Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

1-2, 1-2 Away

Final
3 - 4

Seattle Mariners

2-1, 2-1 Home

Julio Rodríguez hits walk-off single in 10th, Mariners beat Red Sox 4-3

The Red Sox took a 3-1 lead on run-scoring singles by Pablo Reyes and Masataka Yoshida in the top of the 10th, but the Mariners quickly answered as Luke Raley drove in Ty France from second in the bottom half of the inning.

After Josh Rojas hit a single to right-center, the ball got past Boston right fielder Wilyer Abreu to advance both runners. J.P. Crawford then hit the ball to second baseman Enmanuel Valdéz, who threw home.

Raley beat the tag at the plate to tie the game, before Rodríguez singled to right-center off rookie Justin Slaten to score Rojas for the first walkoff hit of his professional career.

“As a baseball player we always want to come through in that situation for the team and just kind of send it off,” Rodríguez said. “It felt pretty good to be able to finally have my first one and to be able to help the team in that situation right there.”

Taylor Saucedo (1-0) got the win for Seattle, while Joely Rodríguez (0-1) took the loss.

There was little offense until the 10th, as both starters had strong outings. Boston’s Kutter Crawford retired 14 straight hitters after a bumpy first inning and struck out seven over six innings.

Gilbert allowed one run and four hits in seven innings while striking out eight.

“Our pitching is giving us a chance, keeping us in there, much like they always have the past few years,” manager Scott Servais said. “It goes back to Logan, he sets the tone early in the ballgame and a really good way to start his season tonight. Can’t do a whole lot better.”

Seattle scored first when Mitch Haniger pushed across J.P. Crawford with a first-inning single.

Gilbert held Boston scoreless until the fifth, when Ceddanne Rafaela led off with a double and scored on a groundout from Reyes.

Seattle’s Gabe Speier and Austin Voth both pitched a scoreless inning of relief, while Isaiah Campbell, Chris Martin, and Greg Weissert each threw a scoreless frame for Boston.

Red Sox hitters struck out 13 times, while Seattle whiffed 12 times.

“We’re facing one of the best pitching staffs in the big leagues,” Boston manager Alex Cora said. “But they have struggled against us and they’re supposed to score runs too. It’s just a tough one, but we’ve got to be ready for tomorrow.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox 3B Rafael Devers missed his second consecutive game with a sore left shoulder, but Manager Alex Cora said he will mostly likely be back in the lineup on Sunday. Reyes got the start at third Saturday.

Mariners DH Mitch Garver was out of the lineup again with back spasms. Manager Scott Servais is hopeful that Garver will be back Sunday for the series finale against the Red Sox.

Red Sox RHP Garrett Whitlock will start Sunday against Mariners RHP Bryce Miller.

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Matchup Prediction

Mariners: 59.7%

Red Sox: 40.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Rodríguez singled to right, Rojas scored, Crawford to second.
	10th Inning	Slaten relieved Rodríguez
	10th Inning	Crawford grounded into fielder's choice to second, Raley scored, Rojas third.
	10th Inning	Rojas singled to right, Raley to second, Rojas to second, Raley safe at third on fielding error by right fielder Abreu.
	10th Inning	Urías lined out to second.
	10th Inning	Raley singled to left, France scored.

Statistics

BOS		SEA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	11
13	Strikeouts	12
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	0
143	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	7
39	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
1.8	Runs Created	1.3
.194	Batting Average	.194
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.194
.111	Secondary Average	.056
.256	On Base Percentage	.237
.506	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.431
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.2
23.0	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.67	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.056	Isolated Power	.000
0.23	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.053
-.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.139
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
71.0	MLB Rating	71.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0