Trevor Story singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Boston Red Sox a 9-8 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Monday night.
Story’s one-out single came against Cooper Criswell (2-2) and drove in Eli White. Leadoff hitter Nick Sogard laid down a sacrifice bunt, and the Mariners issued two intentional walks before Story came through.
Aroldis Chapman (3-4) pitched a scoreless top of the 10th for Boston, which trailed 8-5 after seven innings and 8-7 after eight. Ceddanne Rafaela, who went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth to set up extra innings.
Story also had two hits and three RBIs, while Sogard and Roman Anthony each collected two hits and two runs as the Red Sox won for just the second time in six games.
Randy Arozarena had four hits, including a solo home run and a double, and drove in four runs for the Mariners.
Cal Raleigh also homered while Dominic Canzone had two hits and two RBIs for Seattle, which has lost its past five games.
Boston received a two-run home run from Jarren Duran and a solo home run from Mickey Gasper, who was recalled from Triple-A Worcester on Monday when Boston placed first baseman Willson Contreras on the 10-day injured list due to a left hamstring strain. Gasper hit six home runs during 12 major league games in August.
Julio Rodriguez’s RBI double gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead in the first, but Gasper’s home run tied the game in the bottom of the first.
After Duran hit a two-run shot that gave the Red Sox a 3-1 lead in the second, Arozarena went deep to trim the margin to 3-2 in the third. The game was tied 3-3 after Arozarena’s RBI single drove in Cole Young in the fifth.
Rafaela hit a two-run single that put Boston up 5-3 in the fifth, but Seattle took the lead by scoring four times in the sixth. Arozarena produced a two-run single, and Canzone added a two-run double to give the Mariners a 7-5 lead.
Raleigh’s home run, his 20th of the season, pushed the lead to 8-5 in the seventh.
Story hit a two-run double to make it 8-7 with two outs in the eighth. Boston tied the game in the ninth when Anthony tripled and scored on Rafaela’s sacrifice fly to left.
–Field Level Media
