Sox lose to Devil Rays

Devil Rays - 5
Red Sox - 2
Final

W: Glover (4-3)
L: Matsuzaka (12-8)

Dice-K took a shutout into the 7th inning but let up 3 home runs in a losing effort to the Devil Rays. Manny and Youk hit home runs but it wasn't enough to stop the Rays. Dice-K struck out six. Josh Beckett takes on Baltimore ace Erik Berdard on the 31 at 7:05 as the Sox begin a series with the Orioles after taking a day off tommorow. They won the series with Tampa 2-1.

Box Score

The Yankees won against Baltimore 10-6 to cut the AL East lead to 8 games.