Ramirez hits grand slam, Red Sox beat Rays 8

“I was convicted to throwing it, it just leaked back over the middle”. Farrell said his closer was not available to get a four-out save a day after throwing 22 pitches in a non-save situation just so he could get his work in.

Kiermaier had three hits for the Rays, and Logan Forsythe and Logan Morrison each homered in the first four innings against Steven Wright. He had two sacrifice flies Monday night.

Enny Romero (2-0) pitched a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts and got the win.

Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 24th save. “He jumps on the first pitch”.

The Rays’ two homers took starter Jake Odorizzi off the hook. But his.490 second-half on-base percentage is second to only Mike Trout, and he’s scored the fourth-most runs in the American League.

Bruce Rondon (5-2) picked up the win in relief of Daniel Norris, who allowed three runs in five innings.

Porcello contributed a seven-inning, three-run outing Monday in a Red Sox win, and by the end of the night he ranked third in the AL in innings pitched, behind only teammate David Price and the Tigers’ Justin Verlander, and he’s 10th in ERA (3.26) and third in WHIP (1.04).

Boston’s late lead unraveled along with a great chance for the Red Sox to move within a game of first place in the AL East.

Buchholz reached doubles figures in losses for only the second time in his career.

The Rays bats were back at it in the second after Wright logged two outs to begin the inning. One out later, Brad Miller hit a shot off the glove of Pedroia for an RBI single.

As ecstatic as it is to know Shaw pretty much saved the Red Sox from a huge void, we can not ignore the weak ending to this season. Pedroia opened the first with a single but thrown out stealing.

Down 4-1 in the fifth, the Sox loaded the bases for Ramirez, who crushed a grand slam off a high-and-tight fastball from Drew Smyly for his 19th homer of the season. Sox 2-0. Porcello ended up giving up two runs in the top of the 3rd to allow the Rays to tie the game.

But there’s games you have to win, and games you just can’t lose. Baltimore snapped the Blue Jays’ four-game winning streak with the key victory, as a loss would have left the Orioles five back with only 30 games left. He had an excellent eight pitch at-bat and drew a walk on an inside pitch.

In the bottom of the sixth, JBJ lifted a pretty short fly ball to left, but it managed to squeak into home run territory, hitting the top of the wall, having his hit originally called a double.

Elsewhere, the Cleveland Indians edged the Minnesota Twins 1-0, the Texas Rangers were too good for the Seattle Mariners 6-3, the Washington Nationals blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0, the Colorado Rockies dismantled the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-1 and the Houston Astros cruised past the Oakland Athletics 6-0.

After Boston went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh, the eighth was action-packed.

Young lined his two-run double past third baseman Longoria, moving the Red Sox ahead 4-2.

Pearce homered in his second consecutive game.

A’s starter Ross Detwiler gave up three hits and left after the seventh with a 3-1 lead. The knuckleballer took the loss Friday against Kansas City, allowing five runs and seven hits in six innings. J.A. Happ turned in a similar effort for the Blue Jays but also came away with a no-decision. Uncharacteristic play, allowed a couple of runs.