In game one of this twin bill, the Rays pulled into a temporary first-place tie with the Yankees by beating the hated Red Sox 9-2. Ryan Yarbrough picked up his fifth win of the year (if you care about those kind of things) while working two outs into the eighth on 110 pitches (75 strikes).
On offense, the Rays had scoring opportunities all day against journeyman Josh Smith, who was making just his second start of the season. In the first inning, Austin Meadows led off with a single and quickly stole second. But they were unable to come up with the key hit to knock him in, a long flyball by Brandon Lowe notwithstanding.