BOSTON -- Drew Smyly is still looking for his first win of the season despite striking out 22 over his past two starts.
It can wait.
Smyly allowed just one hit over eight innings and the Tampa Bay Rays bullpen preserved the one-hitter to beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 in 10 innings Tuesday night.
"Drew kept us in that game and did a phenomenal job," said Kevin Kiermaier, who led off the 10th with his first home run of the season. "He's just so much fun to play behind. He works quick and just throws a bunch of strikes
Smyly struck out 11, tying his career high for the second straight start.
Smyly was in a pitching duel with Boston's bullpen after starter Joe Kelly left in the first inning with stiffness in his right shoulder. The Red Sox used six relievers, and the first four preserved the shutout until Matt Barnes (1-1) faced Kiermaier to lead off the 10th.
Jackie Bradley Jr. had Boston's hit, a single to center in the third. Erasmo Ramirez (3-0) threw a hitless ninth for Tampa Bay, and Alex Colome pitched the 10th for his second save.
"We did that as a team," Smyly said. "It's hard to score some nights."
Nobody crossed the plate until Kiermaier. After falling behind Barnes early, Kiermaier fouled off a few pitches before driving a 2-2 curveball deep into the right field seats.
It was just the fourth hit of the night for the Rays, who added two more runs with two outs on a ground-rule double by Desmond Jennings after an error by third baseman Travis Shaw.
"Three runs can be had really quick here in this ballpark," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
Kelly faced just four batters, walking two, and left after the training staff visited the mound for the second time in the inning.
Heath Hembree, recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket earlier Tuesday, took over and went 3 1/3 innings. Hembree allowed two hits and struck out four. Robbie Ross Jr. started the fifth and also struck out four while allowing one hit over three innings.
The Red Sox needed the strong showing from the bullpen to keep up with what Smyly was doing to Boston's lineup.
"He was good from pitch one to the last one," Mookie Betts said. "He was just mixing it up and keeping the ball out of the middle of the plate."
Boston had its best chance in the third. Chris Young and Ryan Hanigan began the inning with consecutive walks, and then Bradley's single loaded the bases. The Rays got a force out at home when Mookie Betts hit a sharp grounder right to third baseman Evan Longoria. The Red Sox still had the bases loaded for Dustin Pedroia, but Smyly got out of the jam by getting Pedroia to ground into a double play.
It was Tampa Bay's first ever shutout in an extra-inning game.
VETERAN MOVE
Smyly said he was willing to give up a run for a double play when he faced Betts, before Longoria's heads-up play changed everything.
Cash said it wasn't a set play because there wasn't a need for one.
"Longo's a baseball player," Cash said. "He made some tremendous plays today over there. That was one of them."
BOSTON BULLPEN
Manager John Farrell praised his bullpen despite the loss. Kelly faced just four batters and threw only 23 pitches before the Red Sox called upon Hembree.
"Outstanding," Farrell said of his relievers. "Heath comes up, he's pressed into long relief, long duty right away. They were efficient. They had good stuff. ... All of them threw the ball exceptionally well."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: C Hank Conger will be back behind the plate Wednesday in his first start in nearly a week. Conger, acquired in an offseason trade with the Astros largely for his defense, allowed five stolen bases last Thursday in the Rays' 6-0 loss against Cleveland.
Red Sox: 3B Pablo Sandoval, on the 15-day DL with a strained left shoulder, felt "improved" Tuesday but was still a ways from returning to the lineup, manager John Farrell said. Sandoval went for a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews on Monday. "There's nowhere near full range of motion, but there's improvement," Farrell said.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (0-3, 5.87) has lost his last six starts dating back to last season.
Red Sox: RHP Rick Porcello (2-0, 5.11) allowed three earned runs on two hits over 6 1/3 innings against Toronto in his last start. Porcello also struck out eight and walked one against the Blue Jays on Friday.
It can wait.
Smyly allowed just one hit over eight innings and the Tampa Bay Rays bullpen preserved the one-hitter to beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 in 10 innings Tuesday night.
"Drew kept us in that game and did a phenomenal job," said Kevin Kiermaier, who led off the 10th with his first home run of the season. "He's just so much fun to play behind. He works quick and just throws a bunch of strikes
Smyly struck out 11, tying his career high for the second straight start.
Smyly was in a pitching duel with Boston's bullpen after starter Joe Kelly left in the first inning with stiffness in his right shoulder. The Red Sox used six relievers, and the first four preserved the shutout until Matt Barnes (1-1) faced Kiermaier to lead off the 10th.
Jackie Bradley Jr. had Boston's hit, a single to center in the third. Erasmo Ramirez (3-0) threw a hitless ninth for Tampa Bay, and Alex Colome pitched the 10th for his second save.
"We did that as a team," Smyly said. "It's hard to score some nights."
Nobody crossed the plate until Kiermaier. After falling behind Barnes early, Kiermaier fouled off a few pitches before driving a 2-2 curveball deep into the right field seats.
It was just the fourth hit of the night for the Rays, who added two more runs with two outs on a ground-rule double by Desmond Jennings after an error by third baseman Travis Shaw.
"Three runs can be had really quick here in this ballpark," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
Kelly faced just four batters, walking two, and left after the training staff visited the mound for the second time in the inning.
Heath Hembree, recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket earlier Tuesday, took over and went 3 1/3 innings. Hembree allowed two hits and struck out four. Robbie Ross Jr. started the fifth and also struck out four while allowing one hit over three innings.
The Red Sox needed the strong showing from the bullpen to keep up with what Smyly was doing to Boston's lineup.
"He was good from pitch one to the last one," Mookie Betts said. "He was just mixing it up and keeping the ball out of the middle of the plate."
