ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- David Price has always been his own toughest critic.The new Red Sox ace blames himself for Bostons recent struggles, saying Wednesday he hasnt set a tone for the team to be successful by pitching deeper into games.I need to pitch better. Its nothing else, its not bad luck -- its me. Ive got to get better, Price said after a 4-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays dropped Boston to 13-19 since May 26.The Red Sox have lost seven of their last 10 games, including two of three to the Rays, who entered the series on an 11-game losing streak.Price (8-5) was outpitched Wednesday by former Tampa Bay teammate Matt Moore. The 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner allowed four runs and nine hits while striking out 10 in 6 1/3 innings.On a day when I thought overall he probably had his best stuff of the season, in terms of velocity, in terms of the shape to his secondary pitches, they bunched a couple hits together, Boston manager John Farrell said.Tampa Bays Brandon Guyer returned from a three-week stint on the disabled list and hit a solo homer in the second inning. He doubled down the left-field line in the third, driving in another run to make it 4-1.Price was a lot more critical of his performance than Farrell was.Thats probably the worst changeup Ive had in a month. My curveball was awful. I cant move my cutter and slider how I want to, and command my fastball the way I need to, Price said.Its frustrating. Its been my worst year, the left-hander added. Its unacceptable.Moore (4-5) allowed three singles in seven innings and struck out five to beat Price, who fell to 1/3 in five career starts against his former team.The Red Sox were held hitless until Christian Vazquez singled leading off the sixth. Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts followed with hits to load the bases with one out, but David Ortiz popped up and Hanley Ramirez hit a routine fly that ended the threat.Moore was very good. ... We have the big opportunity with David and Hanley in the middle of the order, Farrell said. You figure thats the time we cash in. But that wasnt the case.Price was beaten by the Rays for the second time this season. He also lost to Tampa Bay 12-8 at Fenway Park on April 21.Im just putting us behind the 8-ball in a lot of games. Im not setting the tone the way that I need to, Price said. Its crushing me right now, but Ill get there.Boston was shut out for the third time this season. The Rays, who ended a streak of 13 consecutive games in which the pitching staff gave up five or more runs, also blanked the Red Sox 3-0 in 10 innings on April 19.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: Ramirez felt some discomfort on his right side after swinging and missing in the sixth. He was removed as a precaution in the eighth. We were just trying to prevent something big, said Ramirez, who is day to day. It got a little bit worse, and (Farrell) took me out of the game to prevent something bigger.Rays: RF Oswaldo Arcia (illness) was a late scratch. . With Guyer being reinstated from the disabled list, OF Jaff Decker was designated for assignment. ... RF Steven Souza Jr. (strained left hip) will hit Thursday against RHPs Alex Cobb and Chase Whitley, who are both recovering from Tommy John surgery.STARTING TIMEThe Red Sox have not announced who will take LHP Eduardo Rodriguezs spot in the rotation, but Farrell said the replacement will pitch Sunday against the Angels. 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Richmond coach Damien Hardwick is confident the Tigers can right the ship after suffering one of their worst AFL losses in history.Richmond were belted by 88 points by Greater Western Sydney in Canberra on Saturday - their first defeat to the expansion club.They scored just 23 points to the Giants 111 - their lowest in 55 years.Only five times before have they posted fewer points in a game, and those games were between 1908 and 1961.Their eight scoring shots (three goals, five behinds) was their worst since 1987.Jack Riewoldt and Sam Lloyd were their only goal-kickers, with Riewoldt booting two, including the first, which didnt arrive until about 37 minutes into the game.We were disappointed, Hardwick said.To give up eight goals in the first quarter, youre always on the back foot. We just couldnt get any ascendency through the middle.They beat us in contested ball, clearance, through that area of the ground and nullified us in tackles.Hardwick labelled as shameful the Tigeers defensive effort last week in their 70-point loss to Hawthorn.ddddddddddddBut he thought it was better on Saturday, having limited them to 26 scoring shots off 64 inside 50s.They were up 50 points at quarter time, youve got to remember that, and they only scored 60 for the rest of the game, he said.I was disappointed with the last quarter to give up four goals to none, though.Asked where the loss left the Tigers, who sit 13th on the ladder with four rounds to go, Hardwick said it was a matter of just working through the tough times.Weve openly talked about it being more about next year now and how we go about it, he said.Theyre a strong group, theyre a resilient group. Weve been in this situation before, a long time ago, but were capable of righting the ship and getting to where we need to go.They next host Collingwood at the MCG on Friday. ' ' '
