The AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays struggled against Red Sox ace Josh Beckett in a 5-3 loss on their opening day. Beckett struck out 10 over 7 innings and only gave up a single earned run. The Rays did get to Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima, who gave up 2 earned runs and only recorded one out. Carl Crawford had the Rays only extra base hit of the game with a double against Beckett. Evan Longoria added a hit and a couple RBIs. Carlos Pena looked terrible, going 0 for 4 with 4 strike outs.

The Rays have Scott Kazmir going tomorrow against Jon Lester.

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