The Rays' offense hardly resembled the crew that scored 13 runs on 18 hits Monday night. Nick Franklin drew a bases-loaded walk from Red Sox starter Rick Porcello to force home a run in the fourth and Brad Miller hit his 10th home run of the season in the seventh that cut Boston's lead to 6-2.
Despite striking out nine, Archer took his 11th loss of the season after allowing four earned runs in 6 1/3 innings. Porcello allowed one run on five hits to move to 9-2 on the season.
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Escape artist: Porcello, who hadn't walked more than two in a start all season, ended that streak by walking three batters in a 39-pitch fourth inning. The third walk to Franklin forced in a run. But to Porcello's credit, he got through the inning with just one run allowed, striking out Miller looking on a 92-mph two-seamer. Catcher Christian Vazquez pumped his fist emphatically as he ran back to the dugout.
Scoreless first: Archer entered the game with a 10.69 ERA in the first inning, having allowed 19 earned runs in 16 innings. He got off to a good start Tuesday night by allowing none, though he did have to escape a mini jam after walking Ortiz with two outs and then allowing a single to Ramirez. Archer recovered to strike out Bradley swinging on a 91-mph slider.
Shaw's moonshot: Getting a day of rest on Monday did Shaw some good. The third baseman's towering homer in the second snapped an 89 at-bat power outage for the left-handed hitter. Shaw's homer was projected by Statcast™ to land 449 feet away and an exit velocity of 107 mph. Ramirez is the only Boston player to hit a longer home run this season.
Romero can't hold: Enny Romero relieved Archer with one on and one out in the seventh and was not able to get the job done. Romero, who got hit on his left hand in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Orioles, allowed three runs to score -- though one of the runs was charged to Archer -- on three hits. The score was 3-1 when the Rays took the field to play defense in the seventh and 6-1 when they returned to the dugout to hit.
Bill Chastain has covered the Rays for MLB.com since 2005.
Ian Browne has covered the Red Sox for MLB.com since 2002. Follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne and Facebook. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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