Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST- 4 Home Runs Doom Red Sox in St. Pete

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The Red Sox fell below .500 for the 1st time since June 11 (33-34) with an 8-3 loss in the series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Red Sox are 1-4 on their current road trip with 2 more to go against the Rays. The Sox are now 75-76.

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On the Board 1st: Triston Casas got the Red Sox on the board 1st with a 2-out, 2-run Home Run in the 2nd Inning. Wilyer Abreu extended the Inning with a two-out walk against Shane Baz and then Casas went deep to right field. It's his 9th Home Run on the season and 5 of his 9 have come with 2 outs (Baseball Reference) in an Inning..

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Not Nick's Night: Nick Pivetta was staked to a 2-0 lead early on. Pivetta gave up a solo Home Run to Junior Caminero in the 4th Inning to make it a 2-1 game. Pivetta allowed a leadoff Home Run to Josh Lowe and that evened the game at 2-2 in the 5th Inning. Later in the Inning, Pivetta gave up his 3rd Home Run of the game, a 2-out shot by the #9 hitter, Jose Siri and that gave the Rays their 1st lead of the night. Pivetta would exit after giving up a Double to Yandy Diaz.

#37's Final Line- 4.2 IP. 5 Hits. 4 R. 4 ER. 0 BB. 6 K's. 3 solo Home Runs allowed.

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1st Out of the Pen: Bailey Horn entered in the 5th and Brandon Lowe hit the Rays 3rd Home Run of the Inning and 4th of the game and that made it 5-2. It also closed the book on Pivetta. It's the 9th time this season where Red Sox pitchers has allowed 4 Home Runs in a Game (allowed 6 Home Runs on the road @Dodgers on July 20).

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In A Pinch: Romy Gonzalez pinch-hit for Casas in the 8th Inning and smacked a Home Run to make it 5-3. It's the 3rd pinch-hit Home Run on the season for Gonzalez and the 7th for the Red Sox.

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A Look Ahead: The Red Sox and Rays continue their series Wednesday night in St. Pete, Florida.

The Red Sox are 4-3 this season against the Rays and swept a 3-Game Series at Tropicana Field in May.

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Wednesday: Cooper Criswell vs. Ryan Pepiot.

TBA vs. Zack Littell.

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Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST Notes:

The Sox are now 20-29 in Game 1 of a Series for the season and 12-13 on the road.

Boston's lost 9 of its last 10 Road Games.

The Sox also Fall to 21-23 versus AL East opponents with Tuesday night's loss.

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