 retired the last nine batters he faced after giving up a bases-loaded walk to Nick Franklin in the fourth. That was the only run the right-hander allowed while also yielding five hits. Shaw had a solo homer, a two-run double and a two-run single for the Red Sox, who broke a close game open with a three-run seventh. David Ortiz continued to climb the career RBI list with a third-inning double, and Jackie Bradley Jr. and Hanley Ramirez also drove in runs for Boston. Ortiz's hit gave the Red Sox a 2-0 lead against Chris Archer (4-11), who's gone from being an All-Star a year ago to leading the major leagues in losses this season. One night after moving ahead of Reggie Jackson for sole possession of 24th on the career RBI list, the slugger pulled even with another Hall of Famer, Frank Thomas, for 23rd with 1,704. Light-hitting Tampa Bay snapped an 11-game losing streak on Monday night, pounding out a season-high 18 hits in a 13-7 win that saddled Boston with its sixth loss in eight games. The offensive outburst didn't spill over to Tuesday. The Rays loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth, but only scored once - with Porcello's third walk of the inning forcing in the run. The Boston right-hander, who had not walked more than two batters in any of his previous 19 starts, wiggled off the hook by getting Logan Forsythe to fly to right field and fanning Hank Conger and Brad Miller. Porcello and reliever Junichi Tazawa didn't allow another baserunner until Miller's solo homer trimmed Tampa Bay's deficit to 6-2 with two outs in the seventh. Archer, who allowed four runs and seven hits over 6 1/3 innings, fell to 1-8 lifetime against the Red Sox, who've won eight straight decisions against the right-hander. TRAINER'S ROOMRed Sox: SS Xander Bogaerts, who leads the majors with 109 hits and is batting .343, had a scheduled day off. ... C Ryan Hanigan (strained neck) will have his status evaluated after catching a full game Wednesday with Triple-A Pawtucket. Rays: OF Corey Dickerson (sore left thumb) missed his third straight but was available to pinch hit. ... RHP Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) is scheduled to throw a batting practice session Thursday. CLOSING TIMERays closer Alex Colome was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right medial biceps tendinitis. The move was retroactive to June 19, so the right-hander is eligible to come off the DL on Monday. ''We're not too concerned,'' said manager Kevin Cash, who plans to mix-and-match late in games with Colome sidelined. MOVING DAYRed Sox: Reliever Pat Light was recalled from Pawtucket to take the roster spot of LHP Eduardo Rodriguez, who was optioned to the International League club after allowing nine runs in 2 2/3 innings in Monday night's 13-7 loss to the Rays. The outing increased Rodriguez's ERA from 6.41 to 8.59. Boston won't need a starter to replace Rodriguez until sometime between Sunday and Tuesday. Rays: They purchased the contract of LHP Dana Eveland from Triple-A Durham to fill Colome's roster spot. LUCKY CHARM?A group of Rays players put items they used during an 11-game losing streak into a ''BURN BOX''' in the clubhouse before Monday's victory over Boston. Items included shoes, batting gloves, a jock strap and one of Dickerson's bats. UP NEXTRed Sox: LHP David Price (8-4, 4.68 ERA) starts the series finale against his former team. The 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner ranks among the league leaders in strikeouts, innings pitched and wins. He has an AL-leading four outings with double-digit strikeouts, most by a Boston pitcher in a single season since Jon Lester had seven in 2010. Rays: LHP Matt Moore is 3-4 with a 5.40 ERA in eight career appearances against Boston, including seven starts. He's 1-2 with a 6.35 ERA in three starts against the Red Sox at Tropicana Field.
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Time: 07:10 P.M. EST Venue: Tropicana Field
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- On a night when John Farrell needed to take it easy on his bullpen, he needed an inning from five different relievers, complicating the team's pitching woes in a 13-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays." We've been going to that bullpen so extensively, we needed to get some innings," Farrell said after starter Eduardo Rodriguez lasted only 2 2/3 innings, surrendering nine earned runs on 11 hits. "It was disappointing." Farrell called a team meeting after the game -- Boston has dropped six of eight games and allowed at least six runs in six straight -- to find an instance of a Red Sox starter giving up more than 10 hits in less than three innings, you only need to go back to Friday, when David Price did just that." The bottom line is (Rodriguez) is capable of more, we're capable of more," Farrell said. "We need to get better, and we had a chance to share that after the game. To continue to fall behind as much as we are late, we're more talented than that. We can't continue to expect our offense to climb out of holes as we've been. We have to set the tone from the mound, more than we are." There was an urgency to Farrell's frustration -- Boston is still 41-35, but since May 26, they're 12-18 after a 29-17 start. What's worse, even in low-leverage situations with the game out of hand, his best relievers struggled Monday -- Koji Uehara and Craig Kimbrel each needed 26 pitches for a single inning, and Junichi Tazawa needed 17 for his inning, so pitchers who would normally be available the next night are now questionable if Boston needs a long night from its bullpen again Tuesday. Tuesday starter Rick Porcello (8-2, 3.93 ERA) needs a quality start to help mend an overworked bullpen. The Rays, who will throw RHP Chris Archer (4-10, 4.70 ERA), have won three of four games against Boston and will try to build on the momentum of ending an 11-game losing streak on Monday. The Rays hadn't scored more than six runs at any point in that 11-game skid, but Monday's outburst -- matching a season high with 13 runs and resetting the high with 18 hits -- will give them confidence as they labor to get back to .500 baseball with the All-Star break fast approaching." A lot of questions have to be answered when you're not playing well, and I think they've handled it pretty admirably given what we've gone through," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "We saw tonight that sometimes it takes that type of performance to break out of a funk." There might be a greater immediacy in the Red Sox clubhouse, where a strong start is slipping away as they try to keep close to division-leading Baltimore. The Red Sox could help their pitching by trading for an upgrade in the next month, but Farrell doesn't know that will happen." I have to remain focused on the guys internally -- to say that someone else is going to walk through that door, I'm not banking on it," Farrell said. "In this moment, I don't have an answer for you."
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