Rays 10, Red Sox 8

 

It's not just that we're back to losing (although - and I gotta be honest with you - I like it more when we win), it's the way we lost. The Red Sox finally called up top minor-league prospect Roman Anthony today, and in his MLB debut he went 0-4. To be fair, he did get an RBI in the ninth on a ground out, although to be fair, the Sox did have to pinch-hit for him in the 11th.

Yes, the 11th. That's the other reason this loss sucks so bad. The Sox tied it up in the bottom of the ninth, and then again in the bottom of the 10th. But then it was Zack Kelly time. Kelly loaded the bases with walks, and then walked in the winning run. The then gave up a grounder for another run. The Boston bats didn't have two more runs left in them to tie the game up a third time, and we lost after 11 (both after 11 innings and after 11 p.m.).

Okay, home loss. Seen that before and I'm getting used to it. Game 2 is tomorrow - lets see if we can salvage something from this series.