Recap - another Sox game...another Sox loss
Jim Monaghan
Contributing Writer
Sean Rodriguez's 3-run home run off Craig Breslow in the bottom of the 7th inning - part of a 5-run inning - snapped a 3-3 tie and helped push the Tampa Bay Rays past the Red Sox 8-5 at Tropicana Field.
The loss was the 10th in a row for Boston.
Brandon Workman started for the Red Sox. He went 5 innings, charged with 3 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks while striking out 3.
Boston took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the 3rd inning on a sacrifice fly by Brock Holt that scored A.J. Pierzynski. Tampa scored 2 in the 4th and another in the 5th to take a 3-1 lead.
Jonny Gomes (pictured) tied the game at 3 with a 2-run homer in the top of the 7th; Boston added 2 more in the 9th to get a little closer.
Pierzynski had 3 hits for the Red Sox; Xander Bogaerts and Grady Sizemore each had 2 hits.
Boston has now been swept in 3 straight series.
Gomes and Yunel Escobar were ejected in the bottom of the 7th inning after an on-field altercation.
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Contributing Writer
Sean Rodriguez's 3-run home run off Craig Breslow in the bottom of the 7th inning - part of a 5-run inning - snapped a 3-3 tie and helped push the Tampa Bay Rays past the Red Sox 8-5 at Tropicana Field.
The loss was the 10th in a row for Boston.
Brandon Workman started for the Red Sox. He went 5 innings, charged with 3 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks while striking out 3.
Boston took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the 3rd inning on a sacrifice fly by Brock Holt that scored A.J. Pierzynski. Tampa scored 2 in the 4th and another in the 5th to take a 3-1 lead.
Jonny Gomes (pictured) tied the game at 3 with a 2-run homer in the top of the 7th; Boston added 2 more in the 9th to get a little closer.
Pierzynski had 3 hits for the Red Sox; Xander Bogaerts and Grady Sizemore each had 2 hits.
Boston has now been swept in 3 straight series.
Gomes and Yunel Escobar were ejected in the bottom of the 7th inning after an on-field altercation.
Click here to find more by Jim Monaghan on Red Sox Life. Follow him on twitter - @Monaghan21