Final
Rays top season high for runs, beat Red Sox 12-8
Apr 21, 2016 - 10:51 PM BOSTON (AP) Curt Casali is a lifetime .198 hitter who was holding down the No. 9 spot in the batting order for the Tampa Bay Rays, the lowest-scoring team in baseball.So how to explain his .625 batting average - with three homers in eight at-bats - against David Price, a six-time All-Star and 2012 Cy Young Award winner?
''I can't even tell you I've got a feeling about it,'' manager Kevin Cash said on Thursday after Casali homered and singled against his ex-teammate to lead the Rays to a 12-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox. ''He's doing it against one of the best.''
Evan Longoria also homered off the former Tampa Bay ace, as the Rays chased him in the fourth inning. Steven Souza Jr. doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth as Tampa, which gave up five runs in the first scored six in the fourth before Boston rallied to tie it 8-all.
The Rays, who entered the game with the fewest runs scored in baseball, topped their previous season high of seven.
And they did most of it against Price, tagging him with eight runs on eight hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out five, but hit two batters and gave up a pair of homers.
''That's the best I've felt in my four starts here,'' Price said. ''To me, that's the most disappointing thing. To feel the way that I felt, (I just didn't) get the results that I expect.''
It was a career high in runs allowed for Price, who spent six years in Tampa and then was traded at each of the last two trading deadlines, to Detroit in 2014 and Toronto in '15. In all, he has allowed 17 earned runs in 22 2/3 innings in four starts against his original team.
''I have so much respect for him,'' Longoria said. ''But you want to go out and beat him.''
Erasmo Ramirez (4-0) struck out Mookie Betts with the bases loaded in the seventh, then pitched out of a two-on, one-out jam in the eighth. Alex Colome got two outs for his third save.
William Cuevas, making his major league debut, pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on three hits and two walks for Boston.
Dustin Pedroia was a triple away from the cycle while recording the 1,500th hit of his career. But he lined out to right with two on and two out in the ninth to end the game.
Xander Bogaerts also had three hits for the Red Sox. Logan Forsythe had three hits for Tampa.
BIG INNINGS
The Red Sox scored five runs in the first inning to take a 5-1 lead, with six of the first seven batters reaching base safely. Pedroia hit a two-run homer. Travis Shaw stole home on a double steal that put Brock Holt on third when Casali's throw went into center field.
But the Rays erased the gap with one in the third and then six more in the fourth, chasing Price. Casali hit a two-run homer and Longoria doubled in a run.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: The trainer came out to check on Brandon Guyer after he was hit by a pitch a second time, but he remained in the game and was plunked for a third time - tying the franchise record that he had already shared with Jonny Gomes.
Red Sox: Bogaerts, who left Wednesday night's game with a tight quadriceps muscle, was back in the lineup and had three hits.
UP NEXT
Rays: Visit the New York Yankees at 7:05 p.m. on Friday. Lefties Matt Moore (1-0) and CC Sabathia (1-1) will face each other.
Red Sox: Travel to Houston to play the Astros at 7:10 p.m. on Friday. Steven Wright (0-2) will pitch against Colin McHugh (1-2).
- TAMPA BAY: 12
BOSTON: 8
Final
Sep 26 11:51 AM - TAMPA BAY: 12
BOSTON: 8
End 9
Apr 21 5:51 PM - Souza Jr. grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Bogaerts to second baseman Pedroia, De.Jennings out.
Rays 10, Red Sox 8 Mid 9Apr 21 5:39 PM - Corey Dickerson doubles to deep right center field. Brandon Guyer scores. Logan Forsythe scores.
Rays 12, Red Sox 8 Top 9, 2 OutsApr 21 5:36 PM - Logan Forsythe singles to center field. Kevin Kiermaier scores.
Rays 10, Red Sox 8 Top 9, 1 OutApr 21 5:30 PM - Steven Souza Jr. doubles to deep center field. Desmond Jennings scores.
Rays 9, Red Sox 8 Top 8, 2 OutsApr 21 5:03 PM - Travis Shaw doubles to deep center field. David Ortiz scores.
Rays 8, Red Sox 8 Bot 7, 1 OutApr 21 4:44 PM - Mookie Betts homers to center field. Christian Vazquez scores.
Rays 8, Red Sox 7 Bot 6, 2 OutsApr 21 4:21 PM - Steven Souza Jr. singles to shallow right field. Desmond Jennings scores.
Rays 8, Red Sox 5 Top 4, 2 OutsApr 21 3:29 PM - Desmond Jennings doubles to deep left center field. Evan Longoria scores.
Rays 7, Red Sox 5 Top 4, 2 OutsApr 21 3:22 PM - Evan Longoria doubles to deep left field. Brandon Guyer scores. Logan Forsythe scores. Fielding error by Brock Holt.
Rays 6, Red Sox 5 Top 4, 1 OutApr 21 3:19 PM - Curt Casali homers to left field. Kevin Kiermaier scores.
Rays 4, Red Sox 5 Top 4, 1 OutApr 21 3:13 PM - Christian Vazquez reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Brock Holt out at home.
Rays 1, Red Sox 5 Bot 1, 1 OutApr 21 2:09 PM - Brock Holt singles to left field. Travis Shaw to third. Hanley Ramirez scores.
Rays 1, Red Sox 4 Bot 1, 1 OutApr 21 2:06 PM - Hanley Ramirez singles to deep left field. Xander Bogaerts scores.
Rays 1, Red Sox 3 Bot 1, 1 OutApr 21 2:02 PM - Dustin Pedroia homers to left field. Mookie Betts scores.
Rays 1, Red Sox 2 Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 21 1:54 PM - Pearce singled to center, Forsythe scored, Guyer to second.
Rays 0, Red Sox 0 Top 1, 1 OutApr 21 1:43 PM - Steve Pearce singles to center field. Brandon Guyer to second. Logan Forsythe scores.
Rays 1, Red Sox 0 Top 1, 1 OutApr 21 1:43 PM - Logan Forsythe singles to left field.
Apr 21 1:36 PM
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