Red Sox Fall To Rays 2-1 on Monday will play Pittsburgh Tuesday at 1 p.m.

The Boston Red Sox lost their 1st Spring Training Exhibition game on Monday, losing to the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 in Florida.

The game was scoreless going into the 9th inning, when the Red Sox scored a run. Mikey Romero scored on Mickey Gasper's triple.

Boston had 8 hits in the game while Tampa Bay managed just 5 hits.

Connelly Early started on the mound for the Red Sox and went 2.0 innings without allowing a hit, striking out 1 and walking 1. Zack Kelly pitched 1 inning, allowing a hit, striking out 2. Kyle Keller followed, pitching an inning without allowing a hit. Wyatt Olds pitched the 5th inning, allowing a hit and striking out a batter. Noah Song pitched the 6th inning, striking out and walking 1. Jeremy Wu-Yeland pitched the 7th inning, walking 1. T.J. Sikkema pitched the 8th and retired 2 batters in the 9th inning. He allowed 1 hit and 1 run, striking out 1. Calvin Bickerstaff took the loss, facing 2 batters and allowing a hit and the winning run.

Boston will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday, February 24th. The game will be broadcast on WDEA AM 1370 starting at 1 p.m.

Ranger Suarez will make his 1st start of 2026 today. He was signed by the Red Sox to a 5-year contract after spending his 1st 8 major league seasons with the Phillies.

Also scheduled to take the mound for the Red Sox are Ryan Watson, Alec Gamboa, Seth Martinez, Vinny Nitoli and Jacob Webb.

Keep your radio on WDEA AM1370 all season long as we will broadcast every Spring Training game and the regular season which begins in 30 days, when Boston opens up at Cincinnati against the Reds.