Boston 14, Seattle 10
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, June 22, 2018
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
69°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Estabrook, 1B -
Alfonso Marquez, 2B -
Bruce Dreckman, 3B -
Chad Fairchild
Attendance:
37342
By Field Level Media
J.D. Martinez went 4-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs, including a tiebreaking two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the Boston Red Sox rallied to defeat the visiting Seattle Mariners 14-10 Friday night at Fenway Park.
The Mariners blew a five-run lead for the second time in three games to lose their season-high fifth straight. They also wasted a big night from designated hitter Nelson Cruz, who went 4-for-5 with two homers and seven RBIs.
Cruz, who now has 20 home runs this season, hit three-run blasts in the first and fourth innings. Ryon Healy added a solo shot, his 14th, for Seattle.
After the Mariners took a 4-0 lead on first-inning homers by Cruz and Healy, the Red Sox responded with five runs in the bottom of the inning. Martinez, Brock Holt and Christian Vazquez each had run-scoring doubles.
Seattle scored twice more in the second, the second coming on a line-drive single to center field by Cruz, for a 6-5 advantage.
The Mariners tacked on four more runs in the fourth, with Cruz hitting his second homer, to make it 10-5.
The Red Sox scored once in the fifth, pulled within 10-9 in the sixth thanks in part to Martinez's two-run shot to center field, his 23rd, and took the lead with five runs in the seventh.
Red Sox relievers Brian Johnson, Matt Barnes (1-2), Joe Kelly and Craig Kimbrel combined for 5 2/3 scoreless innings. Seattle's Juan Nicasio (1-4) was tagged for five runs in 1/3 of an inning in the seventh.
Mariners left-hander Wade LeBlanc and Red Sox right-hander Steven Wright matched up for the second time in a week, but this went nothing like the first, a 1-0 Seattle victory last Saturday at Safeco Field.
Wright, a knuckleballer, allowed 10 runs on 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings, including three home runs. LeBlanc was knocked out after 4 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on 11 hits.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Seattle |
|
Boston |
|
Wade LeBlanc
|
Player |
Steven Wright
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.2 |
IP |
3.1 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
11 |
Hits |
10 |
|
11.57 |
ERA |
27.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Seattle
|
14 |
3 |
24 |
.359 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Boston
|
20 |
1 |
30 |
.465 |
20 |
5 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
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