Rays 4, Red Sox 2
BOSTON -- Steven Souza Jr. smacked a go-ahead double to cap a three-run sixth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in the finale of a four-game series Thursday night at Fenway Park.
With Boston leading 2-0 in the sixth, Rays third baseman Evan Longoria hit his 20th home run of the year, a solo shot off Wade Miley that kicked off a two-out rally. Second baseman Logan Forsythe singled, and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera tied the game with a double.
Right fielder Souza's two-bagger secured the series-clinching victory for the Rays (75-78).
Tampa Bay center fielder Kevin Kiermaier added insurance with a solo homer in the seventh.
Longoria finished 3-for-4, extending his Fenway Park hitting streak to 14 games, the longest in franchise history.
Cabrera, Kiermaier and Forsythe all had two hits for Tampa Bay.
Rays right-hander Erasmo Ramirez (11-6) shook off an early homer to post seven quality innings, allowing only two runs on four hits and striking out six. He didn't issue a walk.
Rays right-hander Brad Boxberger converted his 38th save of the year with a scoreless ninth.
Boston (72-80) was powered by a two-hit night for designated hitter David Ortiz, who clubbed a two-run home run -- his 36th of the season and No. 502 of his career.
Ortiz's notched his 100th and 101st RBIs of the year, giving him his ninth 100-RBI campaign to tie Ted Williams for most in Red Sox history. Ortiz also recorded his franchise-best sixth season of at least 35 homers and 100 RBIs, one more than Jimmie Foxx and Manny Ramirez.
Miley (11-11) departed after 6 1/3 innings, having surrendered four runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out three.
Ortiz unloaded on a 1-1 slider from Ramirez with a runner aboard in the first for an opposite-field homer that landed in the Green Monster seats in left, giving Boston a 2-0 lead.
NOTES: Mike Hazen was named senior vice president/general manager of the Red Sox. "This organization is prestigious, successful, has history -- history that I'm proud of personally, one that I grew up in," said Hazen, a 39-year-old Abington, Mass., native who worked in Boston's front office for 10 years. ... Red Sox LF Hanley Ramirez (right shoulder inflammation) was shut down for the rest of the season, but the team still plans to move him to first base in 2016. "We are very interested in seeing that happen," Red Sox interim manager Torey Lovullo said. ... Boston 3B Pablo Sandoval was diagnosed with pneumonia and will be re-evaluated Saturday. Sandoval missed the four-game series against Tampa Bay with what the team originally called a "significant upper-respiratory infection."... Rays LHP Jake McGee (knee) is on pace to return Friday. ... Tampa Bay RHP Jake Odorizzi flew to Toronto on Thursday ahead of Friday's start.