A two-game swing was at stake.
The Boston Red Sox sit eight games back of the first-place Tampa Bay Rays after pulling off a 4-3 win in 10 innings Friday night at Tropicana Field. The Rays had the Red Sox’s backs against the wall in the ninth inning, though, and Boston would sit 10 games back in the division if Craig Breslow and Alexi Ogando didn’t escape trouble and give the offense a chance to come through in the 10th.
It’s hard to point to one game as a turning point. It’s especially difficult when talking about a game in June and a team that has failed to build momentum all season. But Friday marked the beginning of an important seven-…