The Tampa Bay Rays walked off with an extra-innings victory to overshadow another big accomplishment for David Ortiz.
Big Papi became the oldest player ever to hit 30 homers in a season, but the host Rays came back from a three-run deficit to beat Boston, 4-3, in 11 innings Wednesday night and prevent the Red Sox from taking sole possession of first place in the American League East.
Luke Maile doubled with two out in the 11th and scored from second base after Red Sox pitcher Heath Hembree (4-1) dropped a throw to first base on Kevin Kiermaier's grounder. A throw to the plate beat Maile, but catcher Sandy Leon dropped the ball as Maile slid across with the winning run.
"It's fun anytime you can walk off in front of your fans and have a celebration out there on the field," Kiermaier said. "We don't get to do that very much. It's a win. We'll take it."
Brad Boxberger (2-0) got the win after one inning of relief.
"Soon as I saw the ball go on the ground, I knew I wasn't going to beat it unless it got kicked around a little bit, but I just tried to run hard and pick up the ball as soon as I touched third," said Maile, who had entered the game in the 10th inning. "Instincts just kind of took over after that."
Boston has won 10 of its past 13 games and remained tied in first with Toronto after the Blue Jays lost, 8-2, to the Angels.
"It's hard to lose a game like that at this time," Ortiz said. "You expect to win that kind of game, especially [in] the stage that we are in now. "
Bidding to become the majors' first 18-game winner, Rick Porcello allowed Evan Longoria's tying homer in the eighth before leaving with 7 2/3 innings pitched. Longoria became the first Rays player to hit 30 home runs in four seasons.
Red Sox rookie Andrew Benintendi left the game in the seventh with a left knee sprain after being tagged out by shortstop Matt Duffy on a double play.
Ortiz, 40, hit the first pitch he got from starter Matt Andriese in the first inning for a two-run homer. Ortiz is the only player with 30 homers and 100 RBIs in each of the past four seasons, and he's the first Red Sox player to drive in 100 runs 10 times.
Ortiz has 533 home runs, one shy of Jimmie Foxx for 18th on the career list. Ortiz plans to retire at the end of the season.
Brad Miller's double in the third drove in Tampa Bay's first two runs.
Andriese struck out eight in six innings, giving up three runs on six hits.
Et cetera
Gausman raises money for La. flood victims
Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman — an LSU alumnus who called Baton Rouge his offseason home — has set up a GoFundMe site to raise awareness and money for the victims of this month's floods in Louisiana. Gausman is attempting to raise $30,000 in the next two weeks for the Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund and has pledged to donate an additional $15,000. "I think one thing that people don't realize is that yeah, the water has subsided, but there are a lot of families who have nothing," Gausman said Wednesday. "Even my fiancee's cousin, they have a newborn baby, and she woke up in the middle of the night and put her feet down and there was standing water in their bedroom. People don't realize that it happened very quickly."
-- Eduardo A. Encina
Minor league baseball: The Short-A Aberdeen IronBirds will wear Baltimore Elite Giants-inspired uniforms for Throwback Night on Saturday at Ripken Stadium to honor the former Negro leagues team. The first 1,200 men in attendance will receive a fedora. Gates open at 6 p.m., a game of shadow ball will start at 6:15 and the first pitch against the Hudson Valley Renegades will be at 7:05. Fireworks will follow the game.
Major League Soccer: Hassoun Camara headed in a goal in the 77th minute and the host Montreal Impact tied D.C. United, 1-1, on Wednesday night. Marco Donadel recovered his own ball after Lamar Neagle's block and lofted a pass to the far post that Camara headed in for his second goal of the season for Montreal (8-7-10). Neagle scored on a 35th-minute penalty for D.C. (6-8-11). The Washington club is unbeaten in five games.
National Women's Soccer League: Washington Spirit forward and reigning Player of the Month for July Estefania Banini underwent successful left knee arthroscopy and is expected to miss four to six weeks. Banini, an Argentine international, has five goals and an assist in 12 matches this season.
Women's college soccer: Johns Hopkins was picked in the Centennial Conference preseason poll to finish second, one point behind Swarthmore. McDaniel was picked for third and Washington College for 10th in the 10-team league.
College swimming: Washington College named Rachel Curtiss, a native of Nashville, Tenn., as the assistant coach for the men's and women's programs.
College water polo: Kevin Yee was named a Johns Hopkins assistant coach. Yee played for the Blue Jays under coach Ted Bresnahan and replaces Ross Schofield.
Men's college rowing: Washington College named Larry Connell coach. He spent nine years through 2013 as coach at La Salle.
College field hockey: Stevenson is picked in the MAC Commonwealth preseason poll to finish second behind Messiah.
Women's college volleyball: Bowie State was picked in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association preseason poll to finish fourth in the North Division.
Men's cross country: Goucher is picked in the Landmark Conference preseason poll to finish eighth and last.