The Boston Red Sox were outscored 20-9 in their series against the Tampa Bay Rays this week at George M. Steinbrenner Field. But they found a way to leave with a series win. Monday night was the nadir of the Red Sox's season so far,

“It seems like there was a team that was prepared for the other one and the other one wasn’t prepared for them,” Cora said. “That goes from top all the way to the bottom. That wasn’t a good night for us. I’ll take the blame because it seemed like our team wasn’t ready to go.”

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