ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — James Shields took the blame for not holding on to a first-inning lead.
Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury and Josh Reddick homered and the Boston Red Sox rallied from an early three-run deficit against the All-Star pitcher to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-5 on Saturday.
Shields, coming off a 1-0 complete-game loss to the Yankees in which he allowed the lone run on an errant pickoff throw to third base, gave up four extra-base hits after yielding just five while holding opposing batters to a .178 average over his previous six starts.
"My job was to shut them down and I didn't do my job," Shields said. "When our team scores three runs early in the …
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