{"id":49,"date":"2026-05-10T21:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:04:51","slug":"red-sox-drop-finale-series-to-rays-after-another-poor-hitting-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>At the end of another day of unfulfilled offensive opportunities, the Red Sox lost, 4-1, to the Rays on Sunday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=47\">Kendrick Perkins voices opinions on Celtics, from fellow big man Neemias Queta to the Jays to what needs to change<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The game didn\u2019t feel as close as the score suggested. The Sox had plenty of scoring chances, including at least one base runner in each of the first six innings, but repeatedly failed to convert. They had one hit in 10 chances with a runner in scoring position, and they stranded nine men on base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Their best chance came in the ninth, when Mickey Gasper (double) and Marcelo Mayer (walk) put two on with no outs \u2014 bringing the would-be tying run to the plate against Rays closer Bryan Baker. But Ceddanne Rafaela (strikeout), Caleb Durbin (groundout), and Jarren Duran (flyout) did no damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>A lineup that looked at least a bat short entering the season \u2014 and now is missing Roman Anthony due to a wrist injury \u2014 played like it in the series finale against a division rival.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Duran, the leadoff hitter, recorded a hit for a third game in a row, upping his average to .194.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Masataka Yoshida, who couldn\u2019t crack the lineup most days before Anthony got hurt but now bats fourth, contributed only a harmless single. He is 1-for-his-last-11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trevor Story drew boos from the Fenway Park crowd of 33,489 after his second and third strikeouts (with cheers for a double in between). He is batting .200 with a .520 OPS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Altogether, the Sox have totaled 56 runs through 19 home games \u2014 their lowest-scoring, single-season, 19-game stretch at Fenway since the Green Monster was constructed in 1934.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Most of the missed chances came against righthander Nick Martinez, who gave up one run (seven hits) in 5\u2154 innings. Gasper\u2019s RBI single in the sixth foiled the shutout bid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=45\">With abortion meds in legal \u2018no man\u2019s land\u2019 until Monday, Mass. leaders urge people to continue to seek care<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Gasper, in his first major league action of the year, had three of the Red Sox\u2019 eight hits. Two of his were doubles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Payton Tolle grinded through five innings, allowing three runs and seven hits \u2014 almost all of those baserunners in the first  part of the outing before settling in for his final frames.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He struck out four and walked none.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The first run came in the first inning, when Tolle tried an 0-and-2 curveball that was actually well below the zone \u2014 just not low enough against Junior Caminero, who reached for and got it. It went over the Green Monster for a home run. Upon hearing bat meet ball, Tolle put his hands on his hips and looked at Caminero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tampa Bay struck for another pair in the third inning via a rally centered around an error by Story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With one out and Nick Fortes on second, Chandler Simpson rolled a routine-looking ground ball to Story. It went off Story\u2019s backhanded glove and rolled into left field for an error allowing Fortes to score. Simpson advanced to second on Duran\u2019s throw home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ben Williamson added a two-out RBI single, chopped between first baseman Andruw Monasterio and the right-field line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Had Story fielded the ball cleanly and gotten the out at first, the inning could have ended without any runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=43\">Ethics complaint alleges former R.I. speaker is violating \u2018revolving door\u2019 ban by applying for Supreme Court opening<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Sox had at least one base runner in each of the first six innings, but struggled to bring runs across.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day - Boston Relocation Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Red Sox had at least one base runner in each of the first six innings, but struggled to bring runs across.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Boston Relocation Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-10T21:04:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e\"},\"headline\":\"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-10T21:04:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49\"},\"wordCount\":603,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/20accdf62ff8a777c639a7f4a3779ae7.avif\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49\",\"name\":\"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day - Boston Relocation Insider\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/20accdf62ff8a777c639a7f4a3779ae7.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-10T21:04:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/20accdf62ff8a777c639a7f4a3779ae7.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/20accdf62ff8a777c639a7f4a3779ae7.avif\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":960},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=49#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Boston Relocation Insider\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day - Boston Relocation Insider","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day - Boston Relocation Insider","og_description":"The Red Sox had at least one base runner in each of the first six innings, but struggled to bring runs across.","og_url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49","og_site_name":"Boston Relocation Insider","article_published_time":"2026-05-10T21:04:51+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e"},"headline":"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day","datePublished":"2026-05-10T21:04:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49"},"wordCount":603,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20accdf62ff8a777c639a7f4a3779ae7.avif","articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49","url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49","name":"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day - Boston Relocation Insider","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20accdf62ff8a777c639a7f4a3779ae7.avif","datePublished":"2026-05-10T21:04:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20accdf62ff8a777c639a7f4a3779ae7.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20accdf62ff8a777c639a7f4a3779ae7.avif","width":1440,"height":960},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=49#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Red Sox drop finale, series to Rays after another poor hitting day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/","name":"Boston Relocation Insider","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com"],"url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}