The Sox rally from a 5-0 deficit to beat Seattle

May 21, 2022 ... Rafael Devers hit two homers, Christian Vázquez had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and Sox bullpen held the Seattle Mariners scoreless for six innings, lifting the Red Sox to a 6-5 victory.

Devers drove in three runs and had three hits for the Red Sox, who posted their season-high fourth straight win.

With the game tied at 5-5, Franchy Cordero tripled off Drew Steckenrider in the eighth and the ball took a crazy carom off the Green Monster scoreboard away from center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Vázquez then followed with his single off the left-field wall.

The Red Sox erased a 5-0 deficit by scoring a run in the third on Devers’ homer over Sox bullpen and four in the fifth inning when they chased starter Chris Flexen.

Devers second homer went into the first row of the Monster Seats after Kike Hernández opened the fifth with a double. Bobby Dalbec had an RBI bloop single off reliever Sergio Romo before Trevor Story’s sacrifice fly tied it.

The Mariners had jumped on Boston starter Garrett Whitlock for four runs and six hits in the top of the first. After both teams put up five runs in the first five innings, it became a battle of effective bullpens. John Schreiber pitched a perfect eighth for the victory and Matt Barnes got the final three outs for his second save, while center fielder Hernández made a nice over-the-shoulder catch on Ty France’s drive to end the game.

 

 

 

F   E   N   W   A   Y     P   A   R   K

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

R

H

E

 
 

SEATTLE MARINERS

4

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

5

12

0

 
 

BOSTON RED SOX

0

0

1

0

4

0

0

1

x

 

 

6

11

0

 

 

W-John Schreiber (1-0)
S-Matt Barnes (2)
L-Drew Steckenrider (0-2)
Attendance - 34,832

 2B-Hernandez (Bost), Martinez (Bost), Crawford (Sea),
Ford (Sea), Rodriguez (Sea)

 3B-Cordero (Bost)

HR-Devers (2)(Bost)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

Kike Hernandez cf 5 1 1 .188  

 

Rafael Devers 3b 4 2 3 .337  

 

J.D. Martinez dh 3 1 1 .349  

 

Xander Bogaerts ss 4 1 2 .331  

 

Alex Verdugo lf 0 0 0 .214  

 

Bobby Dalbec 1b 2 0 1 .167  

 

Trevor Story 2b 3 0 0 .226  

 

Franchy Cordero 1b/lf 4 1 1 .234  

 

Christian Vazquez c 4 0 2 .242  

 

Jackie Bradley Jr rf 4 0 0 .193  
               
    IP H ER BB SO  

 

Garrett Whitlock 3 10 5 0 3  

 

Tyler Danish 2 1 0 0 1  

 

Jake Diekman 1 0 0 0 3  

 

Hansel Robles 1 1 0 0 1  

 

John Schreiber 1 0 0 0 2  

 

Matt Barnes 1 0 0 0 1  

 

 

         

 

 

 

2021 A.L. EAST STANDINGS

 

 

New York Yankees 29 10 -

 

 

Tampa Bay Rays 24 16 5 1/2

 

 

Toronto Blue Jays 22 18 7 1/2

 

 

BOSTON RED SOX

18 22 11 1/2

 

 

Baltimore Orioles 16 25 14