Red Sox Hoping Carlos Pena, B.J. Upton Stay Cold in Finale of Quick Two-Game Series

Editor's note: The temperature gauge is a Bill James-created statistic that measures how hot or cold hitters are. We will spotlight Red Sox and opposing team temperatures on game days.

The Tampa Bay Rays are starting to heat up as they carry a four-game winning streak into Thursday night's game with the Red Sox. 

As good as the Rays have been over that four-game stretch, they haven't gotten much help from two of the key members of their offense. 

Both Carlos Pena and B.J. Upton bring offensive struggles into the series finale of what is a short two-game series with the Sox. 

Pena has been even worse this month, with a .151 (8-for-53) average in May to go along with 20 strikeouts. He's been a little bit better as of late, however, with five hits in his last four games. He also has seven strikeouts in that stretch, though.

Here are the Red Sox-Rays tempeartures for May 17.

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