Tuesday, 4 a.m.
It is renown how strong Yandy Diaz is.
Still, carrying an entire baseball is impressive.
Diaz drove in two of the Rays' three runs in a 3-1 win overe the Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field Monday night.
Diaz, hitting a league-leading .325 on the season, led off the game with his 12th home run, a 390-foot shot to left field. He hit a deep sacrifice fly in the eighth for an insurance run.
The Rays' other run came on a single by Jonathan Aranda, who was stuck in a 2-for-24 streak. The Rays left 11 men on base and were just one-for-nine with runners in scoring position.
The Rays' pitching was a surprise. Ian Seymour started and allowed just one hit and one run through four innings Casey Legumina got the win. Bryan Baker earned his 17th save.
The Red Sox had just four hits against six Rays' pitchers.
The Rays and Red Sox play the second game of their three-game series tonight at Tropicana Field at 6:40 p.m. Nick Martinez will start for the Rays against Payton Tolle.