Tonight at 8:37 p.m. the Boston Red Sox will try to recover from Monday night's dramatic loss in Tampa Bay in Game 3 of the American League Divisional Series. Game 4 can be seen on TBS and live streamed here; Red Sox fans can listen to the game on 93.7 WEEI, while Rays fans can catch the radio broadcast on 620 WDAE.
Jake Peavy, the Red Sox' top acquisition at the trade deadline, will take the mound and try to end Tampa Bay's season. He knows it will not be easy to curb the momentum Tampa Bay built after a walk-off win. He must also shake off a September slump during which he gave up three or more earned runs in four fall starts. In his last two playoff appearances with the San Diego Padres, Peavy registered a 12.10 ERA.
Manager John Farrell knows too. "I'm sure there's an attitude they have nothing to lose and just let it all hang out," Farrell said. "That's what we've been accustomed to for years against the Rays. As I mentioned before the series started, we have tremendous respect for them and we know it will be a very similar game tomorrow night."
Jose Lobaton touched up Boston's nearly unhittable closer, Koji Uehara, with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Rays a walkoff win. Uehara hadn't surrendered a run since June 30th. "It's unbelievable. It's something you can't explain," Lobaton said. "We never give up. We're going to keep fighting."
Jeremy Hellickson, who was 12-10 with a 5.17 ERA in 2013, will toe the rubber against Peavy with the Rays' season on the line. "I haven't really given them a good reason to send me back out there these last few months," Hellickson said. "It's really nice that they still have confidence in me to go out there."
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