ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash never thought about letting his rookie starter go out for the seventh inning.
Why with such a strong bullpen?
Matt Andriese and three relievers combined on a three-hitter, Jake Elmore hit a two-run homer and the Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Saturday.
"Worked out kind of perfectly today," Cash said.
Andriese (3-2) retired his first 11 batters before allowing his lone baserunner, coming on a two-out single in the fourth by Xander Bogaerts. He struck out five in a career-high six innings as the Rays rebounded from a 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Red Sox Friday night.
"On a day where Andriese threw a lot of fastballs at us, for a lot of strikes, we never got anything going offensively," Boston manager John Farrell said.
After Jake McGee threw a perfect seventh, Kevin Jepsen gave up a solo homer in the eighth to Alejandro De Aza, who went deep for the second time in the last three games. Brad Boxberger allowed a single in a scoreless ninth for his 20th save.
"We have a lot of trust in our bullpen," Andriese said. "The big three back there, we have a lot of confidence in those guys."
Wade Miley (7-7) gave up two runs, five hits, two walks and struck out eight over 6 1/3 innings for Boston. The left-hander entered 3-0 with an 0.47 ERA in three previous starts against Tampa Bay.
Asdrubal Cabrera tripled leading off the fifth and scored on Elmore's one-out drive that cleared a low fence near the 315-foot marker in the left field corner to put the Rays up 2-0. Elmore had been hitless in his previous 12 at-bats.
"When I hit it, I didn't even think home run," Elmore said. "All I thought was, `please stay fair,' because I knew it was at least getting down (uncaught). Thankfully it did."
Miley had thrown 16 scoreless innings at Tropicana Field before Elmore's shot.
Rene Rivera made it 3-0 on a seventh-inning homer off Matt Barnes, who was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket before the game. Evan Longoria had a solo shot in the eighth.
Tampa Bay tied a team-record with its 10th consecutive win against a left-handed starter. The Rays also did it in 2004.
Boston's Mookie Betts had his career-best 13-game hitting streak end after going 0 for 4. It was the longest streak by a Red Sox since Jacoby Ellsbury had a 19-game streak in 2013.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: LF Hanley Ramirez (left hand), who missed his third straight game, is not ready to swing a bat.
Rays: LHP Matt Moore (elbow surgery) made what may have been his final rehab start for Triple-A Durham against Columbus. ... RHP Jake Odorizzi (oblique) threw 51 pitches in batting practice and could make a minor league start Thursday. ... 1B James Loney (broken left middle finger) took BP in a cage.
MOVING DAY
Red Sox: To make room for Barnes on the roster, INF Travis Shaw was optioned to Pawtucket.
Rays: INF Tim Beckham (hamstring) was activated from the 15-day DL and optioned to Triple-A Durham. Beckham is expected to get some playing time in the outfield. ... R.J. Harrison will become senior advisor of scouting and baseball operations in mid-July. Rob Metzler is replacing Harrison as director of amateur scouting.
SLAM DUNK
Golden State center Marreese Speights threw the ceremonial first pitch.
OL' DAYS
On Turn Back the Clock Day, the Rays wore a hypothetical 1979 uniform. The Red Sox used their 1975 road uniforms.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: RHP Justin Masterson (2-2), Sunday's starter, is 2-8 with a 6.93 ERA in 15 games against Tampa Bay.
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (9-4) will look to improve on his 1-5 record against Boston Sunday. He has a 5.18 ERA over eight starts.
Why with such a strong bullpen?
Matt Andriese and three relievers combined on a three-hitter, Jake Elmore hit a two-run homer and the Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Saturday.
"Worked out kind of perfectly today," Cash said.
Andriese (3-2) retired his first 11 batters before allowing his lone baserunner, coming on a two-out single in the fourth by Xander Bogaerts. He struck out five in a career-high six innings as the Rays rebounded from a 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Red Sox Friday night.
"On a day where Andriese threw a lot of fastballs at us, for a lot of strikes, we never got anything going offensively," Boston manager John Farrell said.
After Jake McGee threw a perfect seventh, Kevin Jepsen gave up a solo homer in the eighth to Alejandro De Aza, who went deep for the second time in the last three games. Brad Boxberger allowed a single in a scoreless ninth for his 20th save.
"We have a lot of trust in our bullpen," Andriese said. "The big three back there, we have a lot of confidence in those guys."
Wade Miley (7-7) gave up two runs, five hits, two walks and struck out eight over 6 1/3 innings for Boston. The left-hander entered 3-0 with an 0.47 ERA in three previous starts against Tampa Bay.
Asdrubal Cabrera tripled leading off the fifth and scored on Elmore's one-out drive that cleared a low fence near the 315-foot marker in the left field corner to put the Rays up 2-0. Elmore had been hitless in his previous 12 at-bats.
"When I hit it, I didn't even think home run," Elmore said. "All I thought was, `please stay fair,' because I knew it was at least getting down (uncaught). Thankfully it did."
