ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Pinch-hitter Cole Figueroa hit an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Tampa Bay Rays past the Boston Red Sox 1-0 on Friday night.Desmond Jennings drew a one-out walk in the ninth off Andrew Miller (1-3). Burke Badenhop entered and, after Jennings stole second, Figueroa drove in the winning run on a drive to right- center.Juan Carlos Oviedo (1-0), the third Tampa Bay reliever, pitched the ninth and got the win. 
John Lackey gave up five hits, including three by Evan Longoria, in seven-plus shutout innings for the Red Sox, who have lost eight in a row. Boston has scored just 16 runs during its longest skid since dropping the final eight games of the 2012 season.Tampa Bay starter Chris Archer struck out 11, walked four and scattered four hits over six scoreless innings.Red Sox manager John Farrell tweaked his lineup, which failed early on Friday to get a key hit as Boston couldn't score after getting two on with two outs in the first, second and fifth innings.Brock Holt hit leadoff for the second time this season. Dustin Pedroia made his second appearance batting third, with regular third- and fourth-place hitters David Ortiz and Mike Napoli both moving down one spot.Ortiz stopped an 0-for-17 slide with an opposite-field broken-bat ground single to left in the first.Farrell said second-place hitter Xander Bogaerts could bat leadoff against left-handed starters.Lackey worked out of a two-on, one-out jam in the both the first and sixth by getting grounders from Wil Myers and James Loney.Boston right fielder Shane Victorino left in the ninth with right hamstring tightness. He appeared to get hurt running to first base.
John Lackey gave up five hits, including three by Evan Longoria, in seven-plus shutout innings for the Red Sox, who have lost eight in a row. Boston has scored just 16 runs during its longest skid since dropping the final eight games of the 2012 season.Tampa Bay starter Chris Archer struck out 11, walked four and scattered four hits over six scoreless innings.Red Sox manager John Farrell tweaked his lineup, which failed early on Friday to get a key hit as Boston couldn't score after getting two on with two outs in the first, second and fifth innings.Brock Holt hit leadoff for the second time this season. Dustin Pedroia made his second appearance batting third, with regular third- and fourth-place hitters David Ortiz and Mike Napoli both moving down one spot.Ortiz stopped an 0-for-17 slide with an opposite-field broken-bat ground single to left in the first.Farrell said second-place hitter Xander Bogaerts could bat leadoff against left-handed starters.Lackey worked out of a two-on, one-out jam in the both the first and sixth by getting grounders from Wil Myers and James Loney.Boston right fielder Shane Victorino left in the ninth with right hamstring tightness. He appeared to get hurt running to first base.
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