Stats of the Day: Smyly’s start makes Rays happy

Here are four interesting items from around the big leagues on Tuesday …

• The Rays defeated the Red Sox, 3-0, in 10 innings at Fenway Park. Tampa Bay starter Drew Smyly set the tone by working eight innings of one-hit, 11-strikeout ball, becoming just the fourth left-hander since 1913 to face the Red Sox at Fenway and come away with a line that included no runs and at least 11 strikeouts, and the first since Randy Johnson in 1992. Smyly’s line also produced a game score of 89 — the third highest for a southpaw in Rays history, and the highest for any lefty against the Red Sox in the past seven years.

• Making his third start of the year, White Sox right-hander Mat Latos improved to 3-0 after 6 1/3 innings of two-hit ball. In his three outings, Latos has allowed one hit and no …

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