Red Sox place OF Andrew Benintendi on DL with knee sprain

Ortiz is the oldest player in Major League Baseball history to have a 30 HR season, and eclipsed the 30 HR and 100 RBI mark for the 10th time in his Red Sox career, which is a team record as well. It was the Rays’ third walkoff win this year.

The Red Sox finished the 11-game road trip with a 7-4 record.

The Rays were down to their final five outs when Longoria struck, hitting a game-tying homer off Rick Porcello.

Romero did it, getting Big Papi to look at strike three Thursday to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 2-1 win over the Red Sox for a four-game split.

Ortiz has 533 home runs, one shy of Jimmie Foxx for 18th on the career list.

After Tyler Sturdevant struck out Hanley Ramirez and Jackie Bradley Jr.to begin the ninth, Romero was summoned.

Romero said he threw a cutter to close out the save.

A lefty batter, he has played in 151 minor league games over two professional seasons, batting.312 (178-for-570) with a.910 OPS, 74 walks, and 63 strikeouts. Overall with Boston and San Diego, Pomeranz is 10-9 with 2.95 ERA and a 1.140 WHIP in 24 starts.

“It was a relief”, Mahtook said. Trying to claw back in the seventh, Chris Young drew a leadoff walk and was then picked off first base. On July 10 he pitched five innings, allowing four runs, six hits and one walk with four strikeouts in his team’s 4-0 loss. Benintendi has combined to hit.312 (116-for-372) with 70 runs, 31 doubles, nine home runs, and 16 stolen bases this season between High-A Salem (34 games) and Portland (63 games).

“Outstanding damage control”, Cash said.

The Red Sox lost Wednesday night’s game to the Tampa Bay Rays in 11 innings, but the loss of left fielder Andrew Benintendi stung even more. “He’s been embraced by the rest of this club”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. Also to be determined is the role of RHP Clay Buchholz, who was moved out of the bullpen August 13 and made three solid starts.

Notes: Rays INF Tim Beckham, day to day after leaving Tuesday’s game with a tight hamstring, was not in the starting lineup. This could wind up being a season-ender for Benintendi, as doctors are still looking over the results from an MRI that was scheduled for Thursday morning.

Rays: LHP Drew Smyly (6-11) will face Astros RHP Mike Fiers (9-6) at Houston on Friday night.