Díaz hits leadoff homer and Aranda delivers go-ahead single to lift Rays over Red Sox 3-1

Red Sox Get Encouraging Marcelo Mayer Update After Rays Loss

The Boston Red Sox fell 3-1 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday in the series opener, but one moment stood out amid the loss. Marcelo Mayer hit a solo home run in the third inning to tie the game, Boston’s only run of the night.It was the kind of swing the Red Sox have been waiting to see from Mayer for weeks. Mayer had been slashing .167/.215/.208 over his previous 20 games since May 7 with just one extra-base hit during that stretch. The productio…

Rays beat Red Sox 3-1

Yandy Díaz hit a leadoff homer and drove in two runs as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Monday night.

Red Sox rookie: ‘I didn’t do a good enough job’

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Red Sox rookie Connelly Early summed up his start against the Rays on Monday with two simple sentences.

Rays hold Red Sox to four hits in latest lackluster offensive showing

Red Sox rookie Connelly Early battled through an inefficient 4 2/3 innings and matched his career-high with four walks, but he managed to limit the formidable first-place Tampa Bay Rays to two earned runs on five hits in Monday night’s series opener. But the Boston bats were quiet in the 3-1 loss. Too quiet, as usual. And the Red Sox fare terribly when opponents score first (7-27), and when they trail after the sixth (4-31), seventh (1-31), and …

Diaz hits leadoff homer and Aranda delivers go-ahead single to lift Rays over Red Sox 3-1

Yandy Diaz hit a leadoff homer and drove in two runs as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1

Díaz hits leadoff homer lifts Rays over Red Sox 3-1

Yandy Díaz hit a leadoff homer and drove in two runs as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1.