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 Juan Carlos Oviedo (1-2) came on for the Rays in the 10th and got
David Ortiz to ground out before hitting Jonny Gomes with a pitch.
Pierzynski followed and hit a drive to the deepest part of the
ballpark and just out of the reach of right fielder Wil Myers and
center fielder Desmond Jennings to plate the winning run.
Andrew Miller (2-4) got the final out of the top of the 10th to earn
the win as five Red Sox relievers combined to work 4 2/3 hitless
innings in relief of Brandon Workman. Boston had their manager and
two acting managers ejected in a wild affair that included a
benches-clearing incident in the fourth inning.
The Rays grabbed a 1-0 lead when David DeJesus led off the game with
a double and moved up on an error before scoring on Ben Zobrist’s
groundout. The benches were warned in the bottom of the first when
David Price drilled Ortiz with a pitch, costing Boston its manager
when John Farrell argued the warning of both benches.
The benches emptied and the Red Sox lost Torey Lovullo, their second
manager, in the fourth when Price hit Mike Carp with a pitch but was
allowed to stay in the game, and the third manager - third base
coach Brian Butterfield - was tossed when Workman was ejected for
throwing behind Evan Longoria in the sixth. Boston pushed a run
across on three straight two-out singles in the fifth and knotted it
in the seventh when Xander Bogaerts’ double off the wall in left
plated Jackie Bradley Jr.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Hitting coach Greg Colbrunn finished the game as
Boston’s acting manager. … Price ended up charged with two runs on
six hits in seven innings while Workman allowed two runs and four
hits in 5 1/3 frames. … The Red Sox are expected to recall RHP Rubby
De La Rosa on Saturday to take Clay Buchholz’s vacated spot in the
rotation.
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