"I think we all note the standings," said Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. "We all know that it all shakes out as the season goes on, and I think we should start paying more attention to it at the very end."
Moreland and Ramirez hit their homers in the fourth and Benintendi went deep in the fifth off Tanaka, who generated just three swings and misses in his 62 pitches, surrendering five runs in five innings. Tanaka has lost each of his last five starts while allowing 27 earned runs in 22 2/3 innings (10.