Red Sox Fall To Rays 2-1, Magic Number Stays At One

The Boston Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Saturday, September 19th as the Rays scored the winning run with 2 out in the 9th inning.

Boston wasted a great starting pitching effort by Brayan Bello. He pitched 80 innings allowing 1 run on 5 hits. He struck out 11 and didn't walk a batter.

Garrett Whitlock took the loss allowing 3 hits and striking out 1 in the 9th inning. He's now 7-2.

Caleb Durbin was 2-4 with a double. Jarren Duran was 2-3 with a triple and Roman Anthony had a double, driving in a run.

Boston was just 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position and left 8 runners on base.

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Boston's magic number is just 1. A win on Sunday against the Rays will insure that Boston is in the playoffs.

The Red Sox announced that they have reinstated Tyron Guerrero from the 15-day injured list. To make room for him on the roster, they optioned Wyatt Olds to Triple-A Worcester.

The Red Sox play the final game against Tampa Bay on Sunday, with the pregame starting at 12:40 and 1st pitch at 1:40. Hear the game on WDEA AM 1370.