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BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox had just enough energy left to celebrate Jonny Gomes big swing. Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, completing a doubleheader sweep. Daniel Nava was aboard on a leadoff walk when Gomes followed with a towering shot off Joel Peralta (1-3) that cleared the Green Monster and bounced off the sign just to the right of the foul pole. Gomes fifth homer rescued Andrew Bailey (3-0), who yielded a tying homer to Kelly Johnson in the top half of the inning. It also came at the end of a very long day, which started at 1 p.m. with Bostons 5-1 win in the opener, which was delayed almost three hours by rain. "Long day at the yard. Two wins kind sums it all up," said Gomes, who connected on the first pitch he saw from Joel Peralta (1-3). The Red Sox poured out of the dugout to congratulate Gomes when he reached home plate. They had lost four of six coming into the day, including two of three in a series at Tampa Bay last week. Nava also homered in the second and Felix Doubront pitched eight shutout innings for Boston in the night game. Doubront struck out six and held the Rays to three singles. Doubront retired his last 17 batters, but Boston manager John Farrell decided to go to Bailey for the ninth. It was the longest outing of Doubronts career. Johnson greeted Bailey with a drive to right on a 1-0 pitch. Ben Zobrist walked with two outs, but Evan Longoria grounded into a fielders choice to end the inning. "Weve got a really good team here and the sign of a good team is guys picking each other up," said Bailey, who got his eighth save Sunday despite allowing two runs at Baltimore in the ninth. "Navas at-bat and Jonnys swing obviously got us the win and ultimately thats what matters. Ive got to figure out what Im going thru but these guys are grinding every day and well get through it." The ending was decidedly different from the first game, when Boston led 4-1 in the bottom of the fifth when a downpour arrived and put everything on hold for two hours, 59 minutes. The Red Sox added one more run before the game came to an end more than six hours after it began. The two teams got a break of about 45 minutes before Game 2 started. "Long day, but no excuses. Its long for both sides," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "Two really closely contested games. Theyve beaten us this year in close games and thats why were in the position were in and thats why theyre in the position that theyre in, very simply." Highly touted prospect Wil Myers made his major league debut for the Rays. He went hitless in the opener, then singled to left in his first at-bat of the second game for his first hit. "It was awesome. It was a very cool experience. Everybody congratulated me on it," said Myers, who started both games in right field. "It was long, obviously, but it was awesome. It was everything I expected it to be. It was just a very exciting experience for me." David Ortiz drove in three runs in the opener, and Alfredo Aceves (4-1) pitched five solid innings for his third straight win. Aceves overcame early control problems, allowing one run and three hits. The first game was marked by the lengthy delay, prolonging a game that had already been postponed April 12 because of rain. "If you really put the hours into it, from the time it was first scheduled until the last out today, thats a pretty long game," Maddon said. Long enough that Maddon grabbed a nap in his office after the downpour began and the field was cleared at 2:58 p.m. EDT. The Red Sox invited fans who stuck out Tuesdays first game to return for the second for free. The opener ended after the scheduled 7:05 p.m. start time for the nightcap -- by that point, with little turnaround time, Game 2 were already wandering into Fenway Park. Tampa Bay starter Chris Archer (1-3) was charged with four runs, three earned, and five hits over 4 2-3 innings in the opener. NOTES: Boston placed pitcher Clay Buchholz on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained neck after the first game. Buchholz is 9-0 and leads the majors with a 1.71 ERA. ... It was the third doubleheader of the season for the Red Sox, who had been swept by Kansas City in April and split a pair with the Los Angeles Angels on June 8. ... At 22 years, 190 days old, Myers became the youngest player to make his MLB debut in right field at Fenway Park since Bostons Dwight Evans did so at 20 years, 318 days on Sept. 16, 1972. Stephen Curry Shoes Wholesale . Parker had 26 points and eight assists and San Antonio beat Toronto 112-99 Monday night. "We won that game because of Tony Parkers aggressiveness," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "His juice; his aggression all night long. Steph Curry Shoes Discount . 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Balotelli is still injured and did not play against Toulouse while Belhanda, a midfielder with excellent technique, made it 2-0 after Alassane Plea broke the deadlock.Jean-Michael Seri completed the win with an angled right-footed shot.Nice has a three-point lead over Monaco, which thrashed Bastia 5-0 on Saturday. Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain is lagging four points behind Nice in third place following its shock 3-0 loss against Montpellier.Dante found Plea with a long ball to the back of the Toulouse defense in the 23rd minute, and the forward fired a low shot between `keeper Alban Lafonts legs to put the hosts in front.Three minutes later, Belhanda beat the offside trap and made the most of another lofted ball delivered by Dante, this time with his left foot. Belhanda controlled the ball and lobbed the powerless Lafont, who also lost his one-on-one with Seri in the 65th minute.---RENNES 2, SAINT-ETIENNE 0Rennes players needed time to shoot on target before Paul-Georges Ntep scored his first French league goal this season and inspired the Brittany side to a 2-0 win over Saint-Etienne on Sunday.Rennes, which climbed to fourth, dominated the first half but missed several chances. Christian Gourcuffs teeam was more efficient after the interval, with Kamil Grosicki making it 2-0 in added time after Ntep had put the hosts in front in the 54th minute.ddddddddddddYoann Gourcuff had been denied at 0-0 while Ntep and Adrien Hunou both missed chances. Rennes efforts were finally rewarded when France international Ntep went inside the box, dribbled past defender Kevin Theophile-Catherine and fired a low shot at the near post.Grosicki then scored a possible goal of the season with a superb finish from Ludovic Baals cross. The Polish forward connected with the ball just inside the area and flicked it into the top right corner.Rennes trails Nice by 12 points and has five more than Saint-Etienne.---MARSEILLE 3, NANCY 0Marseille secured its biggest win this season with goals from Florian Thauvin, Bafetimbi Gomis and Clinton Njie.After producing just one win and two goals in six matches under new coach Rudi Garcia, Marseille gave a convincing display of attacking football against a side which came to the Stade Velodrome to defend.The win lifted the nine-time champions to 10th place, 18 points behind Nice.Thauvin opened the scoring just after halftime with a shot into the top corner, Gomis netted his first goal since Garcias arrival 10 minutes from time and Njie completed the rout in added time.Gomis was insulted by his own Marseille fans during the game for recent positive comments he made about Saint-Etienne, his first club. ' ' '