ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Boston Red Sox have won nine straight, their longest win streak in more than five years, and as they look to extend that stretch Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays, their bullpen has been an underappreciated part of their success.Friday was an excellent example, as closer Craig Kimbrel and reliver Koji Uehara got the night off for rest and the bullpen still came through with four scoreless innings to make a two-run home run in the first hold up for a 2-1 victory.Cant say enough of the run that entire group has been on, manager John Farrell said. When you consider tonight we were staying away from Kimbrel and Koji. We were able to match up all the way through ... They continue to come in and execute extremely well.Brad Ziegler pitched the ninth for his fourth save with the Red Sox -- and 22nd of the season -- but four relievers helped get the game there. Joe Kelly pitched a scoreless sixth, Robbie Ross got two outs, Matt Barnes three and Robby Scott one in a high-leverage situation.Boston might not need the bullpen as much Saturday, with right-hander Rick Porcello on the mound with a 21-4 record and 3.08 ERA. Hes thrown at least seven innings and allowed three runs or less in 11 straight starts, matching Cy Young (1904) and Pedro Martinez (2000) for the longest such streaks ever in a single season by a Red Sox pitcher.His toughest challenge in his last five starts came against the Rays, who got him for six hits and three runs in seven innings in a game the Red Sox still pulled out on Aug. 29.Not as fortunate down the stretch has been Matt Andriese, whose win last weekend at Baltimore ended a personal seven-game losing streak. Andriese has pitched well against Boston in his career -- 1-1 with a 4.58 ERA, including a 2.08 ERA at Tropicana Field. His last outing against Boston was a rough one, giving up a career-high seven runs and 10 hits, including seven for extra bases, on August 29.Rays manager Kevin Cash got a strong night from his bullpen in Fridays loss, as four Rays relievers combined for three innigns of scoreless, two-hit relief, but that hasnt been the norm in the final two months of the season.The final week and a half of the season is a chance for not only the team, but for individuals to finish the season with momentum going into the offseason, like OF Mikie Mahtook, who had a home run among two hits in Fridays 2-1 loss.Its been a little bit of a different season for me, Mahtook said. Obviously I havent played to my expectations or my ability. We still have a few games left, and I think I can repeat what I did last September over these last 10 games or so. Serge Gnabry Jersey . 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That plan didnt go so well early. Thomas Muller Jersey . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. Butler coach Chris Holtmann acknowledged that Vanderbilts size and zone defense presented problems in the Bulldogs 76-66 win Thursday, and he expects the task to be more difficult against No. 8 Arizona on Friday.At least Holtmanns team, which is 5-0, does not have to concern itself with a zone defense utilized by Arizona coach Sean Miller.Being from the same family of coaches, as Holtmann calls his Midwestern roots and those of Miller, both teams figure to play man-to-man when they meet in the championship game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational on Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET.The Wildcats (5-0) also have size much like Vanderbilt presented with 7-foot-1 NBA prospect Luke Fornet and 6-10 center Djery Baptiste. The Wildcats start two 7-footers -- freshman forward Lauri Markkanen and center Dusan Ristic.Vanderbilts size bothered us a little bit, but you have to give our guys some credit for responding there down the stretch, said Holtmann, whose team rallied after Kornet made a 3-pointer to put the Commodores up by two with 9:04 left in the game.Butler freshman guard Kamar Baldwin made back-to-back layups before a dunk by junior forward Tyler Wideman capped a 17-3 run that put Butler up 70-58 with 1:33 remaining.Fornet and Baptiste struggled on the offensive end, making only 3 of 14 shots combined from the field. It was their defense in the post that affected Butlers shooting. 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Miller is a good friend of Groce, and Holtmann served as an assistant under Groce at Ohio.I am very familiar with their program coming from Xavier, said Miller, who was the Musketeers head coach from 2004-05 to 2008-09. They are a Top 25-caliber team and NCAA Tournament team. We are potentially playing our best opponent (Friday). We know that, and were going to have to play a great game to beat them.Butler senior forward Andrew Chrabascz recorded his second career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in the Bulldogs win over Vanderbilt. Guard Tyler Lewis scored 15 points, and forward Kelan Martin added 14 points.Its going to be an honor playing against those guys, said Martin, a preseason All-Big East selection. Its a big-name school. They have a good team. They have a lot of tradition.We have to be ready to play them, especially playing back-to-back (days) like this. 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