, with players stepping onto the field, looking up and applauding toward him in the booth behind home plate.

“The players coming out ... that would be up there,” he said of what moment touched him the most.

Recalled from Triple-A Worcester before the game, 24-year-old right-hander Quinn Priester (3-6) allowed a run on four hits over five innings in his Red Sox debut. He was acquired from Pittsburgh for minor league infielder Nick Yorke on July 29.

Justin Slaten got the final three outs for his second career save.

Making his 26th start, Rays 27-year-old righty Ryan Pepiot (8-8) gave up two runs, one earned, in four innings. It was his 13th straight start allowing three or fewer runs.

Grissom doubled in the third and scored from third on Triston Casas’ grounder to first, sliding in to make it 2-0.

“It was a long season, I thought we did some great things,” Boston outfielder Jarren Duran said. “We had our bumps in the road. Overall, I thought we had a really good season. We had some young guys, (they) kind of had to learn their bumps in the big leagues, which was good. ... I’m just excited with what they’re going to be able to do in the years to come.”

The paid attendance was 34,862, giving the Red Sox a home total of 2,659,949 for the season.

“You reflect on what happened during the season, what happened in the second part of the season,” said Cora of his team going 28-38 since the All-Star break. “It's going to hit us hard to be honest with you. ... It's a reality. We didn't play good baseball at the end.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Red Sox: Cora said after the game that Masataka Yoshida would have an MRI on one of his shoulders Tuesday.

UP NEXT

Rays: Host the Red Sox in their spring training opener on Feb. 22.

Red Sox: Host Northeastern in their first spring training game on Feb. 21.

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Matchup Prediction

Red Sox: 45.6%
Rays: 54.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Palacios lined out to center.
9th Inning Driscoll lined out to center.
9th Inning Caballero fouled out to first.
9th Inning Carlson reached on bunt single to third.
9th Inning Slaten relieved Martin
8th Inning Sogard struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 0
0 Ground Balls 0
5 Strikeouts 9
1 Runs Batted In 3
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 7
0 Stolen Bases 0
1 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 3
1 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
34 At Bats 30
0 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
18 Runners Left On Base 13
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 2
0 Fly Balls 0
0 Caught Stealing 1
146 Pitches 118
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
8 Total Bases 9
37 Plate Appearances 33
0.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
0 Extra Base Hits 2
2.2 Runs Created 1.8
.235 Batting Average .233
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.235 Slugging Percentage .300
.029 Secondary Average .133
.297 On Base Percentage .303
.533 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .603
0.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.0
2.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.9
12.0 Batter Rating 23.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.95 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.58
.000 Isolated Power .067
0.20 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.33
.027 Walks Per Plate Appearance .091
-.206 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.100
2.0 Runs Produced 6.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
70.0 MLB Rating 73.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Fenway Park

Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 34,862 | 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
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