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Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, completing a doubleheader sweep.

RHP Alex Cobb is feeling "a bit better" since being hit in the head by a line drive Saturday, but manager Joe Maddon said it will be "a long process" for Cobb to get back on the mound, and not automatically this season.

GAME 1 RED SOX Ellsbury CF Victorino RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Nava LF Saltalamacchia C Middlebrooks 3B Drew SS Pitching: RHP Alfredo Aceves RAYS Joyce LF Jennings CF Zobrist 2B Longoria 3B Loney 1B Myers RF Scott DH Molina C Escobar SS Pitching: RHP Chris Archer Red Sox vs. Archer: Ellsbury 4-4, Nava 1-4, Pedroia 1-5, Salty 0-3, Carp 1-2, ... (more)

With a return to Fenway Park and a visit from a team that they have handled with ease this season, the Boston Red Sox hope to get back on track when they host the Tampa Bay Rays for a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday.

Tampa Bay Rays at Red Sox , 1:05 and 7:10 p.m. Sea Dogs at Reading Fightin Phils , 6 p.m. It can be a significant period, if any Red Sox prospects are standing out.

MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH It's too early to say the Red Sox have a closer problem, particularly considering how good Andrew Bailey was in April and May. But let's just say it would put everyone's mind at ease if the Sox ' closer would start slamming the door in a more orderly fashion.

Tuesday, Game 1: RHP Chris Archer vs. RHP Alfredo Aceves , 1:05 p.m., NESN. Tuesday, Game 2: RHP Jake Odorizzi vs. LHP Felix Doubront , 7:10 p.m., NESN.

Chris Archer is slated to start the first game of the day/night doubleheader. Jake Odorizzi will come up from Triple-A Durham and pitch the nightcap.

TOUGH DAY: Boston pitcher Jon Lester allowed five runs on nine hits in five innings of work and suffered his first loss at Camden Yards in the Red Sox' 6-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday in Baltimore.

JUNE 16: Pitcher Roberto Hernandez #40 of the Tampa Bay Rays pitches against the Kansas City Royals during the game at Tropicana Field on June 16, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Boston has taken seven of the nine meetings against Tampa Bay and won each of the three series this year.

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They say all good things must come to an end and on Saturday afternoon, the Royals 13 game streak of holding opponents to three runs or less met that end.

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb steps back during the third inning as the Tampa Bay Rays play the San Diego Padres at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on Friday.

Wednesday night's loss to the Boston Red Sox marked the 40% point for the Rays season.

On Cobb: Coming off a rough start against Boston, lasting a season-low four innings.

You had to feel sorry for Cesar Ramos . There was just no one else left and Ramos, despite having thrown 45 pitches the day before, was going to be out on the mound until his arm fell off.

David Price, returning from a triceps strain, throws a simulated game and raises hopes that he could have a shortened rehab stint in the minors.

David Price is coming back. It won't be sudden or immediate-he will have a simulated game on Thursday followed by three rehab starts if everything goes as planned.

Dominican right-hander Ervin Santana will try to make it three starts without a loss on Thursday night when the Kansas City Royals open a four-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.