BOSTON -- Another tough game for the Red Sox bullpen.This time followed by a save from the Boston bats.Aaron Hill sliced an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth after Tampa Bay tied it in the top half of the inning, and the Red Sox held on for an 8-6 victory over the Rays on Wednesday.We had to find a way to fight back again, manager John Farrell said after the Red Sox finished the homestand with a 3-3 record and headed to the West Coast for the first six in a nine-game road trip.Hanley Ramirez hit a fifth-inning grand slam to erase a 4-1 deficit, and Jackie Bradley Jr. added a solo shot in the sixth to give Boston a 6-4 lead. But one game after the Red Sox blew a two-run lead in the seventh, the Rays loaded the bases against Fernando Abad in the eighth and Logan Forsythe hit a two-run single off Junichi Tazawa (3-2) to tie it.In the bottom half, Ramirez led off with a walk, Sandy Leon bunted him to second and pinch-hitter Brock Holt singled him to third. Hill followed with a single past the first baseman to score Ramirez, and Bradley hit an RBI double to make it 8-6.Difficult loss, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. A walk here and couple of hits, then the big home run by Hanley really killed us.Xander Bogaerts also homered for the Red Sox, and Bradley had three hits. Dustin Pedroia had three more hits for Boston, which had lost five of its previous seven games after moving into a tie for first place in the AL East.Pedroia has 15 hits in his last 20 at-bats and is batting .463 since moving into the leadoff spot on Aug. 10.Erasmo Ramirez (7-10) gave up Hills single and an RBI double by Bradley in the eighth.Kevin Kiermaier had three hits for the Rays, and Forsythe and Logan Morrison each homered as Tampa Bay opened a 4-1 lead through four innings.But Boston took the lead in the fifth after Drew Smyly loaded the bases on two hits and a two-out walk. Ramirez hit the next pitch over the Green Monster for his 19th homer of the season.LOST OPPORTUNITYThe Rays made it 4-1 on Kiermaiers single in the fourth, but they could have had another if Tim Beckham hadnt slowed up along the third base line on the way home. Kiermaier was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double, and Beckham hadnt yet touched home plate.Asked which mistake was worse, the out on the basepaths or the squandered run, Cash said: Definitely the not hustling.Thats required of us and probably the easiest part to do in baseball, he said.NOT AVAILABLECraig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 24th save. Farrell said his closer was not available to get a four-out save a day after throwing 22 pitches in a non-save situation just so he could get his work in. I was not going to go with a short turnaround, Farrell said.WRIGHTS STUFFBoston knuckleballer Steven Wright lasted only four innings, allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks. 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Days after he delivered the Holden Racing Team a famous Supercars victory at Sandown, veteran Garth Tander has been shown the door in favour of Scott Pye for 2017.Walkinshaw Racing has decided not to renew Tanders contract for next season, when the outfit will lose factory backing from Holden after 26 years.Tander had been the teams longest-serving driver, winning 50 races - including two Bathurst victories - and a championship in 2007.He will always be considered a brother to the Walkinshaw family and we wish him the very best of luck with his future, owner Ryan Walkinshaw said in a statement.Tander said it was a sad day, knowing his time at HRT was coming to an end after nine years.Been a great ride and last weekend is one of many highlights, he tweeted on Friday.Being a Holden factory driver means the world to me. I will be giving it my all to finish on a high in the months ahead.We still have some races to win at HRT so lets all enjoy the ride while it lasts.Tander has not given up on finding a seat for 2017, with speculation the 39-year-old could race alongside James Moffatt at Garry Rogers Motorsport to race.ddddddddddddye, who was pushed out of DJR Team Penske following their mid-year signing of Scott McLaughlin, will join 2010 series winner James Courtney at Walkinshaw on a three-year deal.Courtney has also signed on for another three seasons, extending his stay until the end of 2019.The 36-year-old says hes more determined than ever to win a championship with the team, even though theyre losing funding from Holden.Everyone in the team, from engineering staff to management and commercial, have all put a ridiculous amount of effort into preparing my car and giving me the opportunity to win races, he said.Ive also put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this team and would hate it if I walked away from here and someone else rolled in and started getting all the success we have worked so hard for. 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