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Red Sox beat Rays 4-2 to close in on playoff spot · Best of: Features

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  Red Sox beat Rays four two to close in on playoff spot.
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  Saint Petersburg, Florida, the AP, Roman Anthony homered and drove in three
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  runs, and The
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  Boston Red Sox took a big step toward clinching an American League
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  playoff spot with a four two victory over the Tampa Bay Rays
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  on Friday night. The Red Sox, who entered Friday with a magic
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  number of three, could secure a wild card spot as early as
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  Saturday. Junior Camanero and Jonathan Aranda drove in runs for the postseason
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  bound raise, they had won six in a row. Anthony hit the
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  game's third pitch from Ian Seymour, nine seven, into the right field
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  seats for his third career leadoff homer. Then, in the second inning,
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  Anthony broke a one one tie and drove in two more run
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  with a two out single. Jamai Jones gave Boston a 4 1
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  advantage with his own solo homer to lead off the third. Caleb
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  Durbin added two hits for the Red Sox who owned the American
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  League's third best record, 8470, behind the Rays and Yankees. Red Sox
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  starter Ranger Suarez, 8 4, threw five and two thirds innings, allowing
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  three hits and one run with five walks and five strikeouts. He
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  also snared Taylor Wall's one hundred pH hit liner in the fourth,
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  before completing an inning ending double play. Tampa Bay couldn't capitalize on
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  multiple opportunities, including nine Red Sox walks. The Rays left the bases
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  loaded in the sixth and ninth when Eric Miller retired Chandler Simpson
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  on a game ending grounder. Tampa Bay was zero for thirteen with
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  runners in scoring position. Boston left-hander Eric Miller had his fifth save
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  despite a shaky ninth inning, including three wild pitches and two walks.
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  Up next. Tampa Bay RHP Freddie Peralta, 911 4.67 ERA was
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  set to start Saturday. Boston had yet to announce a starter. See
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  the AP's full MLB coverage here.