![]() That Yandy Diaz led off the bottom of the 11th with an eight-pitch walk helped. Watching the video back, seeing that (Refsnyder) didn’t tag up when I was juggling it, just really, really frustrated me knowing that I could have made a play there to keep that score tied.’’ “Always have that notion that if it hit your glove, you should have caught it kind of thing. “It hit my glove, which really pissed me off probably more than it should have,’’ Lowe said. The missed play infuriated Lowe, which was somewhat concerning as he was due up second in the bottom half of the inning against closer Kenley Jansen, who was working a third straight day for the first time this season. Refsnyder then scored on a blooper by Luis Arias to shallow right that second baseman Lowe raced back, dove for, got his glove on the ball, but couldn’t hold it. Rob Refsnyder, the runner at second to start the inning, moved to third on a wild pitch by Erasmo Ramirez, the eighth Tampa Bay pitcher. The bullpen kept the Rays in the game, but the Sox went ahead in the 11th. “A hundred percent, send him every time,’' Cash said. But Brujan struck out and, after Aranda was walked intentionally, Josh Lowe was thrown out at the plate trying to score on Christian Bethancourt’s flyout to shallow right to end the inning. The Rays had a chance to go back ahead in the eighth, but with one out, Lowe lined out to left and Jonathan Aranda broke for third and was doubled off.Īnd they had a promising chance to win it in the 10th when Josh Lowe, who started the inning as the runner on second, moved to third on a bunt by Jose Siri. Maybe I thought I called it, but I think because of the sound of the fans, I don’t think he heard me. “You don’t want to say anything negative about that play. “That’s the things that happen in the game,’’ Brujan said via team interpreter Manny Navarro. Want more of our free, weekly newsletters in your inbox? Let’s get started. And looked quite bad in doing so before a Tropicana Field gathering of 9,119. But then, as they had in each of their first four games of the critical final month, they let it slip away. ![]() The Rays were up 5-2 going to the sixth, including scoring runs on consecutive hit batters. So I had no idea where I was out there.’' “I didn’t really know what I was doing tonight. “I think the best way to describe it would be I felt like butt-naked stranded on an island somewhere in the middle of the ocean,’' he said. Consider Rays starter Zach Eflin’s assessment of his five-plus inning outing, in which he allowed only three runs. The game, which took nearly four hours, was sloppy from the beginning. “If we can find a way to win sloppy for the rest of this month, I’ll be really happy.’' That’s basically what it comes down to,’' manager Kevin Cash said. They took it, improving to 84-55 as they try to catch the American League East-leading Orioles, who maintained their 3½-game lead after beating the Angels 5-4 in 10 innings. ![]() So understand it, take it in, flush it, let’s go play tomorrow.’' We understand that we need to be better in every facet. Any win that we can grab at this moment, we’re going to take it.
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