Kiermaier, Margot lead hit parade as Rays beat Red Sox 8-7

BOSTON (AP) — Kevin Kiermaier hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the seventh inning, Manuel Margot had four hits and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-7 on Monday night.

Kiermaier’s opposite-field line drive off reliever Jeffrey Springs (0-1) rolled all the way to the wall in left-center field. Yoshi Tsutsugo and Margot scored after both singled to start the inning. Kiermaier had three RBIs.

“Any win is nice. Lot of offense today, which is encouraging,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “Manny Margot is probably at the top of the list. We all wanted to have a big game and he did.”

Margot’s double in the eighth made it 8-5. The former Red Sox prospect said his father’s recent passing was a motivating factor in his big day at the plate.

“It was good to have a game like today. I felt like he was there with me,” Margot said through an interpreter. “Being a baseball family, I have four brothers who also signed and four nephews who have played professional baseball, so anytime I struggled he was the guy I called for positivity.”

Kiermaier finished 2 for 4, Michael Perez (2 for 5) had a two-run single and Joey Wendle hit an RBI triple for the Rays, who had a season-high 16 hits.

Tampa Bay has won four of five after taking three of four against the New York Yankees at home prior to this season-high 10-game road trip.

Aaron Loup (1-0) struck out three in a scoreless inning. Rays starter Ryan Yarbrough allowed four runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings after giving up five runs over five innings in a 5-0 home loss to Boston last Wednesday.

“We’ve got to somehow find a way to get him into a little bit better rhythm,” Cash said of Yarbrough. “He’s had a couple outings where it was like he was searching for it a little bit. Today was...

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