 to start the 11th and went to second when Michael Chavis walked.Both runners moved up a base on Jackie Bradley's sacrifice bunt and Vazquez followed with his fly that Kevin Kiermaier ran down in center field.Marcus Walden (3-0) allowed an infield hit over two scoreless innings and Ryan Brasier worked the 11th to get his sixth save.After starting the season by losing eight of 10, the defending World Series champions are 7-5 over the last 12 games and went from eight to five games behind the Rays.Tommy Pham, picked off first base by catcher Vazquez to end Saturday night's 6-5 loss to the Red Sox, got the Rays even at 3-all on his eighth-inning solo homer off Matt Barnes.Boston went ahead 3-2 on Xander Bogaerts two-run single off Chaz Roe during the sixth.Rays starter Tyler Glasnow, bidding to open the season with five consecutive wins, was pulled after Mookie Betts singled with one out in the sixth.After Adam Kolarek walked the only batter he faced, Roe entered and walked J. D. Martinez before Bogaerts lined a first-pitch single to right center.Glasnow, who entered with an AL-best 1.13 ERA, allowed two runs and three hits in 5 1/3 innings.Daniel Robertson put the Rays up 2-0 on a two-out, two-run double off David Price in the third. It was just his third hit in 28 at-bats.Price struck out 10 in five innings. The one-time Tampa Bay ace gave up two runs, five hits and walked two during an 100-pitch outing.Boston pulled within 2-1 on Mitch Moreland's team-leading seventh homer in the fourth.TRAINER'S ROOMRed Sox: Moreland was in the lineup after leaving Saturday's game with back spasms.Rays: RF Austin Meadows went on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. ... Ace Blake Snell (fractured right fourth toe) is expected to have his second bullpen session Tuesday.MARTINEZ MAGICMartinez had an infield single in the first inning, giving him a hit in 21 of 22 games this season, including an active 11-game streak. He then swiped second for his 23rd stolen base in 944 career games.UP NEXTRed Sox: LHP Chris Sale (0-4) will face Detroit LHP Matthew Boyd (1-1) when Boston begins a 10-game homestand on Monday night. Sale has allowed 17 runs and 23 hits over 18 innings in his four starts this season.Rays: Will have an unannounced reliever start against Kansas City RHP Brad Keller (2-1) on Monday night. Tampa Bay went 7-0 against the Royals last season.--More MLB: https://apnews.com/tag/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Glasnow, Price face off as Rays hope to hold off Red Sox Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow has reached a certain state of perfection in 2019, and the right-hander will attempt to keep it going Sunday in the series finale against the Boston Red Sox.The Rays (14-7) close their three-game series looking for a win against the reigning World Series champions at 2:10 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field on Sunday.Boston won its second consecutive game Saturday behind a 5-RBI night from Andrew Benintendi and a game-ending pickoff throw by catcher Christian Vazquez.Glasnow, 25, has been the crowning jewel on a strong Tampa Bay staff that has the Rays -- the only club with a winning record in the AL East -- atop the division.Obtained in a trade with Pittsburgh last July 31 that sent pitcher Chris Archer to the Pirates, Glasnow (4-0, 1.13 ERA) leads the staff in wins, and the California native has become part of franchise history in the process.By winning his first four starts, Glasnow joined Matt Moore as the only pitchers for the Rays to win their first four starts without a no-decision.The lefty Moore started 5-0 in 2013.Glasnow's production has been even more significant since staff ace Blake Snell was place on the injured list with a broken toe.Snell could return as early as Wednesday in the series finale against Kansas City.After a career-high 11-strikeout performance in six innings in Chicago against the White Sox on April 10, Glasnow fanned just three Baltimore Orioles but allowed only two runs in seven innings to win his fourth straight. He is 0-1 and gave up five runs (four earned) in his only appearance against Boston, a start in which he lasted 6 2/3 innings.Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said the case could be made that the outing "was one of (Glasnow's) better starts so far just because it didn't come so easy for him," especially considering that he struck out 11 in his previous start."Every game the goal is to go as deep as I can and just let the bullpen come in after," said Glasnow. "Our team is so good that you get a couple in a game and there's a lot of confidence there. It's definitely good to go and get that seven innings." Boston (8-13) will counter with left-hander David Price, who was drafted No. 1 overall in the 2007 draft by the Rays, pitched seven years with the club and won the Cy Young Award after a 20-5 campaign in 2012.The southpaw compiled an 82-47 mark during his tenure with Tampa Bay, which included four All-Star appearances.Price (1-1, 3.79) is coming off the best of his three starts this season. He fired seven scoreless innings against Baltimore last Sunday, earning the win by allowing three hits and no walks while striking out seven. He is 5-4 against his former team with a 3.26 ERA in 14 appearances (13 starts).Red Sox manager Alex Cora saw his club belt three homers on Friday in a series-opening 6-4 win, but he was equally enthusiastic about his starting pitchers and predicted good outings in the future.Starter Rick Porcello gave up just two runs in 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win and consistently worked out of trouble."I do feel like the rotation is almost right where it should be and we're going to take off," Cora said of his starting staff.--Field Level Media
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