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Red Sox win, hold Rays to three hits in 13 innings

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The Tampa Bay Rays are moving in the wrong direction. Supposedly interested in the American League’s second wild-card berth, the Rays instead seem to be chasing last place in AL East. The Rays lost a 2-0 decision to the Boston Red Sox Sunday in 13 innings, their 11th consecutive extra inning defeat. The Rays, now within a game of Boston and the AL East cellar, managed only three hits in 13 innings against the Red Sox. Boston, on the other…

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Red Sox’ David Ortiz joins baseball’s 500 homer club

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According to the original plan, David Ortiz was supposed to be on the bench Saturday night. Instead, he spent the evening circling the bases. Ortiz hit two home runs – his 499th and his 500th – to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 10-4 victory over a Rays team that continues to try to get on a hot streak. Ortiz hit a three-run homer in the first and a solo shot in the fifth for reach his milestone. Ortiz becomes…

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Rays come from behind (really) to beat the Red Sox, 8-4

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Staring another loss in the eye, the Tampa Bay Rays made a rare comeback on Friday night. The Rays scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Boston Red Sox, coming back to beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4. It was only the team’s sixth victory in which they have trailed after seven innings. Asdrubal Cabrera and J.P. Arencibia hit two-run homers to lead the Rays’ eighth-inning uprising. Logan Forsythe singled home Evan Longoria, who had…

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Looking for more help, the Rays claim Daniel Nava from the Red Sox

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Runs have come a little easier for the Tampa Bay Rays this week, but the team added a piece nevertheless on Wednesday. The Rays claimed Boston outfielder Daniel Nava, one of the key elements to the Red Sox’s 2013 march to the pennant. The Rays made roster room by sending down rookie outfielder Mike Mahtook. There is a bit of risk to the move, because Nava, 32, has not hit at all this year. In 29 games, Nava was hitting…

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James Loney’s hit lets Rays rally to beat Boston, avoid sweep

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Facing a sweep against the cellar-dwelling Boston Red Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays showed signs of life Sunday afternoon. The Rays rallied from two runs to beat the Red Sox, 4-3. The victory was only the team’s 10th since June (in 27 games). James Loney singled to center field to drive in Asdrubal Cabrera with the winning run. Cabrera had doubled to tie the game at 3-3. Rod Boxberger finished up the game for his 26th  save. Jake Odorizzi picked…

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Rays demote Matt Moore after he was shellacked by Red Sox

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The Rays have pulled Matt Moore from the rotation. The only question: What took them so long? The Rays demoted Moore on Saturday night, just after he struggled again in an 11-7 loss to the Boston Red Sox, a loss that dropped the Rays to three games under .500 for the first time all year. The Rays have won only 11 of their last 34 games. Wtih the Rays, everyone has fond memories of what Moore used to be. However,…

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Tampa Bay Rays complete a forgettable month of bad baseball

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Nine years. More than a thousand games. And now, they’re back. Miserable again. The Tampa Bay Rays completed their worst month in years Friday night in Boston, dropping a 5-7 decision to the Red Sox that left them with a 9-16 record for the month of July, the worst record in the major leagues. To find a worse complete month for Tampa Bay, you have to go back all the way to 2007, the first season of Joe Maddon and…

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