Red Sox Notes: Alex Cora Evaluates Flaws Following Brutal Loss To Rays

The Boston Red Sox took on the Tampa Bay Rays for the first time this season Monday night, and the team hit a new season low.

It took the Red Sox nearly half an hour (27 minutes and 20 seconds to be exact) to make it out of the third inning. By then, the Rays had plated nine runs off eight hits as 14 batters cycled through the order. There was plenty of baseball left to play at that point, but Boston had nothing in its tank to offer Tampa Bay and as a result, the Red Sox walked off George M.