Miley had thrown 16 scoreless innings at Tropicana Field before Elmore's shot.
Rene Rivera made it 3-0 on a seventh-inning homer off Matt Barnes, who was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket before the game. Evan Longoria had a solo shot in the eighth.
Tampa Bay tied a team-record with its 10th consecutive win against a left-handed starter. The Rays also did it in 2004.
Boston's Mookie Betts had his career-best 13-game hitting streak end after going 0 for 4. It was the longest streak by a Red Sox since Jacoby Ellsbury had a 19-game streak in 2013.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: LF Hanley Ramirez (left hand), who missed his third straight game, is not ready to swing a bat.
Rays: LHP Matt Moore (elbow surgery) made what may have been his final rehab start for Triple-A Durham against Columbus. ... RHP Jake Odorizzi (oblique) threw 51 pitches in batting practice and could make a minor league start Thursday. ... 1B James Loney (broken left middle finger) took BP in a cage.
MOVING DAY
Red Sox: To make room for Barnes on the roster, INF Travis Shaw was optioned to Pawtucket.
Rays: INF Tim Beckham (hamstring) was activated from the 15-day DL and optioned to Triple-A Durham. Beckham is expected to get some playing time in the outfield. ... R.J. Harrison will become senior advisor of scouting and baseball operations in mid-July. Rob Metzler is replacing Harrison as director of amateur scouting.
SLAM DUNK
Golden State center Marreese Speights threw the ceremonial first pitch.
OL' DAYS
On Turn Back the Clock Day, the Rays wore a hypothetical 1979 uniform. The Red Sox used their 1975 road uniforms.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: RHP Justin Masterson (2-2), Sunday's starter, is 2-8 with a 6.93 ERA in 15 games against Tampa Bay.
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (9-4) will look to improve on his 1-5 record against Boston Sunday. He has a 5.18 ERA over eight starts.
4:10PM,EDT,June 27,2015
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Boston - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Betts flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Holt struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Bogaerts grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Guyer struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Butler struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria doubled to deep right. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Ortiz struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Sandoval flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Napoli flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Cabrera singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| DeJesus grounded into fielder's choice to second, Cabrera out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Elmore grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, DeJesus out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| De Aza flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| León struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Jr. struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Rivera flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Guyer hit by pitch. | 0 | 0 |
| Butler grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Guyer out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Betts flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Holt struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Bogaerts singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Ortiz flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Sandoval grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Napoli grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| De Aza grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Cabrera tripled to deep right center. | 0 | 0 |
| DeJesus grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Elmore homered to left (337 feet), Cabrera scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Rivera struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Guyer walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Butler struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| León flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Bradley Jr. flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Betts flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Forsythe doubled to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Souza Jr. grounded out to shortstop, Forsythe to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Cabrera grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| McGee relieved Andriese. | 0 | 2 |
| Holt grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Bogaerts flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Ortiz struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| DeJesus grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Barnes relieved Miley. | 0 | 2 |
| Elmore struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Rivera homered to left (411 feet). | 0 | 3 |
| Guyer walked. | 0 | 3 |
| Guyer stole second. | 0 | 3 |
| Guyer stole third. | 0 | 3 |
| Butler struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Jepsen pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Jepsen relieved McGee. | 0 | 3 |
| Sandoval struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Napoli flied out to center. | 0 | 3 |
| De Aza homered to right (382 feet). | 1 | 3 |
| León struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Matt Barnes pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Longoria homered to left center (453 feet). | 1 | 4 |
| Forsythe struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| Cabrera grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Boxberger pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Boxberger relieved Jepsen. | 1 | 4 |
| Bradley Jr. flied out to left. | 1 | 4 |
| Betts flied out to center. | 1 | 4 |
| Holt singled to left. | 1 | 4 |
| Holt to second on fielder's indifference. | 1 | 4 |
| Bogaerts struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Betts CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .271 | .324 | .441 |
| Holt 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .295 | .387 | .446 |
| Bogaerts SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .291 | .326 | .402 |
| Ortiz DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .230 | .316 | .409 |
| Sandoval 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .270 | .318 | .398 |
| Napoli 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .203 | .305 | .381 |
| De Aza LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .234 | .288 | .418 |
| León C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .160 | .241 | .173 |
| Bradley Jr. RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .143 | .208 | .143 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 124 | |||
| BATTING HR: De Aza (5, 8th inning off Jepsen 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: De Aza (17) 2-out RBI: De Aza Red Sox RISP: 0-1 (Bogaerts 0-1) Team LOB: 2 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (Miley-Bogaerts-Napoli, Bogaerts-Holt-Napoli). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 23,876 (76.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:21 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Adam Hamari, First Base - Tripp Gibson, Second Base - Mark Carlson, Third Base - Brian Gorman |
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