BOSTON -- For the second game in a row, a young Rays pitcher quieted the Red Sox’s bats.\n\nThe afternoon after
“Last time, things didn’t really go my way,” Yarbrough said. “I kind of left some things over the plate. I really just tried to focus on really hitting corners a little bit more and still being aggressive.”\n\nLike Chirinos, Yarbrough gave the Rays’ bullpen a break in the three-day, four-game series. He set career highs with pitches thrown (110) and innings pitched.\n\nCash noted the young teammates “feed off each other a little bit.” Yarbrough is motivated by the pitchers keeping each other on their toes.\n\n“I feel like that’s good competition between the team,” Yarbrough said. “With
“He’s got his timing back,” Cash said. “That ball went a long way today. He got every bit of it.”\n\nd’Arnaud is batting .379/.441/.759 with three home runs, two doubles and 10 RBIs in his past nine games. Each successful game builds momentum that carries over into the next one.\n\n“It’s like a big snowball -- the more it rolls, the bigger it gets,” d’Arnaud said.\n\n**Roster moves**\n\nFollowing Game 1, the Rays optioned right-hander