Julio Rodríguez misplayed a line drive in center field that led to the tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Boston Red Sox rallied for a 9-8 walk-off victory over the Seattle Mariners in the 10th inning Monday night before a sold-out crowd of 37,487 at Fenway Park.
The Mariners (64-74) have lost five consecutive games and fallen to a season-worst 10 games under .500. Seattle had taken an 8-5 lead into the eighth inning.
Red Sox rally late against Mariners
Trevor Story’s two-out, two-run double off Eduard Bazardo pulled the Red Sox (75-63) within one run at 8-7. Andrés Muñoz then entered and struck out Connor Wong, stranding the tying run at second base to end the eighth.
After the Mariners stranded Dom Canzone’s leadoff triple at third base in the top of the ninth, Roman Anthony opened the bottom half with a 106.5-mph line drive to center field.
Rodríguez tentatively attempted a sliding catch, but the ball bounced over him and rolled all the way to the center-field wall. Anthony reached third base with a leadoff triple and scored on Ceddanne Rafaela’s sacrifice fly to Randy Arozarena in left field. Anthony narrowly slid around catcher Cal Raleigh’s tag to tie the game at 8-8.
Cooper Criswell, activated from the 60-day injured list earlier Monday, took the loss in the 10th inning in his first appearance since June 8. Story drove a 3-2 sinker into the left-center-field gap for the walk-off hit.
Mariners offense shows signs of life
Seattle’s struggling offense showed signs of improvement after the Mariners had scored just four total runs in their previous four games.
Arozarena went 4 for 5 with four RBIs, while Raleigh hit his sixth home run of the past week. George Kirby allowed five runs on seven hits over five innings, surrendering home runs to Mickey Gasper and Jarren Duran.
This story will be updated.
Adam Jude: [email protected]. Adam Jude is a Seattle Mariners beat writer at The Seattle Times. He previously covered UW Huskies football and the Seattle Seahawks for The Seattle Times.
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