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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Matt Joyce sent a message with his bat. Joyce hit one of three homers off Jon Lester to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox 8-3 on Tuesday night. Joyce, one day after being hit by a pitch that sparked a bench-clearing scrum, put the Rays up 7-3 on a two-run shot in the fifth that ended Lesters night. "Its a great feeling, especially to help your team win," Joyce said. "Ive never really been the type of person to talk a lot of trash, so I wanted, of course, to come out and play a good game. Play the game the right way and win the ballgame." Desmond Jennings homered twice, while Evan Longoria also went deep for the Rays. Roberto Hernandez (4-6) allowed three runs and seven hits over seven-plus innings. Lester (6-3) had his winless streak reach five starts, including three losses, since beating the Rays on May 15. The left-hander gave up seven runs, eight hits and seven walks in 4 2-3 innings. "Over the last two or three, I think Ive thrown the ball better than what the linescore showed," Lester said. "This one, obviously, it is what it is. Its just terrible. I did a terrible job of helping our bullpen out, a terrible job of keeping the ball down in the zone. The list goes on. This is solely on me. I just flat out didnt get it done." The teams were coming off a testy 14-inning game Monday night won by the Red Sox 10-8 that took 5 hours, 24 minutes. An on-field scrum took place in the sixth after Bostons John Lackey hit Joyce in the centre of the back with a pitch. Lackey insisted he meant no harm, though the Rays hardly were convinced of that as Joyce and Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon both said it was intentional. "Im sure he was, definitely, mentally involved in this game," Maddon said of Joyce. "He had himself a nice night." Hernandez hit Dustin Pedroia, who was leading off the eighth Tuesday, with a pitch that got away from the right-hander. Pedroia immediately ran to first base and nothing else ensued. The Rays grabbed a 4-3 lead during the third on run-scoring singles by Ryan Roberts and Jose Molina. Longoria made it 5-3 on a solo shot in the fourth. Tampa Bay took a 2-1 advantage on Jennings solo homer in the second. He also had a solo drive off Jose De La Torre in the fifth for his third career multihomer game. "Anytime they get over the fence it feels pretty good," Jennings said. Mike Napoli had a two-run single in the third that put Boston ahead 3-2. After Pedroia gave the Red Sox a 1-0 lead in the first with a sacrifice fly, Tampa Bay tied it in the bottom half when James Loney walked with bases loaded on the fourth free pass of the inning issued by Lester. "The first inning kind of sums up the whole night," Lester said. "I was not able to repeat whatever pitch it may be, fastball, curveball, changeup, cutter. I just was not able to repeat, whether it be a location or just the pitch itself. Its not good." Bostons Jose Iglesias extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a single in the third. Pedroia had his 14-game hitting streak end. NOTES: Joyce is 4 for 8 with two homers against Lester. ... The Rays have hit four or more homers in consecutive games for the first time in team history. ... Boston RHP Clay Buchholz (neck stiffness) will have his next start on Friday pushed back at least two days. ... Tampa Bay LHP David Price (strained left triceps) will throw in a simulated game Thursday. ... Maddon said RHP Kyle Farnsworth, who left Mondays game with right elbow soreness, felt pretty good Tuesday. The reliever played catch before the game and said he was available to pitch Tuesday Tobias Harris Clippers Jersey . JOHNS, N. Kawhi Leonard Clippers Jersey . 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A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EST:- No. 9 Oklahoma plays No. 25 Baylor, with the Sooners having won six in a row and holding an outside shot at returning to the College Football Playoff (noon). Also, No. 4 Washington could be tested by surging USC (10:30 p.m.)- The last time the Seahawks and Patriots were on the same field, Malcolm Butler was making a Super Bowl-saving play. Seattle plays at New England on Sunday night, with both in solid position to chase another championship.- NEW YORK -- UFC finally makes its New York City debut, offering one of its strongest cards. Conor McGregor fights lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez in the main event of UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden. Main card starts 10 p.m.- AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Kevin Harvicks rivals simply assume hell win in Phoenix. After all, hes won six of the last eight races there. 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A resource center is to be named for their sister who was killed in Compton in 2003.- PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico -- Gary Woodland is up by a stroke entering the third round of OHL Classic on the PGA Tour. Webb Simpson is second after his second straight 65.- European World Cup qualifying resumes, highlighted by three games: Spain vs. Macedonia, Liechtenstein vs. Italy and Wales vs. Serbia.- MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is not amused by the national teams play leading to the 2018 World Cup. He spoke critically two days after Russia lost to Qatar 2-1 in an exhibition game between the next two World Cup hosts. ' ' '