Final: Rays 5, Red Sox 4 (11)

For the second straight night, the Red Sox lost by a walkoff in the 11th inning.

Nate Lowe sliced a homer down the left field line off Josh Smith, scoring Jonathan Davis, who was pinch-running for Travis d'Arnaud. d'Arnaud had opened the inning with a leadoff double.

The Red Sox had gone ahead in the top of the 11th when Mitch Moreland hit his third homer in the series, but the lead didn't last long.

WHO: Red Sox (80-73) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (91-63)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Tropicana Field
SERIES TO DATE: Tampa Bay 1-0
SEASON SERIES TO DATE: Tampa Bay 10-6
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Travis Lakins (0-1, 4.58) vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (6-1, 2.03)
TV/RADIO: NESN; WEEI 93.7 FM

IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:

9:58    Mi6ch Moreland strikes again. Third homer in the two games here. One put the Sox ahead, another tied it in the ninth inning Friday night and this one puts them ahead in the 11th.

8:58  The magical season of Rafael Devers continues with a two-run shot to left-center, tying the game. It also sets a record for most homers by a Red Sox third baseman, topping Butch Hobson, who hit 30 in 1979.

8:40  What a shot by Willy Adames, who connects with a Josh Taylor fastball and drives it to deepest CF.

8:08 Ryan Weber's fastball sometimes looks like his fastball wouldn't break a pane of glass, but he when he has good movement with it, he can be effective. He's retired all six hitters he's faced tonight.

7:36  Xander Bogaerts cuts the lead in half with a solo homer into the left field seats, his 32nd of the season.

7:30  For the second time in this game, Marco Hernandez gloves a ball....and then has the ball pop out of his glove. This one costs the Sox a run.

7:26  Mike Shawaryn seemed on the verge of getting out of the mess, but then plunked Matt Duffy to load the bases and now gives way to Colten Brewer.

7:04  Glasnow is still building arm strength and won't go very deep -- which has to please the Red Sox, who look overmatched, striking out seven times in the first three innings.

6:38 Tyler Glasnow looks impressive through his first two innings of work, allowing one while recording five of his six outs by strikeout.

LINEUPS:



RED SOX

Betts RF
Devers 3B
Bogaerts SS
Martinez DH
Moreland 1B
Holt LF
Vazquez C
Bradley CF
M. Hernandez 2B

RAYS

Meadows RF
Pham LF
Choi 1B
d'Arnaud C
Lowe DH
Duffy 3B
Wendle 2B
Kiermaier CF
Adames SS

WHAT's UP: The Red Sox have dropped three of their last four and are officially out of playoff contention for the season....Five of the last six games between the Red Sox and Rays at Tropicana Field have been decided by one run...Dating back to Aug. 23, 2016, in fact, 22 of the last 32 have been decided by one or two runs...Friday's loss was in extra innings, the 16th time the Sox have gone to extra innings this season. Among MLB teams, only Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay (17 each) have played more.. Red Sox' starting pitchers haven't allowed an earned run in the last two games...Since Sept. 4, Red Sox starters have ranked second in the A.L. in ERA at 3.17...Mitch Moreland hit two homers in Friday's loss....Five of his 17 homers have been game-tying or go-ahead shots in the seventh inning or later....Ove his last  29 games, Moreland has an .851 OPS...Friday's loss was just the second for the Red Sox in Tropicana Field this season...The Red Sox are five homers shy of tying their single-season home run mark, set in 2003 with 238. They currently have 233...Boston has six players with 20 or more homers and eight with 15 or more...Over his last 45 appearances, rookie lefty Josh Taylor has a 1.96 ERA while holding opponents to a .176 batting average against...He's one of just 11 rookies to pitch in 50 games this season.....Both Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rafael Devers are hitless over their previous eight at-bats coming into tonight.