Red Sox hire former Braves GM Frank Wren

Dombrowski himself was recently named as the president of baseball operations and Hazen’s promotion is seen as his first big move since being in office in August.

Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz raises his arms and… The Sox had Wade Miley on the mound vs. Erasmo Ramirez for the Rays. Longoria homered deep into left-center over the Green Monster.

The Red Sox seem serious about moving Ramirez to first base.

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts sets to make the tag while…

3B Evan Longoria is focused on making sure Tampa Bay doesn’t finish last, and he is doing his part. There remains major offensive upside to the veteran, even if that upside was rarely glimpsed as the Red Sox spiraled out of contention after the All-Star break.

MORE MOORE: LHP Matt Moore said he had “no problem” with his next start being bumped from Sunday in Toronto until Tuesday at home against the Marlins, since he could still pitch again in the October 4 season finale against the Jays. He also set a franchise record with his sixth year of at least 35 homers and 100 RBIs, surpassing Manny Ramirez and Jimmie Foxx.

After Longoria’s homer the Rays’ offense mounted a rally starting with a single off the bat of Logan Forsythe and a RBI double by Asdrubal Cabrera to score Forsythe and tie the game at 2-2.

Kiermaier homered into the right field seats leading off the seventh.

“I think it’s a good idea to bring a lot of people on board”, Dombrowski said. They get injured. They make mistakes.

Ramirez gave up four hits and two runs, walking none and striking out six.

Miley (11-11) departed after 6 1/3 innings, having surrendered four runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out three.

“The relationships I’ve had with John and Torey are tremendous”, Hazen said on Thursday, via Jen McCaffrey of MassLive.com.

He made it clear to the amateur scouting folks that he had nothing but respect for them.

Kevin Kiermaier also hit a solo homer for the Rays, who have won five of their last seven games.

With a large turnover in managers throughout the Major League Baseball this season, rumors suggest Lovullo will be a candidate for a number of vacancies, which puts the Red Sox in a tough position. He’ll be re-evaluated Saturday. Earlier this week it was called a significant upper respiratory infection, but Wednesday it was found out to be worse.