Boston had its best chance in the third. Chris Young and Ryan Hanigan began the inning with consecutive walks, and then Bradley's single loaded the bases. The Rays got a force out at home when Mookie Betts hit a sharp grounder right to third baseman Evan Longoria. The Red Sox still had the bases loaded for Dustin Pedroia, but Smyly got out of the jam by getting Pedroia to ground into a double play.
It was Tampa Bay's first ever shutout in an extra-inning game.
VETERAN MOVE
Smyly said he was willing to give up a run for a double play when he faced Betts, before Longoria's heads-up play changed everything.
Cash said it wasn't a set play because there wasn't a need for one.
"Longo's a baseball player," Cash said. "He made some tremendous plays today over there. That was one of them."
BOSTON BULLPEN
Manager John Farrell praised his bullpen despite the loss. Kelly faced just four batters and threw only 23 pitches before the Red Sox called upon Hembree.
"Outstanding," Farrell said of his relievers. "Heath comes up, he's pressed into long relief, long duty right away. They were efficient. They had good stuff. ... All of them threw the ball exceptionally well."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: C Hank Conger will be back behind the plate Wednesday in his first start in nearly a week. Conger, acquired in an offseason trade with the Astros largely for his defense, allowed five stolen bases last Thursday in the Rays' 6-0 loss against Cleveland.
Red Sox: 3B Pablo Sandoval, on the 15-day DL with a strained left shoulder, felt "improved" Tuesday but was still a ways from returning to the lineup, manager John Farrell said. Sandoval went for a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews on Monday. "There's nowhere near full range of motion, but there's improvement," Farrell said.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (0-3, 5.87) has lost his last six starts dating back to last season.
Red Sox: RHP Rick Porcello (2-0, 5.11) allowed three earned runs on two hits over 6 1/3 innings against Toronto in his last start. Porcello also struck out eight and walked one against the Blue Jays on Friday.
7:10PM,EDT,April 19,2016
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Kelly pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Forsythe walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison grounded out to second, Forsythe to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Hembree relieved Kelly. | 0 | 0 |
| Jennings struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Drew Smyly pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Betts struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pedroia struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Bogaerts flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Heath Hembree pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Miller singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Casali struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Drew Smyly pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Ortiz struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Ramírez flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Shaw flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Heath Hembree pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Forsythe lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria doubled to deep center. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Drew Smyly pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Young walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Hanigan walked, Young to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Jr. singled to center, Young to third, Hanigan to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Betts grounded into fielder's choice to third, Young out at home, Hanigan to third, Bradley Jr. to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Pedroia grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Betts out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Heath Hembree pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Jennings lined out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Drew Smyly pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Bogaerts grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Ortiz struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Ramírez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ross Jr. pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Ross Jr. relieved Hembree. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Casali struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Drew Smyly pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Shaw struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Young struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Hanigan flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ross Jr. pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Longoria grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Jennings grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Drew Smyly pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Bradley Jr. popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Betts struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pedroia grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ross Jr. pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Drew Smyly pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Bogaerts struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Ortiz struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Ramírez grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Junichi Tazawa pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Tazawa relieved Ross Jr.. | 0 | 0 |
| Casali struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Drew Smyly pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Shaw struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Young fouled out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Hanigan flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Craig Kimbrel pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Kimbrel relieved Tazawa. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Jennings hit by pitch. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller grounded into fielder's choice to second, Jennings out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Ramírez relieved Smyly. | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Jr. grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Betts grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Pedroia struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Matt Barnes pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Barnes relieved Kimbrel. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier homered to right (368 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Casali struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Forsythe doubled to deep left center. | 1 | 0 |
| Morrison flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Longoria intentionally walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Layne relieved Barnes. | 1 | 0 |
| Guyer hit for Dickerson. | 1 | 0 |
| Guyer safe at first on error by third baseman Shaw, Forsythe to third, Longoria to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Jennings hit a ground rule double to right, Forsythe and Longoria scored, Guyer to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Miller walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Colomé relieved Ramírez. | 3 | 0 |
| Bogaerts struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Ortiz grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Ramírez struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Forsythe 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | .250 | .327 | .455 |
| Morrison 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .054 | .103 | .054 |
| Longoria 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | .269 | .309 | .442 |
| Dickerson DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .200 | .238 | .475 |
a-Guyer PH-DH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .455 | .500 |
| Jennings LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .268 | .333 | .366 |
| Miller SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | .128 | .209 | .256 |
| Souza Jr. RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .256 | .293 | .513 |
| Kiermaier CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .182 | .308 | .303 |
| Casali C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .125 | .160 | .167 |
| Totals | 37 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 179 | |||
| a-reached on error for C Dickerson in the 10th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Longoria (3, Hembree); Forsythe (3, Barnes); Jennings (1, Layne) HR: Kiermaier (1, 10th inning off Barnes 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Kiermaier (3), Jennings 2 (4) 2-out RBI: Jennings 2 Rays RISP: 1-9 (Dickerson 0-2, Guyer 0-1, Souza Jr. 0-1, Jennings 1-2, Morrison 0-2, Longoria 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Forsythe (1, 2nd base off Tazawa/Hanigan) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Miller-Forsythe-Morrison). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| P J. KELLY (RIGHT SHOULDER) LEFT GAME TOP 1ST |
Game Information
| Stadium | Fenway Park, Boston, MA |
| Attendance | 32,061 (85.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:25 |
| Weather | 47 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jim Joyce, First Base - Toby Basner, Second Base - James Hoye, Third Base - Chad Fairchild |
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