After losing the White Sox series, and losing Game 1 of this series is such abysmal fashion, this series win was extremely gratifying. The team’s offensive issues flared up again tonight with a few missed scoring opportunities, but the defense was pristine and the bullpen absolutely shined. Sean Newcomb deserves credit too for doing as well as he did against a team that had torched us for 20 runs in 2 games, in a Spring Training ballpark no less. That made this game all-the-more of a nail-biter—surely the Rays would score at least one run to tie it up, or they’d score more than one because they’ve been so dominant against us.
Red Sox 1, Rays 0: A nail-biting victory
