Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 37546
Ryan Kalish belted a grand slam and Jon Lester notched his 16th win as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 12-5 at Fenway Park Monday night.
The victory moved the Red Sox 6.5 games behind the Rays in the AL wild-card standings.
Lester (16-8) allowed four hits and two runs and struck out 10 in six innings. He retired the last 10 batters he faced.
Boston jumped on Rays starter Jeff Niemann (10-6) for six runs in two innings. David Ortiz hit a two-run homer, his 28th, in the first inning and Adrian Beltre followed with his 26th homer to give the Red Sox a 3-1 lead. Victor Martinez had a two-run single in the second and Ortiz followed with an RBI double to give Boston a 6-1 lead.
Kalish, who was one of six rookies to play for the Red Sox on Monday, highlighted a five-run fourth inning for Boston with his grand slam. First baseman Lars Anderson (0-for-4) and relief pitcher Robert Coello made their major league debuts.
The Rays took advantage of Coello’s wildness and scored three runs in the seventh inning to make it 11-5.
| Tampa Bay | Boston | |
| Jeff Niemann | Player | Jon Lester |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 1.2 | IP | 6.0 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 10 |
| 4 | Hits | 4 |
| 32.40 | ERA | 3.00 |
| Tampa Bay | Boston | |
| Dan Johnson | Player | Ryan Kalish |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 4 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 2 | TB | 5 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .667 |