Jose Lobaton hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays staved off elimination once again, beating the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Monday night.

Tampa Bay took a win-or-go-home game for the fourth time in nine days. The Rays did it with an unlikely stroke as Lobaton, who came off the bench late in the game, connected against Red Sox closer Koji Uehara.

Keys to the win:

  • Lobaton’s shot wound up in the giant rays tank beyond the wall at Tropicana Field.
  • Evan Longoria’s two-out, three-run homer in the fifth off Clay Buchholz rallied the Rays to a 3-all tie.
  • Delmon Young, who has a penchant for driving home key runs in October, put Tampa Bay ahead 4-3 with an RBI grounder in the eighth.
  • The Red Sox tied it in the ninth against Rays closer Fernando Rodney. Dustin Pedroia’s RBI grounder made it 4-all.
  • Rodney got the win when Lobaton homered to right-center field, even though his performance was less than stellar.

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Tampa Bay Rays
Trail series against Red Sox 1-2

Boston
Red Sox
(2-1)

Tampa Bay
Rays
(1-2)
4 – 5
Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Red Sox 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 7 0
Rays 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 5 11 1
 
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