The thing about constantly facing AL East rivals is that it is both great and terrible. Terrible because sometimes you want a little diversity in your schedule, but great because in September when you’re five games out from the top of the division it can be exceptionally helpful to crush some divisional rivals.
The Red Sox are functionally the filling in an AL East sandwich as the Rays saw the Yankees last weekend and will see them again this weekend again.
The Rays were featuring a bullpen game against old friend Rich Hill who was on the mound for the Sox.