Red Sox Lose to Rays 5-1 But Back Into Playoffs [VIDEO]

The Boston Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Sunday afternoon, September  20th but clinched a playoff spot when the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 4-2. The fact that the Red Sox are in the playoffs is somewhat miraculous considering the Red Sox were 32-46 and 15 1/2 games back in the AL East race on June 24. Since then they have gone 52-25!

On Sunday Patrick Sandoval took the loss and is now 1-7. He pitched 7.0 innings allowing 4 hits and 5 runs. He struck out 5 and walked 2. Tyron Guerrero, reinstated from the injured list prior to the game pitched the 8th inning, striking out 2.

Boston's lone run came in the 9th inning when Trevor Story hit his 5th homer of the season.

Roman Anthony was 2-4 with a double and Caleb Durbin had a pair of hits.

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Boston is now 84-72.

The Red Sox are off on Monday. They return to Fenway with 3 games against the Cleveland Guardians and then close out the season with a 3-game series against the Chicago Cubs. Pregame on Tuesday starts at 5:45 with the 1st pitch at 6:45 on WDEA AM 1370.

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