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The Chicago Fire will visit the New England Revolution on Saturday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., in a preview of their semifinal matchup in the 2016 U.S. Open Cup.New England (5-7-8) is sixth in Major League Soccers Eastern Conference with 23 points, just one point ahead of D.C. United for the Easts final playoff position. Chicago (4-9-5) is last in the Eastern Conference with 17 points, six points behind New England.The Fire have not won at Gillette Stadium since July 12, 2014. Michael de Leeuw said his team will be focused on gaining ground in the Eastern Conference, not on snapping the losing streak.Saturday again we go for the win and Im not thinking about the streak that we got on the road, he said. You know it is another opportunity to play and to win, and we need the points because we are six points behind (New England). Wed like to win on the road and it is a great chance for us to do that on Saturday.Kei Kamara leads New England with eight goals. Robbie Keane has six goals. Lee Nguyen has five goals and seven assists.David Accam and Kennedy Igboananike have four goals apiece for Chicago. Arturo Alvarez has two goals and a team-high three assists.The match will also feature two players who were recently selected for the MLS All-Star team, which will face Arsenal FC of the Premier League on Thursday at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, Calif. Rookie Brandon Vincent was chosen to represent Chicago. Andrew Farrell was selected to represent New England.Chicago advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup with a 3-0 victory over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers on Wednesday. New England beat the Philadelphia Union 4-2 on penalty kicks in another quarterfinal.The Fire and Revolution will meet in the semifinals Aug. 9 in Foxborough.New Englands Femi Hollinger-Janzen sustained a groin injury while warming up for Wednesdays U.S. Open Cup match and will be unavailable this weekend. 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Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. BOSTON -- Another tough game for the Red Sox bullpen.This time followed by a save from the Boston bats.Aaron Hill sliced an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth after Tampa Bay tied it in the top half of the inning, and the Red Sox held on for an 8-6 victory over the Rays on Wednesday.We had to find a way to fight back again, manager John Farrell said after the Red Sox finished the homestand with a 3-3 record and headed to the West Coast for the first six in a nine-game road trip.Hanley Ramirez hit a fifth-inning grand slam to erase a 4-1 deficit, and Jackie Bradley Jr. added a solo shot in the sixth to give Boston a 6-4 lead. But one game after the Red Sox blew a two-run lead in the seventh, the Rays loaded the bases against Fernando Abad in the eighth and Logan Forsythe hit a two-run single off Junichi Tazawa (3-2) to tie it.In the bottom half, Ramirez led off with a walk, Sandy Leon bunted him to second and pinch-hitter Brock Holt singled him to third. Hill followed with a single past the first baseman to score Ramirez, and Bradley hit an RBI double to make it 8-6.Difficult loss, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. A walk here and couple of hits, then the big home run by Hanley really killed us.Xander Bogaerts also homered for the Red Sox, and Bradley had three hits. Dustin Pedroia had three more hits for Boston, which had lost five of its previous seven games after moving into a tie for first place in the AL East.Pedroia has 15 hits in his last 20 at-bats and is batting .463 since moving into the leadoff spot on Aug. 10.Erasmo Ramirez (7-10) gave up Hills single and an RBI double by Bradley in the eighth.Kevin Kiermaier had three hits for the Rays, and Forsythe and Logan Morrison each homered as Tampa Bay opened a 4-1 lead through four innings.But Boston took the lead in the fifth after Drew Smyly loaded the bases on two hits and a two-out walk. Ramirez hit the next pitch over the Green Monster for his 19th homer of the season.CUBAN CALL-UPThe Red Sox will promote Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada from Double-A Portland beffore Fridays game at Oakland.ddddddddddddMoncada signed with Boston for $31.5 million in February 2015 in a deal that cost the Red Sox $63 million due to a tax penalty on international amateur free agents.The 21-year-old will report from Double-A Portland, where he is hitting .285 with 11 homers and nine stolen bases in 44 games. He opened the year with Class A Salem, where he hit .307 with four homers and 36 steals in 61 games.LOST OPPORTUNITYThe Rays made it 4-1 on Kiermaiers single in the fourth, but they could have had another if Tim Beckham hadnt slowed up along the third base line on the way home. Kiermaier was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double, and Beckham hadnt yet touched home plate.Asked which mistake was worse, the out on the basepaths or the squandered run, Cash said: Definitely the not hustling.Thats required of us and probably the easiest part to do in baseball, he said.NOT AVAILABLECraig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 24th save. Farrell said his closer was not available to get a four-out save a day after throwing 22 pitches in a non-save situation just so he could get his work in. I was not going to go with a short turnaround, Farrell said.WRIGHTS STUFFBoston knuckleballer Steven Wright lasted only four innings, allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks. In two starts since coming back from a right shoulder strain, Wright has allowed nine runs on 14 hits in 19 innings.I felt like it was hard for me to get the same life, the same action I had pre-injury, he said.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: RP Brad Ziegler was unavailable with the flu. Farrell said he would fly on his own to the West Coast to keep him away from others ... being so contagious.UP NEXTRays: Off Thursday, home against Toronto on Friday with Alex Cobb making his 2016 debut against Francisco Liriano (7-12).Red Sox: Off Thursday, at Oakland on Friday with David Price (13-9) against Andrew Triggs (1-1). ' ' '