Overview

• Tampa Bay snapped an eight-game skid against Boston and finished 41-40 at temporary home Steinbrenner Field.
• Christopher Morel drove in four runs and contributed a relay that cut down a runner at the plate as the Rays jumped ahead early.
• Boston left 10 on base and struck out 14 times, with Nathaniel Lowe fanning three times with men on to strand eight.
• Red Sox rookie Connelly Early allowed three runs in the first before settling in, and Brandon Lowe’s seventh-inning homer reached 30 for the season.
• A late multi-run eighth by Boston’s bullpen widened the gap; next up, the Red Sox visit Toronto on Tuesday while the Rays open a road series in Baltimore.