Rays 9, Red Sox 4
Record: 63-48
Attendance: 37,225
With newcomers Jesus Aguilar and Nick Anderson on hand and on the field, the Rays went out on Thursday night and beat up the Boston Red Sox 9-4, finishing a three-game sweep at Fenway Park. That doesn't happen very often.
Aguilar, DHing, went 2 for 3, with two singles measured over 100 mph and two walks. He scored twice too. All told, nice work. Anderson came in in the eighth and struck out two, gave up a hit but no runs, and fired the ball in the high 90s. Again, nice work from a new guy. We will have to wait a while to measure the trade deadline acquisitions, but off the early returns, the rest of the summer looks promising.
Brendan McKay won his second game of the year, a creditable job over five and a third innings even though he gave up three runs on a pair of round trippers by Xander Bogaerts. He was supported by home runs from Austin Meadows and Mike Zunino, part of a 12-hit attack that scored runs in the first, second, sixth, eighth, and ninth innings. Despite Bogaerts's heroics and another homer from Mookie Betts in the seventh, the Rays dominated the game--and the series.
And with a much easier August and September schedule than they faced in June and July, the Rays may yet be heard from in the post season. That seemed very possible in April and May, all but impossible in June and July, and suddenly very possible once again as the teams approach the far turn of the 2019 season and begin their charge to the finish line.
This couldn't be more fun!
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