On Baseball: Brennan Bernardino deserved to make the #RedSox out of spring training and didn't. He was back in two weeks and this time he sure looks like a keeper:

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#Rays 4, #RedSox 3, final.

Rays retired the final eight in a row, five by strikeout.

Series finale tomorrow night. Littell vs. Criswell.

112 pitches for Tanner Houck tonight. Previous career high was 105 vs. the Yankees last Sept. 23.

Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk at Fenway this evening.

Chris Martin caught a spike in the dirt when he snared that line drive and fell in the 8th inning last night.

For a second, he thought he strained an oblique muscle but he was fine.

Tarp coming off after a cloudy afternoon at Fenway.

Sox rotation coming up:

Today: Houck
Thursday: Criswell
Cardinals series: Bello, Crawford, Pivetta.

Whitlock could slot into Monday at TB.

Thanks to the BoSox Club for the invite to their luncheon today — even if Vaughn Grissom and Ryan Lavarnway were bigger attractions. 🤣

Nice meeting so many good fans and talking some ball.

Fair to say Garrett Whitlock won't need another rehab game. Today for Worcester: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K.

61/40, 12 swing and misses on 61 pitches, hit 94.8 and retired the 7 of the last 9. (per the Worcester Red Sox).

Sox win. What a mess. lol

OK. So Wong runs so the pitcher doesn't run.

Sox have lost the DH. Wong now catching and Bernardino is batting fourth. Rafaela at 3B and Hamilton at SS.

There's sadly no chance Bernardino will be the ghost runner next inning.

To the 12th we go at 4-4.

Cora played for one and got one. Now can they win it?

Sox walked Lowe to get to Paredes, who grounded to short. But Rafaela threw the ball away.

4-3 Rays to the bottom of the 11th,

'Let's Go Bruins' cheer for a few seconds at Fenway as the B's win.

For the 3rd time this season, the Sox will go to an 11th inning.

They have one hit since the sixth inning. 1 x 14, 8 Ks.

Sox have struck out 14 times. Came into the game second in the majors in whiffs.

That has to be at least 4th ball hit back at Chris Martin this season. That one caught him more than he caught it.

Tyler O'Neill struck out in 21.3 percent of his plate appearances (13 of 61) before the collision with Rafael Devers on April 15.

He has since struck out in 38.1 percent of his plate appearances (29 of 76).