Boston.com · Oct 6, 2022
Red Sox defeat Rays 6-3 in season finale
Boston Red Sox's J.D. Martinez celebrates his three-run home run in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)BOSTON (AP) — Not the way the Tampa Bay Rays wanted to go into the postseason.
Not that it really matters now.
The Rays finished the regular season with a five-game losing streak, giving up a pair of home runs to J.D. Martinez in a 6-3 loss to last-place Boston on Wednesday. Although they entered the final week of the season with a chance to improve their playoff seeding, manager Kevin Cash focusing on resting players for the wild-card round.
