BOSTON -- Mired deep in last place in the AL East standings,

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BOSTON -- Mired deep in last place in the AL East standings, the Tampa Bay Rays rallied late and kept the Boston Red Sox from moving within a game of the division lead.Luke Mailes two-run homer in the seventh put Tampa Bay into a 3-3 tie and set up Evan Longorias game-winning solo shot in the eighth as the Rays rallied to beat the Red Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night.Exciting win. That was a nice come from behind, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.The Rays have won all of 56 games this season and needed to come from behind for 27 of them. Tuesdays rally did nothing to help the Rays standing within the division, but it did keep Boston from picking up a game on first-place Toronto after the Blue Jays 5-3 loss to Baltimore.Boston remained two games behind Toronto for the AL lead and the Orioles are just one game behind the Red Sox.This is what happens down toward the end of the year, Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts said. Some teams are battling to push you out of the playoffs and some teams are battling to stay in it.Bogaerts doubled during Bostons two-run sixth inning that briefly put the Red Sox up 3-1. The Rays tied it in the seventh with and unlikely power source at a crucial moment. Maile delivered his second career homer with two outs in the seventh, driving a 1-2 pitch from Drew Pomeranz out to left.It was the last pitch of the night from Pomeranz, who was one strike from cruising into the eighth with a two-run lead.Longoria finished up the rally in the eighth with his 31st homer of the season, a shot that cleared the Green Monster altogether and stuck Boston reliever Clay Buchholz (5-10) with the loss.It is what he does. Thats why hes such a special player, Cash said. Were thankful weve got Longo on our side.Pomeranz and Tampa Bay starter Jake Odorizzi both pitched well but didnt factor in the decision.Enny Romero (2-0) pitched a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts and got the win. Alex Colome survived a hit and a passed ball in the ninth while picking up his 29th save.Pomeranz struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, five hits and two walks. Odorizzi allowed three runs and five hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking two.Hanley Ramirez hit a homer in the fifth for Bostons first run and added an RBI single in the sixth when the Red Sox scored twice to take a 3-1 lead.NO-DECISIONOdorizzi didnt want to discuss much about another strong start that fizzled to a no-decision, but he was thrilled to talk about the performance of his young catcher.Luke was the one who made it all count. What a clutch piece of hitting, he said. He got his pitch, he was sitting on it, and he made the most of it. Without that swing, were not back in the game.GREAT LOCATIONBoston took its first lead in the sixth after Dustin Pedroia walked with one out and went to third on Bogaerts double down the left-field line. Pedroia tagged up and scored on David Ortizs sinking fly ball to right, where Steven Souza Jr. prevented another run with a diving catch.Boston ended up getting the run anyway on an odd single by Ramirez, whose towering popup to shallow right landed safely between Souza and first baseman Brad Miller.Its one of those placement balls that found its spot, Cash said.STAY AWAYBuchholz pitched just the eighth inning. Manager John Farrell said he needed to call on Buchholz for the second straight night -- a first for the former starter -- with reliever Brad Ziegler unavailable with an illness.And with Boston in position for a return to the playoffs, the Red Sox werent taking any chances.He had to leave the ballpark, Farrell said. He has the flu so weve had to keep him quarantined.TRAINERS ROOMRays: Tampa Bay enjoyed a second straight game without a player on the DL. The Rays got back to full strength Monday by activating RHP Alex Cobb, who is coming off Tommy John surgery and is scheduled to start Friday against Toronto. Before Monday, the Rays had at least one player on the DL every game since beating Minnesota 12-5 on July 6, 2011 -- a string of 853 consecutive games.Red Sox: OF Andrew Benintendi has been fitted for a brace for his sprained left knee. Farrell said it will take about a week to construct the custom brace that will allow the rookie to increase the intensity of his rehab workouts. Benintendi injured the knee last Wednesday in a loss at Tampa Bay.UP NEXTRays: LHP Drew Smyly (6-11, 4.80 ERA) starts for the Rays in the series finale Wednesday afternoon. Smyly is 4-0 in his last seven starts with three no-decisions. Smyly has pitched at least six innings during the seven-game span.Red Sox: RHP Steven Wright (13-6, 3.18) will make his first career start against the Rays. 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"Itll be a gut-check for us, to see where were really at and see how badly we really want to win in this league and how far we really want to go." The Impact have games in hand over all their closest rivals, but they let a chance to take a stranglehold on first place slip away with a 4-3 loss at home to Colorado followed by draws of 3-3 in Toronto and 1-1 at home to Chivas USA. Its hard to call a 0-1-2 skid a slump, but they will need to be better, especially on defence, to stay on top against clubs like third-place New York (8-7-4). The Red Bulls have played two more games but could tie the Impacts 31 points with a win. "In this league, its impossible to stay on a roll the whole year," added Perkins. "Youre going to have valleys. "Theres so much parity in this league that anyone can beat anyone. Its not like the EPL or the Bundesliga where theres four teams that run the show every year. So we have to find our feet and start grinding out results again." The Impact should have midfielder Justin Mapp back from a leg injury to boost an attack led by forwards Marco Di Vaio, the co-leader in MLS goal-scoring with 11, and Daniele Paponi. The Red Bulls are having troubles of their own, with one win and four losses in their last five matches. They fell 2-0 at Colorado in their last outing on July 4. This week, 37-year-old Juninho decided to return to Brazil after only 13 games with New York, but they still have a potentially lethal attack led by Thierry Henry and Fabian Espindola. And Australian international Tim Cahill looks to be back on track with four goals in his last eight games. "Its about trying to get it right this week," Cahill told his teams website. "These are the big games you want to play. A result against them would be pretty special." "Although they didnt win for a while, theyre a difficultt team to beat," added Henry, who has six goals in five career games against Montreal.dddddddddddd "They can be behind and come back in it." Thats what happened the last time they met on May 8, as the Red Bulls took a lead on two Henry goals before Montreal answered with a late strike from Di Vaio. The Italian, who turns 37 on Monday, nearly tied it at the end when he put a shot off both goalposts. The Impact defeated New York 1-0 in March at Olympic Stadium. "Our attitudes the same, the only thing I see is maybe we need to start worrying about ourselves more instead of focusing on the big picture," added Perkins. "Start worrying about what we have to do on the pitch and stop worrying about results." Coach Marco Schallibaum said the team put out a better defensive effort against Chivas while still generating most of the scoring chances against a team that elected to stay back and defend. There is more back-and-forth play when they face New York, which made for entertaining soccer in their first two meetings. "Weve been a little bit unlucky these last three games and we didnt play like we normally play, but during a season, that can happen," said midfielder Felipe Martins. "The important thing is that we get back to doing what we did before. No panic." Schallibaum does not announce his starting 11, but he is expected to go with the usual back line of Matteo Ferrari and Alessandro Nesta flanked by Jeb Brovsky and Hassoun Camara, who has two goals in his last three games. Other than Felipe and Patrice Bernier, the midfield is up in the air, as captain Davy Arnaud will likely be ready to play after being rested for a game. Arnaud recently returned from a concussion. Sanna Nyassi was perhaps Montreals best player against Chivas and may have earned another start while Mapp, Andres Romero, Andrea Pisanu and Collen Warner are available. 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