Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-5

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- David Ortiz kept trying to catch himself from lunging after bad pitches the past couple of weeks.

He was in the throes of a 7-for-47 slump after his weak liner to third base in the first inning of last night's 6-5 loss to the Devil Rays when the cork popped off the bottle.

Ortiz unleashed two tape-measure homers -- 432 and 455 feet. The longer one landed four rows short of hitting the back wall in right field, just under Wade Boggs's retired No. ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Curt Schilling's voice was somber, his words were strong, and his face had a look of disgust as he stood near his locker last night in Tropicana Field.

It was a scene rarely seen in the year-plus he has donned a Red Sox uniform. When he spoke, he called his seven-inning performance in a 6-5 loss to the Devil Rays a "pathetic display of pitching." His "pathetic display" included blowing leads of 4-0 and 5-2 and wasting two tape-measure home runs b...