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 BOSTON (AP) - There hasn't been much need for a telephone in the visitors' bullpen at Fenway Park lately. Finally pressed into use, it went on the fritz.
All-Star Mike Lowell and a lineup of Red Sox reserves helped Boston emerge from a monthlong batting slump and beat Tampa Bay 7-5 on Wednesday, the Devil Rays' 10th consecutive loss. The only thing slowing Boston down on its way to a third consecutive victory was when Tampa Bay's phone went out and a Red Sox bat boy had to run out to right field with a message.
"We tried to get the two guys up, and no phone. With all the good things the Red Sox do, they failed to pay their phone bill, I guess," Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "I hated to stop the game there, but I had to."
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