ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Clay Buchholz pitched into the seventh inning, David Ortiz had a run-scoring single and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Tuesday night to remain tied atop the AL East.Buchholz (5-9) allowed one run, five hits, two walks and struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings. In his last five starts at Tropicana Field, the right-hander has given up two earned runs over 33 1/3 innings.Ortiz extended his hitting streak to 10 games with an RBI single in the third. Ortiz scored to make it 2-0 when right fielder Steven Souza Jr. made an errant throw attempting to get Ortiz at third base after fielding Mookie Betts single.Boston is tied with Toronto, which beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2.Chris Archer (7-17) gave up two runs, five hits and threw 109 pitches in five innings for the Rays. The last 20-game loser in the majors was Detroits Mike Maroth (21) in 2003.Archer won his first career start against the Red Sox on Sept. 19, 2012 but has dropped 10 straight decisions to them since.The Rays got an RBI double from Kevin Kiermaier in the fifth.Kiermaier was thrown out trying for a triple in the eighth by Betts from right field.Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 23rd save.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: Manager John Farrell said knuckleballer Steven Wright (strained right shoulder) is on tap to start Friday night against Kansas City after an extended bullpen session Tuesday. ... LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (left hamstring) had a three-inning simulated game. The team will evaluate him Wednesday. ... C Ryan Hanigan (left ankle) hit against Rodriguez. ... RHP Koji Uehara (right pectoral strain) threw 33 pitches in his first mound session and will be evaluated in a week.Rays: SS Tim Beckham left after seven innings due to left hamstring tightness.BIG PAPI POINTSOrtiz moved past Bobby Doerr into sixth place on Bostons career list with 2,043 hits. He has 1,739 RBI, which is one away from tying Rafael Palmeiro for the ninth most in AL history.UP NEXTRed Sox RHP Rick Porcello (17-3), 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA in three starts against Tampa Bay this season, faces Rays RHP Matt Andriese (6-5) on Wednesday night. Swell Lahev . -- Ryan Getzlaf grabbed the three pucks wrapped in tape and held them up to his chest in the Anaheim Ducks dressing room for a celebration nine seasons in the making. Swell Lahev Cz . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. http://www.swelllahevcz.com/ . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Kamui Kobayashi has thrown his hat into the ring for a Mercedes drive after the world champions posted a job advert for Nico Rosbergs vacant seat.Mercedes currently owns the most coveted seat in motorsport after Nico Rosbergs shock decision to retire as world champion. On Thursday, Mercedes took out a humorous advert in Autosport magazine outlining its expectations and asking for a driver with a proven track record in skills including steering, braking and, in particular, acceleration.The decision does not seem to be a straightforward one for Mercedes, with team boss Toto Wolff saying he is prepared to make a brave move when it comes to Rosbergs replacement. Though Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel would be most fans favourite picks for the seat, another former favourite got involved on Thursday.Former Sauber driver Kobayashi returned to the grid with Caterham in 2014 after a crowd-funding initiative gave him the money he needed to secure a seat. He might need similar good-will from fans to come anywhere close to landing at Merceedes next year, but posted his CV on Twitter for good measure on Thursday.dddddddddddd?The Japanese drivers application made a light reference to Lewis Hamiltons refusal to obey a team order to speed up during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he attempted to back Rosberg into the chasing pack, saying he would have no problem following instructions from the pit wall...Another man who put his name forward was fellow Japanese driver Taki Inoue, who has achieved cult status in F1 for his stints with Simtek and Footwork in 1994 and 1995. It was during the latter that he was involved in two different incidents, getting his car flipped while being towed back to the pits after a shunt at Monaco before being run over by a safety car after a retirement in Hungary. Neither resulted in serious injury.Inoues application was much more tongue-in-cheek and referenced his most infamous moments and lack of success in the sport: ' ' '