Second baseman Dustin Pedroia streaked toward the middle on Kotchman's bouncer and got him by a step on an off-balance throw for Cheap NBA jerseys the first out, but John Jaso followed with a double to kickstart the rally.
Weiland walked Desmond Jennings with two outs and Upton hurt him with a broken-bat single that got through the left side of the infield -- along with part of his bat -- to score Jaso.
Longoria then knocked his 27th homer of the season into the Red Sox bullpen in right-center field, giving the Rays their early 4-0 advantage.
Boston scratched out a run in the bottom of the inning after Jarrod Saltalamacchia led off with a walk and Marco Scutaro followed with a single. A wild pitch moved the runners up and Pedroia walked to load the bases for Gonzalez, whose ground out scored Saltalamacchia from third.
Weiland was taken out for Trever Miller with two runners on in the fourth inning. Gonzalez prevented a run by charging Jaso's bunt from first base and flipping the ball home to get Johnny Damon sliding.
But the Rays tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning when Kotchman stroked his 10th homer of the season into the Red Sox bullpen, also scoring Damon for a 6-1 lead.
It could have been a three-run blast, but Boston reliever Franklin Morales had picked off Ben Zobrist at first base two batters earlier.
Matt Albers took over for Morales in the seventh and walked Desmond Jennings leading off before surrendering Upton's 21st homer of the season into the Green Monster seats. Later, Andrew Miller gave up an RBI single to Kotchman that made it 9-1.
Boston scored a run off Alexander Torres in the ninth inning on Darnell McDonald's single to left field, which scored Joey Gathright.
Game Notes
The Rays improved to 10-5 in the season MLB jerseys series against Boston and 2-2 on a current 11-game road trip against the Orioles, Red Sox and Yankees. They lost the last two games of a three-game series in Baltimore and are headed to New York for four games with the Yankees after this series...The Red Sox have lost series to the Yankees, Rangers, Blue Jays and Rays this month. After this four-game set, they will play their final 10 games of the season against the Yankees and Orioles, including seven with Baltimore.
