Glasnow ties profession excessive with 14 strikeouts and Rays proceed house dominance over Purple Sox, 3-1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Glasnow tied a profession excessive with 14 strikeouts and the Tampa Bay Rays continued their house dominance of the Boston Purple Sox with a 3-1 victory Wednesday evening.

Glasnow (8-5) allowed one run and three hits over six innings in a season-high, 103-pitch outing. Boston was 0 for 7 with runners in scoring place in opposition to the 6-foot-8 right-hander.

After Robert Stephenson and Colin Poche went an inning every, Pete Fairbanks labored the ninth to get his twentieth save and full a four-hitter.

Brandon Lowe and Isaac Paredes hit solo house runs off Boston starter Nick Pivetta (9-8).

Tampa Bay took two of three within the collection, and have received 14 of 15 at house in opposition to the Purple Sox.

Boston struck out 17 occasions within the sport, and completed with 47 strikeouts in the course of the collection.

The Rays maintain a commanding lead for the highest AL wild card. Boston began play 5 again of the ultimate wild-card spot.

Boston rookie Triston Casas singled within the ninth to increase his career-best hitting streak to 13 video games

Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead on Paredes’ shot within the fourth. It gave him three homers in 10 at-bats when going through Pivetta.

Lowe tied it at 1 with a third-inning homer. It was his third lengthy ball in 13 at-bats in opposition to the right-hander.

Harold Ramírez, on his twenty ninth birthday, ended Pivetta’s evening with a run-scoring double that made it 3-1 within the fifth.

Connor Wong had an RBI triple within the third that put Boston up 1-0. Rays shortstop Osleivis Basabe assist hold Wong from scoring when he made a diving seize on Rafael Devers’ grounder up the center with the infield in.

Pivetta gave up three runs and 7 hits over 4 2/3 innings in his first begin since Aug. 15.

DOMEBALL

Devers had a first-inning double off a catwalk. As proper fielder Luke Raley drifted again to the warning monitor, the excessive fly struck the overhanging construction and landed in shallow proper.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Purple Sox: OF Alex Verdugo (left hamstring tightness) missed his third straight sport, however supervisor Alex Cora is hopeful he will likely be again Friday. … LHP John Paxton is getting further relaxation and is scheduled to start out Tuesday in opposition to the New York Yankees on 10 days of relaxation. … RHP Corey Kluber (proper shoulder irritation) will pitch for Double-A Portland on Friday.

Rays: SS Taylor Partitions (groin) sat out the second consecutive sport, however is anticipated to start out Thursday.

UP NEXT

Purple Sox: RHP Tanner Houck (4-8) is ready to start out Friday evening within the opener of a three-game house collection in opposition to AL East-leading Baltimore.

Rays: RHP Zack Littell (3-4) was scheduled to face Seattle RHP Luis Castillo (11-7) at house Thursday evening.