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Rays finally end their losing streak, batter visiting Red Sox , 13-7

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Whee! One in a row. For the Tampa Bay Rays, the long, empty losing streak has ended. In its place is a smaller, precious little one-game winning streak that came in a 13-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The Rays scored five times in the first and four in the second, then hung on to beat Boston. Oh, the Rays still ended up giving up seven runs, which makes 79 in their last 12 games. But Tampa Bay had…

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Rays come back against David Price to win wild game in Boston

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Talk about a deep hole. Here the Tampa Bay Rays were, trailing 5-1 with ace pitcher David Price on the mound. Yet, the Rays dug themselves out, scoring six times in the fourth and three more in the top of the ninth to take a 12-8 win over the Boston Red Sox to take their series. Both teams are now 7-8 on the season. Erasmo Ramirez of the Rays went to 4-0 with the win in relief, giving him more…

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Tampa Bay’s Chris Archer struggles again in loss to Red Sox

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The problem isn’t physical, the Tampa Bay Rays say. The problem isn’t mechanical. For Chris Archer, the problem is that opposing batters keep mashing his pitches into the outfield. Archer fell to 0-4 on the season Wednesday night against the Boston Red Sox, giving up three runs in the first and five in the first two innings in a 7-3 defeat. He threw only 4 2/3 innings but gave up eight hits, six earned runs and three walks. He faced…

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Rays go 10 innings to beat Red Sox on Kevin Kiermaier homer

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Drew Smylyย of the Tampa Bay Rays had plenty to be smiling about on Tuesday night. Smyly pitched eight innings of one-hit baseball, shutting down the Boston Red Sox in a 3-0 win in 10 innings. Smyly had trouble in the third, giving up two walks and his only single to Jackie Bradley Jr. But the Rays got out of it with a force-out to home and a double play, keeping the shutout going. The Rays had only three hits themselves…

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Tampa Bay’s Drew Smyly shuts down Red Sox to go 3-1 in spring

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Drew Smyly capped off a good spring training Wednesday, throwing four shutout innings as the Rays moved to 12-11. Smyly struck out seven, walked one and allowed no hits in running his record to 3-1 with the victory. Mikie Mahtook hit a two-run homer and Brad Miller hit a solo shot and a double as the Rays built a 4-0 lead. Enny Romero gave up three runs in the seventh. Romero gave up three of the four hits allowed by…

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Rays’ new shortstop Brad Miller homers in victory over Boston

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Brad Miller is the new starting shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays because of his glove. Friday, however, it was his bat that made some noise. Miller hit a two-run home run, his first of the spring, to lead the Rays to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox in spring training. For the Rays, Mikie Mahtook, Logan Morrison, Taylor Motter, Granden Goetzman and Miller knocked runs in. Seven Rays pitchers combined for the victory, including starter Dana Eveland,…

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Tampa Bay beats Red Sox behind solid start by Matt Moore

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Matt Moore, who closed out the 2015 season with a hot streak, has started out this season in the same way. Moore, who spent much of last year recovering from Tommy John surgery, gave up only one hit โ€“ a home run to Mookie Betts โ€“ as the Rays beat Boston 3-2 in a spring training game. Juniel Querecuto knocked in the winning run in the 10th for the Rays. “It was all right,” said Moore. “I think I was…

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