Nick Pivetta, Red Sox’ pitchers get rocked by Rays, lose 12-4

Nick Pivetta allowed five earned runs in five innings on Sunday.BOSTON (AP) — Isaac Paredes homered over the Green Monster in each of his first two at-bats and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 12-4 on Sunday.

Randy Arozarena hit three doubles off the left-field wall at Fenway Park and drove in two runs. David Peralta had three hits with two RBI doubles for the Rays, who came to town on a six-game winning streak before losing two straight.

J.D. Martinez, Tommy Pham and Franchy Cordero all hit solo homers for the Red Sox, with Martinez’s 10th of the season-ending his homerless drought at 129 at-bats. Boston, which has faded in AL’s wild-card chase, has…