The Boston Red Sox looked like they were headed for a flat finish Monday night. Instead, they turned Fenway Park into a comeback stage, with Trevor Story delivering the last swing in a wild 9-8 win over the Seattle Mariners in 10 innings.
Boston erased a three-run deficit over the final three frames, then won it when Story punched a walk-off single into center field. The victory snapped a two-game skid and pushed the Red Sox to 75-63.
Story was right in the middle of everything. He went 2-for-5 with three RBIs, knocking in two runs during the rally before ending the game.
In the 10th, Boston started with Eli White at second as the automatic runner. Nick Sogard bunted him to third, then Seattle intentionally walked Caleb Durbin and Jarren Duran to load the bases.
That set up Story against Cooper Criswell. On a 3-2 sinker, Story lined the ball to center, White scored without a play, and the celebration was on as Boston’s players poured after him into the outfield.
The Red Sox had plenty of work to do before that final swing. They trailed 8-5 in the eighth when Sogard and Durbin opened the inning with back-to-back singles. Story followed with a double to left, bringing both runners home and trimming the Mariners’ lead to one.
One inning later, Roman Anthony helped finish the job. He opened the ninth with a triple to right against Andrés Muñoz, and Ceddanne Rafaela brought him in with a sacrifice fly to tie the game and send it to extra innings. Anthony finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and kept supplying a lift after returning to the lineup.
Boston had started with the upper hand. Mickey Gasper tied the game with a solo homer in the first, and Duran put the Red Sox ahead with a two-run shot 409 feet to right in the second for an early 3-1 lead. Rafaela then added a two-run single in the fifth to make it 5-3.
Seattle answered hard. The Mariners scored four times in the sixth against Payton Tolle and Tayler Guerrero, with Randy Arozarena delivering a game-tying two-run single and Dominic Canzone adding a two-run double. Cal Raleigh then homered in the seventh to make it 8-5.
Tolle was charged with four runs in 5 2/3 innings, allowing six hits and two walks while striking out six.
Boston’s bullpen steadied things from there. Luis Guerrero Gamboa threw two scoreless innings and worked out of trouble after Canzone opened the ninth with a triple. Aroldis Chapman then shut down Seattle in the 10th, striking out two and leaving the Mariners’ automatic runner stranded at third.
That gave the offense one more shot, and Story made it count.
The Red Sox finished with 12 hits and went 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position. Story and Rafaela each drove in three runs, while Duran had two RBIs.
After Seattle’s five-run surge across the sixth and seventh made the game feel like it had slipped away, Boston answered with four straight runs of its own and then closed it out. It was a messy, draining win, but one that fit exactly what the Red Sox needed in September.
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