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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox clash on the field during a bench-clearing altercation during the seventh inning. (Photo courtesy of Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

The Tampa Bay Rays extended their winning streak to four games Sunday — simultaneously extending the Boston Red Sox’s losing streak to 10 in. The Rays will head to Toronto following this afternoon, ahead of a three-game set against a red-hot Blue Jays.


Source: FanGraphs

Since I’m in the midst of writing a series preview, you can read a blow-by-blow account of today’s contest at our Tumblr page. Below are some brief observations of the game.

Game Peripherals

  • Jake Odorizzi, put together a quality outing — yes! Odorizzi was great, commanding the outer portions of the zone effectively, while working through a couple of jams and ultimately limiting the Red Sox to one run. His line: 6 IP/4 H/1 ER/1 BB/5 K on 108 pitches (74 strikes, 69% K%).
  • Longo: 8-17 over the series, and 3-5 on the day with a homer, two-runs, and an RBI. Is he back?
  • Brandon Guyer again had a great day at the plate, going 2-3 with a walk and a run.
  • Oh yeah, in case you hadn’t heard, there was an on-field skirmish between the Rays and the Massholes, when Yunel Escobar stole third base uncontested. The Boston bench took exception to the play, and David Ross — who jawed off to the umpire last night — chirped at Escobar who was on third. Shortly after Ross and Escobar exchanged words and made gestures toward one another, the benches cleared and Jonny Gomes ran in from the outfield — pushing Rays third-base coach Tom Foley out of the way, and making light contact with Yuni. Players from both teams met near third base, but the situation was defused a short time later. Gomes, along with two Rays — Sean Rodriguez and Yunel Escobar — were ejected from the game. 
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Yunel Escobar, Sean Rodriguez and Jonny Gomes are ejected when benches clear after Escobar steals third base with a five-run lead. Click the photo above to be redirected to video of the incident.

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