Rays Rout Red Sox

The Sox traveled to Port Charlotte to take on the Tampa Bay Rays. However, it was the Rays who took the Sox to their third loss in a row in this pre-season. Tampa Bay produced runs in the first three innings of the game (one in the bottom of the first, four in the bottom of the second, and five in the bottom of the third) to take the lead. The only Boston runs of the game came in the top of the fifth inning. There were four of them. Tampa Bay would go on to score two more runs in the bottom of the seventh, thus wining the game by a score of twelve to four.

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BOSTON: four runs, seven hits, two errors

TAMPA BAY: twelve runs, thirteen hits, two errors

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Michael Bowden, Losing Pitcher: Michael Bowden

TAMPA BAY: Starting Pitcher: Jeff Niemann, Winning Pitcher: Jeff Niemann

TAMPA BAY: Homeruns: Evan Longoria, Chris Richard

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RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 1, Spring Training Losses: 3