Red Sox activate SS Bogaerts, place INF Holt on DL

Gomez’s leadoff drive in the seventh made it 7-5, and Fields extended Tampa Bay’s lead with a drive to left against Brian Johnson.

Boston’s Chris Sale wasn’t his usual dominant self against the Blue Jays. Tampa Bay has covered the spread six times in its last seven games and the total has gone over in five of those seven. First pitch in the contest was set for 7:05 pm ET.

The Red Sox have won all but one series this season, dropping two out of three to the A’s in Oakland.

BOSTON (AP) – The Tampa Bay Rays put themselves in a hole with a tough start to the season. He pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings against the Red Sox, with no decision, March 30. Yarbrough allowed two runs and three hits, struck out six and walked none. Bogaerts has also smacked seven doubles in just 38 at-bats so far this season. His work is reminiscent of 2016 when he won the American League Cy Young Award with a 22-4 record, not reminiscent of last year’s 11-17 nightmare.

Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts left after the fourth inning of Saturday’s 12-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays with right hamstring tightness. Its starters have a 3.03 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings. This time he came through with a two-run single to left that woke up Fenway Park.

Since returning to Boston from Triple-A a month later, Porcello is 41-25 and the Red Sox are 50-30 (.625) in his starts. Andrew Benintendi (run, RBI), Hanley Ramirez (run) and J.D. Devers added a home run to left field in the fifth.

Enter right-hander Matt Andriese, who has worked two innings or longer in each of his last three relief appearances. Christian Vazquez let a passed ball squeak by him and then Nunez threw one into the Sox’ dugout after fielding a slow roller for another Rays run in the sixth to break a 5-5 tie. The bullpen has logged an ERA of 4.72, along with a WHIP of 1.33. Boston are 8-2 in their last 10 home games and are 14-4 in their last 18 games on grass.

Star shortstop Xander Bogaerts is back from the 10-day disabled list, the Boston Red Sox announced on Friday. Chirinos has pitched well in the early stages of his career, which includes nine shutout frames in his two showings against Boston. However, it has taken less than a month for the Red Sox to erase those negative memories, putting the rest of the Major League Baseball on notice with their dominating play.