Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays

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Boston Red Sox

84-70, 46-33 Away

Final
4 - 2

Tampa Bay Rays

93-60, 53-26 Home

Red Sox beat Rays 4-2 to close in on playoff spot

The Red Sox, who entered Friday with a magic number of three, could secure a wild-card spot as early as Saturday.

Junior Caminero and Jonathan Aranda drove in runs for the postseason-bound Rays. They had won six in a row.

Anthony hit the game’s third pitch from Ian Seymour (9-7) into the right-field seats for his third career leadoff homer. Then, in the second inning, Anthony broke a 1-1 tie and drove in two more runs with a two-out single.

Jahmai Jones gave Boston a 4-1 advantage with his own solo homer to lead off the third. Caleb Durbin added two hits for the Red Sox, who own the American League’s third-best record (84-70), behind the Rays and Yankees.

Red Sox starter Ranger Suarez (8-4) threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing three hits and one run with five walks and five strikeouts. He also snared Taylor Walls’ 100-mph liner in the fourth, before completing an inning-ending double play.

Tampa Bay couldn’t capitalize on multiple opportunities, including nine Red Sox walks. The Rays left the bases loaded in the sixth and ninth, when Erik Miller retired Chandler Simpson on a game-ending grounder. Tampa Bay was 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position.

Boston left-hander Erik Miller had his fifth save despite a shaky ninth inning, including three wild pitches and two walks.

Up next Tampa Bay RHP Freddy Peralta (9-11, 4.67 ERA) was set to start Saturday. Boston had yet to announce a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Simpson grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Vilade struck out, Vilade to first on wild pitch by Miller, Palacios to second on wild pitch by Miller, Aranda to third on wild pitch by Miller.
	9th Inning	Palacios ran for Caminero
	9th Inning	Caminero walked, Aranda to second.
	9th Inning	Aranda grounded into fielder's choice to third, Mesa Jr. scored, Díaz out at second.
	9th Inning	Díaz walked, Mesa Jr. to third on wild pitch by Miller.

Statistics

BOS		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	10
11	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	9
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	23
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
16	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	175
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	8
40	Plate Appearances	41
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
4.8	Runs Created	3.8
.250	Batting Average	.156
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.417	Slugging Percentage	.250
.222	Secondary Average	.406
.308	On Base Percentage	.341
.724	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.591
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
31.0	Batter Rating	20.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.55	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.27
.167	Isolated Power	.094
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.220
-.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.250
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
82.5	MLB Rating	69.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Tropicana Field

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Attendance: 23,342 | Capacity:

2026 American League East Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	-	64	L1	0.60493827	98
New York	4.5	68	W1	0.57763976	93
Boston	11	75	L1	0.537037	87
Baltimore	18.5	82	L1	0.49068323	79
Toronto	19	83	W1	0.48765433	79

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