Rays Prove Themselves Yet Again

Once again the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox had a series showdown in which first place was up for grabs and once again it was the Rays, not the defending champs, who came out on top.

Tampa scored ten runs, six of which came of Boston starter Tim Wakefield during his 2.1 innings of work, en route to a 10-3 victory and two game strong hold on the AL East. Willy Aybar, Fernando Perez, and Gabe Gross all homered in a winning effort for the Rays who now have 90 wins on the season.

The win makes Tampa Bay just the sixth team in Major League Baseball history to win 90 games in a season after having ten consecutive prior losing seasons.

David Ortiz homered twice for the Red Sox who have now lost four of their last five against the division leading Rays.

The two teams will not face each other again in the regular season, but both appear to be locks to make the playoffs at this point setting up a potential match-up in the ALCS. Tampa won the season series 10-8.