00:00The young right hander, just 25 years old, Shane Bobbs, and he has continued to impress
00:11each time out.
00:12This will be his 12th start of the year, coming in two and three with a .328 earned run average.
00:18He's been throwing the ball well, very well as of late.
00:21That whip, very good at 1.19, 50 strikeouts up against the 24 walks.
00:27That's something that he would probably like to limit and improve upon, but overall that
00:30command has been much better his last four starts.
00:34And stepping in, Jared Duran, he is hitting .287 and that's good enough to land him in
00:40the top 10 in the American League hitting.
00:42The ground ball off the breaking ball, and Brandon Lau makes the play with a toss to
00:47Aranda.
00:48Duran is out number one.
00:51That will put Rafael Devers into the batter's box.
00:56They got by Bobbs, and the pick up and throw, and the Rays still get him, recovering Caballero
01:01to save the day.
01:02Swing and a miss.
01:03He struck him out with a high fastball.
01:05Well done by Shane Bobbs, a 1-2-3 top of the first, and now we go to the bottom half.
01:09Yeah, but that does look really good as of late.
01:12I mean, it's been obviously an up and down season.
01:13I feel like we say that every year, you know, he goes on those stretches where he pitches
01:17like Cy Young, and then he goes on those stretches where he feels like he gives up a ton of hard
01:21contact.
01:22He's an up and down guy.
01:23He always ends up around a four ERA.
01:25He's going to stick this one in the left field, driving back O'Neal, but he's at the winning
01:29track to make the catch.
01:30Shane, one down.
01:31He sunk out there.
01:32He hit it pretty well, but it's the long out.
01:352-2, and he swings and misses at a high fastball.
01:38Blown away with high heat, which had some good movement to it.
01:41Two down, and here is Junior Caballero, who for most of the season was considered the
01:45number one prospect in the minor leagues.
01:48Swing it away, and he'll pop it up, up near the catwalk.
01:52Down the line, it's Casas to make the play, and retire the side.
01:57A 1-2-3 start for Nick Pavetta.
01:59Boston's got the game's first baserunner.
02:01They swing hard in case they run into one, and you've got to limit the free passes because
02:05of how much power they have in their lineup.
02:07All right, so runner at first at Bray U, and here's Tristan Casas.
02:10Swing and a high run, and that one's sucked into right field.
02:13He crushes this baby, and it's gone.
02:15Home run, Tristan Casas.
02:17And the Sox grab an early lead, 2-0.
02:20His ninth of the season.
02:22Well, if you're going to get out of a slump, what a wonderful way to do it.
02:25He destroys this, who is out of here in a heartbeat.
02:28What a run to hear the last eight games at 296.
02:31Whacked into right for a base hit.
02:33I tell you, Neil, we're starting to see Jonathan Aranda figure out how to hit the fastball
02:37in the big leagues with a degree of consistency.
02:40Under this one, and he skives it into left center.
02:43Duran is over, so is O'Neal, and O'Neal, the left fielder, takes care of that.
02:48Now a tag, and the runner's going to move up.
02:51Aranda tags after that catch, and that caught the Red Sox outfielder by surprise.
02:58Yeah, let me tell you something.
03:00That's a great job by Jonathan Aranda, reading body language.
03:03He doesn't have a real good beat on it, and he's moving back towards the warning track,
03:07not expecting Aranda at all to be going.
03:09He just is reading the play, reading how deep that ball was hit,
03:13and the body language of the guy that's going to catch it.
03:15Nice job.
03:16He swings and grounds one to second base.
03:18Love on the ground as Rafaello throws to first, and to third base goes Aranda.
03:22But now with two outs, it'll leave it for Jose Caballero.
03:26Boston leads 2-0, runner at third.
03:28He struck him out.
03:29Gets out of it with a four-sever at 95.
03:32Big K there.
03:33Two up and two down.
03:35Again, 2-0 Boston on the home run last inning by Tristan Casas.
03:38Swing and a miss.
03:39Went after a breaking ball in the dirt.
03:41Driscoll tags out Devers.
03:43Shane Boz has his second perfect inning of the day,
03:46and he fans Devers to end it.
03:48One down, and here is Jose Siri.
03:50Swing and a soft ground ball on the left side.
03:52Story backhands, lunges, throws to first just in time.
03:56What a great play by Trevor Story.
03:58He is so fun to watch.
04:00And they're two away.
04:01He's so accurate throwing on the move.
04:03And you know what else he does as a result?
04:06He's so comfortable backhanding balls,
04:08and then he just does that leap and can get enough on throws
04:11to get out his feet all the way underneath them.
04:13Swing and a miss.
04:14He got him.
04:15Pavetta fans Diaz, and it's a 1-2-3.
04:18Bottom of the third.
04:192-0 Red Sox in St. Pete.
04:21It's 0-1 away from Asitaka who has flied to center field 0-1.
04:25Here's an 0-2 line.
04:26The third caught by a leaping common arrow for two down.
04:30That ball slicing over his head,
04:32and Junior made a leap and timed it perfectly.
