Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, July 25, 2014
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Victor Carapazza, 3B - Marcus Pattillo
Attendance: 23136

Red Sox 6, Rays 4: Evan Longoria snapped a tie with a three-run double in the seventh inning and host Tampa Bay extended its longest winning streak of the season to eight games.

Ben Zobrist went 4-for-4 with the game-tying RBI in the seventh and Desmond Jennings slugged a two-run homer for the Rays, who are 4-0 versus Boston at home. David Price (11-7) allowed three runs and struck out 10 in eight innings to win his first start against the Red Sox since a contentious encounter May 30 in Boston.

Shane Victorino had a solo homer and an RBI single while David Ortiz chipped in a run-scoring base hit as the Red Sox lost their fourth straight. Jon Lester let up two runs and struck out seven in six solid innings and left with a 3-2 lead before Tampa Bay got to the Boston bullpen in the seventh.

Andrew Miller took over for Lester and hit Jose Molina with a pitch to begin the frame before Jennings drew a one-out walk against Junichi Tazawa (1-2). Zobrist punched a single to left that was bobbled by Jonny Gomes as the tying run raced home and Longoria followed a walk to Brandon Guyer with a bases-clearing double into the left-field corner.

Price struck out Mike Napoli and Gomes to strand a runner in the eighth and reach 10 strikeouts for the ninth time in 2014. Jake McGee allowed a run in the ninth before striking out Brock Holt with a man on second to pick up his 10th save.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Price hit Ortiz with a pitch in the first inning of that May 30 matchup, which involved a bench-clearing incident, and the two later engaged in a war of words through the media. ... The home run by Jennings snapped Lester's career-long scoreless streak at 19. ... The Red Sox have scored 11 total runs in four games since a 14-1 win in Toronto on Monday.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   Tampa Bay
Jon Lester Player David Price
No Decision W/L Win
6.0 IP 8.0
7 Strikeouts 10
6 Hits 8
3.00 ERA 3.38
Hitting
Boston   Tampa Bay
Shane Victorino Player Ben Zobrist
2 Hits 4
2 RBI 1
1 HR 0
5 TB 4
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 10 1 15 .278 9 11 4 0 0 0
Tampa Bay 8 1 13 .250 13 8 6 3 0 0