BOSTON -- Alex Cobb was coasting along and before he knew it, he was watching the bullpen hold onto a tight victory.
Cobb took a one-hit shutout into the seventh inning before tiring, Evan Longoria hit a homer over the Green Monster completely out of Fenway Park and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Friday night.
"We had an opportunity to really cave there, with things working against us," Cobb said. "We were shooting ourselves in the foot a little bit. But to be able to get out of the funk we're in, we've got to be able to win ballgames like that."
Coming off a 3-6 home stand, the Rays rebounded with just their second win in six games in Fenway this season.
"Nice win. Never a dull moment," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
Boston's Xander Bogaerts singled to extended his hitting streak to 15 games, the majors' current longest active streak. He had a career-best 26-gamer last year.
Cobb (3-3) gave up four runs -- three earned -- and three hits after getting the first out in the seventh, adding to his trouble with a throwing error. Alex Colome got the final four outs for his ninth save.
Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello (2-5) gave up five runs -- three earned -- with seven strikeouts in six innings for his second rough outing against the Rays this season. He lost only four games last year.
"Just two innings where I didn't make pitches with runners on base, and I ended up getting hurt by it," Porcello said.
Trailing 5-0, the Red Sox chased Cobb and sliced the deficit to one with the help of Tampa Bay's shoddy defense. Sandy Leon had a two-run double, Cobb fired wildly past first base, allowing a run to score, and second baseman Brad Miller was charged with two errors on one play, booting a grounder and throwing the ball away, scoring another.
"Tonight we got handcuffed for the first six innings of work, but when you think back to the period of time that you're outlining, I think there's been a number of positive things that continue to show through," Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
Tim Beckham's two-run single had pushed the Rays ahead in the fourth -- with both runs unearned after third baseman Josh Rutledge bounced a throw.
They added three runs in the fifth. Corey Dickerson had an RBI double high off the wall in center field before Longoria hit his shot over a billboard above the Monster seats, a drive estimated at 406 feet.
Porcello was tagged for eight runs in 4 1/3 innings in a home loss to the Rays on April 14.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: Cash expects OF Steven Souza Jr. (bruised right thumb) to be back in the lineup on Saturday. ... RHP Tommy Hunter, on the 10-day DL with a strained right calf, is set to throw a bullpen Saturday.
Red Sox: Farrell said DH Hanley Ramirez was "a little bit improved" and he's optimistic that the slugger will be in the lineup Saturday. He left Wednesday's game in Milwaukee with a strained right shoulder after starting at first base. ... Farrell said INF Marco Hernandez (injured left shoulder) could need a procedure that would "likely" be season-ending.
MESSAGE
Many of the vendors entering the park were given buttons to wear with "B Respectful" written on it. The "B" was the club's logo for Boston.
It was the first series in Fenway Park since Baltimore's Adam Jones said a fan yelled a racial slur at him.
TIME CHANGE
Saturday's game, which was scheduled for a 7:05 start, was moved to 1:05 with the forecast for heavy rain starting later in the day and into Sunday.
UP NEXT
Rays: LHP Blake Snell (0-3, 3.96 ERA) hopes to rebound from a rough outing Monday against Kansas City when he gave up a career-high 10 hits in a loss.
Red Sox: LHP Chris Sale (3-2, 1.92) looks to extend his string of double-digit strikeout games. He's done it in every one of his six starts.
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Tampa Bay Rays
Cobb took a one-hit shutout into the seventh inning before tiring, Evan Longoria hit a homer over the Green Monster completely out of Fenway Park and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Friday night.
"We had an opportunity to really cave there, with things working against us," Cobb said. "We were shooting ourselves in the foot a little bit. But to be able to get out of the funk we're in, we've got to be able to win ballgames like that."
Coming off a 3-6 home stand, the Rays rebounded with just their second win in six games in Fenway this season.
"Nice win. Never a dull moment," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
Boston's Xander Bogaerts singled to extended his hitting streak to 15 games, the majors' current longest active streak. He had a career-best 26-gamer last year.
Cobb (3-3) gave up four runs -- three earned -- and three hits after getting the first out in the seventh, adding to his trouble with a throwing error. Alex Colome got the final four outs for his ninth save.
Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello (2-5) gave up five runs -- three earned -- with seven strikeouts in six innings for his second rough outing against the Rays this season. He lost only four games last year.
"Just two innings where I didn't make pitches with runners on base, and I ended up getting hurt by it," Porcello said.
Trailing 5-0, the Red Sox chased Cobb and sliced the deficit to one with the help of Tampa Bay's shoddy defense. Sandy Leon had a two-run double, Cobb fired wildly past first base, allowing a run to score, and second baseman Brad Miller was charged with two errors on one play, booting a grounder and throwing the ball away, scoring another.
"Tonight we got handcuffed for the first six innings of work, but when you think back to the period of time that you're outlining, I think there's been a number of positive things that continue to show through," Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
Tim Beckham's two-run single had pushed the Rays ahead in the fourth -- with both runs unearned after third baseman Josh Rutledge bounced a throw.
They added three runs in the fifth. Corey Dickerson had an RBI double high off the wall in center field before Longoria hit his shot over a billboard above the Monster seats, a drive estimated at 406 feet.
Porcello was tagged for eight runs in 4 1/3 innings in a home loss to the Rays on April 14.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: Cash expects OF Steven Souza Jr. (bruised right thumb) to be back in the lineup on Saturday. ... RHP Tommy Hunter, on the 10-day DL with a strained right calf, is set to throw a bullpen Saturday.
