TONIGHT 

The Red Sox have struggled mightily at Tropicana Field over the last two seasons, but they managed to pull things together at exactly the right time. 

--RHP Jonathan Papelbon was fined by Major League Baseball for taking too long to get to the pitcher's mound during Tuesday night's game against the Rays, according to a Boston Herald report. 

--RHP Tim Wakefield threw 25 pitches in a side session Thursday afternoon, and said there's a possibility he could make a Saturday start against the White Sox. 

Clay Buchholz finally beat someone other than Toronto this season, and it helped the Red Sox get a key win over Tampa Bay. 

After years of reshaping theTampaBayRays into a major league competitor and rebuilding theRays name into a respectable brand, the team's business executives want to spread their corporate wings. 

Rays prospect goes 7-for-7 at Triple A 

As recently as Memorial Day, Paul Byrd and Freddy Garcia were both out of baseball, and it appeared neither might pitch in the majors again. 

Boston had rare road success in Florida at the perfect time. 

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SEATTLE - The score was tied in the fifth inning yesterday, but that would surely change. 

: --DH David Ortiz was given a mental health break during the entire three-game series against the Seattle Mariners and didn't register an at bat in the entire series. 

The Red Sox should have predicted -- and most likely did given their effort to collect as many arms as possible for their starting rotation over this past winter -- exactly what's happening to an exasperated Jon Lester this season. 

--SS Julio Lugo suffered a hip flexor injury/groin injury in the seventh inning of Saturday night's game against the Seattle Mariners and missed Sunday afternoon's road trip finale with the injury.