ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — They did it!

The Tampa Bay Rays have tied the 1982 Atlanta Braves and 1987 Milwaukee Brewers by starting the season 13-0, beating the Boston Red Sox, 9-3, at Tropicana Field.

Yandy Diaz and Brandon Lowe homered for the Rays, who scored seven runs in the fifth inning to rally from a 3-1 deficit.

Playing before a crowd of 21,175, the largest at Tropicana Field since opening day, the Rays set a team record for consecutive wins at any point in a season by topping a 12-game run in June 2004.

Boston, held to four hits, has lost 13 consecutive games at the Trop.

The Rays finished a four-game sweep of the Red Sox and now hit the road to take on the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.

Rays starter Jeffrey Springs left two pitches into the fourth inning with what the team said was ulnar neuritis, inflammation of the ulnar nerve that causes numbness or weakness. He was relieved after throwing a 79.8 mph changeup and a 83.5 mph to Justin Turner, then looking at his hand and elbow.

Tampa Bay trailed 3-1 in the fifth. Ramirez started the big rally with a double off Corey Kluber (0-3) and broke open the game with a three-run double against Richard Bleier.

Francisco Mejía cut the deficit with a run-scoring single and Brandon Lowe greeted Bleier, the only left-hander in Boston’s bullpen, with a tying RBI single.

Randy Arozarena singled for a 4-3 lead, Wander Franco was hit by a pitch and Manuel Margot dropped down a run-scoring bunt single. Ramirez then lined a double into the left-field corner for an 8-3 advantage.

Lowe added a seventh-inning home run off Kutter Crawford, his fifth this season. Yandy Díaz tied the score 1-1 in the first with his fourth this season for the Rays, who lead the major leagues with 32.

Kevin Kelly (1-0), a 25-year-old right-hander who debuted April 1, pitched 2 2/3 innings for the win.

The Associated Press contrbuted to this story.