Red Sox: Farrell said DH Hanley Ramirez was "a little bit improved" and he's optimistic that the slugger will be in the lineup Saturday. He left Wednesday's game in Milwaukee with a strained right shoulder after starting at first base. ... Farrell said INF Marco Hernandez (injured left shoulder) could need a procedure that would "likely" be season-ending.
MESSAGE
Many of the vendors entering the park were given buttons to wear with "B Respectful" written on it. The "B" was the club's logo for Boston.
It was the first series in Fenway Park since Baltimore's Adam Jones said a fan yelled a racial slur at him.
TIME CHANGE
Saturday's game, which was scheduled for a 7:05 start, was moved to 1:05 with the forecast for heavy rain starting later in the day and into Sunday.
UP NEXT
Rays: LHP Blake Snell (0-3, 3.96 ERA) hopes to rebound from a rough outing Monday against Kansas City when he gave up a career-high 10 hits in a loss.
Red Sox: LHP Chris Sale (3-2, 1.92) looks to extend his string of double-digit strikeout games. He's done it in every one of his six starts.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Tampa Bay - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Rick Porcello pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Dickerson popped out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller lined out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria doubled to deep left. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Betts popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Pedroia grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Bogaerts singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Benintendi grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Rick Porcello pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Weeks Jr. doubled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Beckham grounded into fielder's choice to third, Weeks Jr. out at third. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Young struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Moreland grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Rutledge grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Rick Porcello pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Norris singles to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Norris out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| León struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Jr. grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Betts grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Rick Porcello pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Longoria safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Rutledge. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. singled to left, Longoria to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria to third, Weeks Jr. to second on passed ball by León. | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Beckham singled to center, Longoria and Weeks Jr. scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Kiermaier flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Pedroia struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Bogaerts walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Benintendi struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Young grounded into fielder's choice to third, Bogaerts out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Rick Porcello pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Norris singled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Dickerson doubled to deep center, Norris scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Miller flied out to center, Dickerson to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Longoria homered to left center (419 feet), Dickerson scored. | 5 | 0 |
| Morrison flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Moreland walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Rutledge struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| León popped out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Bradley Jr. popped out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Rick Porcello pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Rasmus struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Kiermaier doubled to deep right, Kiermaier to third on error by right fielder Betts. | 5 | 0 |
| Norris struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Betts lined out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Pedroia flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Bogaerts grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ross Jr. pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Ross Jr. relieved Porcello. | 5 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Miller singled to deep left. | 5 | 0 |
| Longoria lined out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Morrison struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Benintendi flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Young doubled to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Moreland walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Rutledge reached on infield single to pitcher, Young to third, Moreland to second, Young scored, Moreland to third, Rutledge to second on throwing error by pitcher Cobb. | 5 | 1 |
| León hit a ground rule double to right, Moreland and Rutledge scored. | 5 | 3 |
| Alvarado relieved Cobb. | 5 | 3 |
| Bradley Jr. safe at first on error by second baseman Miller, León advanced to third on Miller error, León scored, Bradley Jr. to second on throwing error by second baseman Miller. | 5 | 4 |
| Ramírez relieved Alvarado. | 5 | 4 |
| Betts grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Pedroia flied out to center. | 5 | 4 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 3 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Heath Hembree pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Hembree relieved Ross Jr.. | 5 | 4 |
| Weeks Jr. flied out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| Rasmus grounded out to first. | 5 | 4 |
| Beckham lined out to left. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| Bogaerts doubled to left. | 5 | 4 |
| Benintendi walked. | 5 | 4 |
| Young flied out to right, Bogaerts to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Farquhar relieved Ramírez. | 5 | 4 |
| Moreland struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Colomé relieved Farquhar. | 5 | 4 |
| Rutledge grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Heath Hembree pitching for Boston | TB | BOS |
| Kiermaier singled to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Norris grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Kiermaier out at second. | 5 | 4 |
| Scott relieved Hembree. | 5 | 4 |
| Dickerson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Norris out at second. | 5 | 4 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BOS |
| León grounded out to first. | 5 | 4 |
| Bradley Jr. struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| Betts flied out to center. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Tampa Bay Rays
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickerson LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .321 | .372 | .547 |
| Miller 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .195 | .342 | .317 |
| Longoria 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .241 | .314 | .418 |
| Morrison 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .243 | .333 | .513 |
| Weeks Jr. DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .212 | .333 | .379 |
| Rasmus RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .276 | .382 | .690 |
| Beckham SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .264 | .289 | .457 |
| Kiermaier CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .216 | .310 | .281 |
| Norris C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .224 | .284 | .316 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 150 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Longoria (10, Porcello); Weeks Jr. (5, Porcello); Dickerson (11, Porcello); Kiermaier (4, Porcello) HR: Longoria (5, 5th inning off Porcello 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: Beckham 2 (19), Dickerson (13), Longoria 2 (16) 2-out RBI: Beckham 2 GIDP: Dickerson Rays RISP: 2-8 (Miller 0-1, Norris 0-1, Rasmus 0-2, Morrison 0-1, Longoria 1-1, Beckham 1-2) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Cobb (2, throw); Miller 2 (7, throw, ground ball) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Fenway Park, Boston, MA |
| Attendance | 36,496 (96.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:24 |
| Weather | 50 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 10 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Cory Blaser, First Base - Jeff Nelson, Second Base - Laz Diaz, Third Base - Doug Eddings |
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