Rays home in on Red Sox with 9-1 win

BOSTON: The power-packed Tampa Bay Rays hit four home runs over the Green Monster at Fenway Park to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 in the Major League Baseball playoffs on Monday.

B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria, Rocco Baldelli and Carlos Pena sent shots over the famous left-field wall for a 2-1 lead in the American League Championship Series.

The Rays put the defending World Series champions in a postseason hole for the first time since Boston overcame a 3-1 deficit against Cleveland last year to win the AL pennant.