The Red Sox trailed by four runs after seven innings, but they battled back to put the potential tying run on second with one out in the ninth, with Mookie Betts at the plate in the pouring rain. Betts had homered in the fifth and singled in the eighth, but there was no magic this time, as he grounded Brad Brach's 1-0 pitch to second and Jonathan Schoop started a 4-6-3 game-ending double play.
Drew Pomeranz (4.2-6-4-2-4, 89) allowed two two-run dongs, to Schoop in the third and Tim Beckham in the fifth. Joe Kelly was tagged with three runs in the sixth, as he walked two batters and then allowed two singles and a sac fly.