BOSTON (AP) For all their struggles over the years against Tampa Bay, the Boston Red Sox may never have had such a wait for a victory over the pesky Rays.
Two months, six days after this game was originally scheduled, New England's whimsical weather added a rain delay of nearly three hours Tuesday before the Red Sox completed a 5-1 win over the Rays in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
"If you really put the hours into it, from the time it was first scheduled until the last out today, that's a pretty long game," Rays manager Joe Maddon said.
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