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Kansas City Royals (7-15 Jose Iglesias Jersey , fifth in the AL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (14-8, first in the AL East)St. Petersburg, Florida; Monday, 7 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Brad Keller (2-1, 2.64 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 26 strikeouts) Rays: LINE: Tampa Bay enters the matchup as losers of their last four games.The Rays are 7-6 in home games. Tampa Bay ranks seventh in the MLB in hitting with a .262 batting average, Tommy Pham leads the club with an average of .289.The Royals are 2-8 on the road. Kansas City has hit 27 home runs as a team this season. Hunter Dozier leads them with six, averaging one every 11.5 at-bats.TOP PERFORMERS: Pham leads the Rays with 24 hits and has 10 RBIs. Austin Meadows is 18-for-40 with three doubles, a triple Denny McLain Jersey , four home runs and 13 RBIs over the last 10 games for Tampa Bay.Alex Gordon leads the Royals with 13 extra base hits and has 20 RBIs. Adalberto Mondesi is 9-for-40 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and eight RBIs over the last 10 games for Kansas City.LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 5-5, .279 batting average, 3.77 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runsRoyals: 5-5, .245 batting average, 4.43 ERARays Injuries: Blake Snell: 10-day IL (toe), Jose De Leon: 60-day IL (elbow), Anthony Banda: 60-day IL (elbow), Austin Meadows: 10-day IL (right thumb sprain), Matt Duffy: 10-day IL (back), Ji-Man Choi: day-to-day (calf).Royals Injuries: Trevor Oaks: 60-day IL (hip) http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , Jesse Hahn: 60-day IL (elbow), Brian Flynn: 10-day IL (elbow), Danny Duffy: 10-day IL (shoulder), Salvador Perez: 60-day IL (elbow). BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox avoided their first four-game losing streak of the season — barely.J.D. Martinez scored when Marlins shortstop JT Riddle threw away a potential double-play ball in the ninth inning, lifting Boston over Miami 8-7 on Tuesday night following a wild, back-and-forth final two innings.“It was pretty amazing that we were able to pull off a win tonight,” said Jackie Bradley Jr., who had two hits and two RBIs. “I don’t believe in ugly wins. I believe in wins. As long as we continue to win, I don’t care how ugly it is.”This one helped the Red Sox hold steady atop the AL East with a 6 1/2 game lead over the Yankees, who got a walkoff homer from Neil Walker to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4.Miami scored five runs in the eighth inning to lead 6-4, allowed three runs to Boston in the bottom of the inning, then tied the game at 7 in the top of the ninth against closer Craig Kimbrel (4-1).“We didn’t pitch well of the last third of the game, but we swung the bats well and we ended up winning Kirk Gibson Jersey ,” manager Alex Cora said. “We took advantage of their mistakes.”Martinez started the final rally on a one-out single and went to second on Xander Bogaerts‘ hit.Eduardo Nunez followed with a grounder to Riddle, who stepped on second but sailed his throw well past first baseman J.T. Realmuto, and Martinez came around with the winning run.“It’s a two hopper — step on the bag and throw the ball to first. As simple as that,” Riddle said. “I throw the ball 80 feet and lose the game.”Drew Steckenrider (4-3) was stuck with the loss.Nunez homered in the sixth to put Boston ahead 4-1, a lead that held until Matt Barnes’ melted down in the eighth. Realmuto and Starlin Castro hit back-to-back home runs during the five-run inning, which also included a two-run single by Rafael Ortega.“Obviously the ending was not very good, but it was kind of the way we played all night,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said.Before batting around in the eighth, Miami’s only score came on Isaac Galloway’s solo homer in the third.Bradley hit a two-run single with two outs in the eighth off Marlins reliever Tayron Guerrero, and Ian Kinsler then scored on Guerrero’s wild pitch to take a 7-6 lead.LITTLE RELIEFWith two starters out of the rotation because of injuries, Boston’s bullpen has been pushed lately and the wear has shown during the recent slide. After Barnes’ implosion in the eighth, Kimbrel struggled in the ninth with two walks before allowing Magneuris Sierra’s tying single.“If we’re going to be a successful team we’re going to have to turn it around and we know that,” Kimbrel said. “This is the team that we have and this is the team that we’re going to make a run with http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , so we’ve got to figure it out or we’re not going to win. I’ve got a pretty good feeling we’re going to figure it out.”WELCOME BACK JOSEJose Urena returned to Miami after a six-game suspension and allowed four runs and six hits and struck out two in six innings. Urena, suspended for hitting Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr. with a pitch on Aug. 15, didn’t figure in the decision.TRAINER’S ROOMMarlins: OF Garrett Cooper will have surgery Friday in Miami to repair a tendon sheath in his right wrist, Mattingly said.Red Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (right ankle sprain) will return from the DL and start Saturday when the Red Sox visit the Chicago White Sox. Cora said Rodriguez’s return will take some pressure off the starting rotation as well as the bullpen. … LHP Chris Sale (left shoulder inflammation) played catch Monday, which Cora described as a “good start” but didn’t offer a timetable for his return.UP NEXTRHP Trevor Richards (3-7, 4.23 ERA) starts for Miami against Boston LHP David Price (14-6, 3.50), who has won his last three starts.