Overview

• Tampa Bay turned a bases-loaded first inning into three runs, capped by Christopher Morel’s two-run double and a throwing error.
• The Red Sox squandered repeated chances by leaving 10 on base, striking out 14 times and going 4-for-11 with runners in scoring position, with Nathaniel Lowe stranding eight.
• Brandon Lowe reached 30 home runs with a late shot before the Rays broke it open with four runs off rookie Payton Tolle in the eighth.
• Rookie Connelly Early took the loss after a three-run first but settled to retire 10 of the next 11, while Garrett Cleavinger earned the win in relief.
• Wilyer Abreu went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts in his return, Boston sits at 85-71 with six games left, and Tampa Bay finished 41-40 at temporary home Steinbrenner Field.