In front of a raucous crowd of 37,616 at the Trop, the Rays won an exciting first inning 5-2 that featured a Jordan Luplow grand slam. Sadly, they play nine, and the Rays didn’t do so well in two through nine, dropped the game to the Red Sox 14-6 and knotting the series at a game a piece. Game three is Sunday in Boston.
With the Rays facing a lefty for the second day in a row, Kevin Cash rolled out his Game 1 lineup again. It was the first time all season that Cash sent out the same lineup two days in a row.