June 9, 2019

G66: Rays 6, Red Sox 1

Rays    - 210 001 200 - 6 14  1
Red Sox - 010 000 000 - 1  8  0
Brandon Lowe hit two home runs and Yandy Díaz and Guillermo Heredia also went deep as the Rays won easily on Sunday afternoon. Lowe's homers were measured at 455 and 435 feet, with Heredia's travelling 433 feet. Díaz ended the day with four hits.

The tone for the day was set in the opening inning when the first four Rays singled off Eduardo Rodriguez (5.2-7-4-2-7, 101); two of them scored. In the bottom half, Boston put runners on second and third against Blake Snell (6-5-1-1-7, 105) with no outs, but failed to score as Xander Bogaerts, Michael Chavis, and Eduardo Núñez all struck out.

The bottom three hitters in the Red Sox's lineup - Jackie Bradley, Sandy León, and Marco Hernández - each had two hits. ... The Red Sox went 1-for-13 with RATS and left nine men on base.

AL East: The Yankees blew an early 5-0 lead and lost a 6-5 edge in the ninth inning, but rallied to beat Cleveland 7-6 in 10 innings. New York and Tampa Bay are tied (at 40-24) atop the division, with the Red Sox (34-32) in third, seven games out. Boston hosts the Rangers for four games this week.
Blake Snell / Eduardo Rodriguez
Betts, RF
Vázquez, DH
Bogaerts, SS
Chavis, 1B
Núñez, 3B
Travis, LF
Bradley, CF
León, C
Hernández, 2B

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