The Rays' offense hardly resembled the crew that scored 13 runs on 18 hits Monday night. Nick Franklin drew a bases-loaded walk from Red Sox starter Rick Porcello to force home a run in the fourth and Brad Miller hit his 10th home run of the season in the seventh that cut Boston's lead to 6-2.
Despite striking out nine, Archer took his 11th loss of the season after allowing four earned runs in 6 1/3 innings. Porcello allowed one run on five hits to move to 9-2 on the season.
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Escape artist: Porcello, who hadn't walked more than two in a start all season, ended that streak by walking three batters in a 39-pitch fourth inning.