04:35He can only cover north and south.
04:37You're not going east and west on a ball struck that well,
04:39but look at the leap.
04:40Gets some air and takes a base hit away from Yoshida.
04:43Swing and a foul tip held by Logan Driscoll.
04:46That's strike three.
04:47And that's the third K for Shane Baas.
04:49He gets a 1-2-3 inning.
04:51Raises it just one hit, and it's the guy on deck, Jonathan Arundo.
04:53As Junior common arrow steps in.
04:55That's a drive driven deep into left, and that ball is caught.
04:59A line drive home run by common arrow on an 0-2 pitch,
05:04and the Rays are on the board.
05:06Fourth home run in a Rays uniform.
05:09He has elite bat speed,
05:11and that's what allows him to get to those pitches at the top of the zone
05:15and hammer them.
05:16It's a 2-1 game.
05:18Josh came into this game with one hit against Pavetta.
05:21One for five lifetime, and that was a home run.
05:24High fly ball back into left center field.
05:27That ball's got a chance, and that baby is gone.
05:31Home run, Josh Lowe, and this game is tied.
05:35Josh Homers for the second time this year off Pavetta.
05:39Junior Cammonero saying, thanks for joining me.
05:41We've now just tied this ball game up.
05:43Well, now he'll have to face Jose Siri.
05:452-2 the score, bottom five, two gone, and nobody on base.
05:49Fly ball back into left field.
05:51Down that line, that's going to be gone.
05:55Home run off the bat of Jose Siri.
05:58Dropping over the low wall of the Rays.
06:02A 3-2 lead.
06:03Cammonero on that dugout saying, see what I started?
06:07The Rays now on a trio of solo home runs, lead 3-2.
06:12And what did we say about Pavetta coming in?
06:14What has been the thing that has plagued him?
06:16The long ball.
06:17Yep, and a shot to center field.
06:19The red on the move, on the move, on the move, and that's off the wall.
06:23Yonde's headed into second base with a stand-up double.
06:27Loud today 0-2 with a couple of strikeouts both swinging.
06:30As the 0-2 is driven in the air to right.
06:32Back on it, Abreu.
06:34This one is gone as well.
06:36Brandon Lau with home run number 19.
06:39This one's a two-run shot, and the Rays have blown it open.
06:44It is now 5-2 in the fifth.
06:46Now, this is one of the guys you don't want to get to the two-strike count against.
06:49Shane Ma's opposing hitter is hitting .123 with two strikes against him.
06:54That is tough.
06:56And there's a swing and miss.
06:58You give him a couple of heaters, and then you give him that.
07:00Pull the string, baby.
07:01I mean, listen, that was just a masterful job of sequencing.
07:05There's the change-up, and Duran so used to that fastball
07:09and trying to gear up for it way out in front of him.
07:12Sends a fly ball into center.
07:14Jose Siri will go to the track,
07:17and a couple of steps from the wall is there to make the catch.
07:20Popped up.
07:21Who wants it?
07:22Boz says he has it, and he will be the one to make the catch.
07:26And it's a 1-2-3 top of the sixth.
07:28Oh, by the way, we're in the seventh right now.
07:31By today's standards, this is very deep into the game for a starter.
07:35And that is out number two.
07:37Second time he has struck out long, swinging two up, two down in the seventh.
07:42Swing ground ball over the mound, but there is shortstop Caballero to the right of second.
07:46He throws to first for the out, and it's seven.
07:49Very, very solid innings tonight by Shane Boz.
07:52And he's got the Rays in front six outs away from a win.
07:55Well, Red Sox need a rally here down five to two.
07:58Meanwhile, Romy Gonzalez will hit for Tristan Costas here.
08:01There's a shot out to left center field deep.
08:03Siri with a long, long run, leaping up, can't get it.
08:06That is gone.
08:07Home run for Gonzalez.
08:09Had just enough to muscle that out of here and make it a 5-3 game.
08:14Red Sox with their second home run tonight.
08:16Now that's what you call a successful pinch hit.
08:18Bases now loaded on three straight singles here in the eighth inning.
08:22Tonight is a night where they're hitting the ball with authority.
08:24They're getting a lot of hits, and they're getting them in big moments
08:27and putting it over the wall.
08:28Siri fly ball into short left, and that ball is going to fall.
08:33Can't get by O'Neal.
08:35Siri drops it into left for a double, and the Rays, with two outs,
08:40come up with a bases-clearing two-base hit to make it an 8-3 game.
08:45You're trying to make a play that will feel like you're trying to save your season
08:48on every play right here, and he lays out.
08:50I love the effort and just couldn't get there.
08:53Kevin Kelly on the hill and here to hopefully finish it off.
08:55And he doesn't get, you know, headlines.
08:57He just gets big outs.
08:58The scoreless streak he's on right now is nothing short of amazing.
09:01Ground ball right to shortstop Caballero waits for it.
09:04Now the quick unload.
09:05The first of the Rays have defeated the Red Sox.
09:08They are now five games back in the wild card with 11 to play.
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