So much for last night's Boston Red Sox feel good story win over the Miami Marlins. Tonight the Marlins smacked the Sox back to earth by jumping on the REAL Sox pitching staff they've featured almost every game this season. Mike Kickham ( got knocked out in the third inning after allowing 6 runs. The Sox tried to fight back but Robinson Leyer allowed a backbreaking 2 run homer in the 5th inning. The Sox reverted back to their losing ways as they dropped this one 8-4 at Marlins Park.
Trevor Rogers got the ball in the top of the first and Alex Verdugo greeted him with an infield single to first. Rafael Devers walked but Xander Bogaerts flied out to center. JD Martinez whiffed and Christian Vazquez took strike three to end the inning. Kickham got the ball in the bottom of the first and Miguel Rojas flied out to center to start. Jesus Aguilar singled to left but Brian Anderson took strike three. Garrett Cooper effortlessly blasted a home run into the Gulf of Mexico to put the Marlins up for good. Lewis Brinson grounded out to third to end the inning with the Marlins up 2-0.
Yairo Munoz singled to left to start the top of the second and swiped second. Bobby Dalbec whiffed, Michael Chavis grounded out to short and Christian Arroyo grounded out to first to end the inning. Jorge Alfaro lined out to short to start the bottom of the second before Sean Rodriguez singled to second. Jazz Chisholm flied out to left and Monte Harrison struck out swinging to end the inning.
The Sox fought back in the top of the third as Verdugo singled to start. Devers was plunked and both runners moved over on the Bogaerts grounder to third. Martinez hit a sac fly to score Verdugo to cut the lead. Vazquez walked but Munoz lined out to Rogers to end the inning with the Sox down 2-1.
The Marlins were personally offended the Sox scored on them so they knocked Kickham out in the bottom of the third. Rojas doubled to left but Aguilar struck out swinging. Anderson singled home Rojas to increase the lead. Cooper flied out to right but Brinson doubled home Anderson and Alfaro hit a home run all the way to Sweden to ice the game and chase Kickham. After doing well the last 2 weeks, Kickham showed why he wasn't in the majors for 6 years by allowing 6 runs in just 2 2/3 innings. Phillips Valdez came in and got Rodriguez to ground out to short to end the inning with the Marlins up 6-1.
Old pal Josh Smith took over for Rogers in the top of the fourth and cruised. Dalbec grounded out to third, Chavis also grounded out to third and Arroyo took strike three to end the inning. Chris Mazza came on for the bottom of the fourth and struck out Chisholm swinging to start. Harrison walked but Rojas flied out to right. Harrison stole second but Aguilar flied out to right to end the inning.
The Sox got a run back in the top of the fifth when Verdugo hit a ground rule double to right to start. Devers doubled him home to cut the lead. Devers moved to third on the grounder by Bogaerts but Martinez whiffed. Vazquez popped up to first to end the inning with the Sox down 6-2.
Robinson Leyer came in to pitch the bottom of the fifth and once again the Marlins were so offended the Sox scored a run that they scored too. Anderson grounded out to first but Cooper walked. Brinson struck out swinging but Alfaro smashed his second homer of the game to put the game out of reach. Rodriguez took strike three to end the inning but the Marlins were up 8-2.
Nick Vincent came in for the top of the sixth and Munoz greeted him with a base hit to left. Dalbec took strike three and Chavis struck out swinging, but Arroyo doubled to center. Verdugo walked but Devers struck out swinging to end the inning. Domingo Tapia came in for the bottom of the sixth and Chisholm took strike three to start. Harrison singled to second and Rojas walked, but Aguilar flied out to left. Anderson grounded out to third to end the inning.
Ryne Stanek came in for the top of the seventh and the Sox rallied. Bogaerts got a hit to third and Martinez belted his fifth home run of the season to cut the lead. Vazquez popped up to short and Munoz flied out to right but Dalbec walked to chase Stanek. Brad Boxberger came in but Chavis hit a foul ball off the mask of Alfaro, knocking him out of the game. Chad Wallach came in and Chavis whiffed to end the inning but the Sox were down 8-4.
Robert Stock came on for the bottom of the seventh and Cooper grounded out to short to start. Brinson whiffed and Wallach grounded out to short to end the inning.
Yimi Garcia came in to pitch the top of the eighth and cruised as Arroyo whiffed to start. Verdugo took strike three and Devers hit one up the elevator shaft to end the inning. Stock came back for the bottom of the eighth and Rodriguez flied out to right to begin. Chisholm grounded out to second and Harrison flied out to right to end the inning.
Brandon Kintzler came in to close out the top of the ninth and Bogaerts flied out to right to begin. Martinez singled to right but Vazquez struck out swinging. Munoz grounded out to second to end the game. The Marlins had won it 8-4.
Jackass of the Night is Mike Kickham. He allowed 6 runs in 2 2/3 innings to put the Sox in a hole they couldn't climb out of.
The Good:
Alex Verdugo was 3 for 4 with a walk and 2 runs scored.
Rafael Devers was 1 for 3 with a walk, rbi and was hit with a pitch.
JD Martinez was 2 for 4 with 3 total rbis and a 2 run home run.
Yairo Munoz was 2 for 5 with a stolen base.
Phillips Valdez retired the only man he faced.
Chris Mazza tossed a scoreless inning.
Domingo Tapia pitched a scoreless sixth inning.
Robert Stock tossed two scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Michael Chavis was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Robinson Leyer allowed 2 runs in an inning of work.
The Ugly:
Xander Bogaerts was just 1 for 5 but scored a run.
Christian Vazquez was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts but walked.
Bobby Dalbec was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts but walked.
Christian Arroyo was just 1 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Final Thoughts:
It was fun watching Houck last night because tonight was more of the same that we've seen all season. Lousy starting pitching, no offense and a bullpen that gives up one run after another. It was nice to see Martinez homer just to stay over the Mendoza line but apart from that, another typical loss in a season full of them. Thankfully there'a only 10 games left of this torture to endure. The word is Tanner Houck is going to start against the Yankees so if nothing else, the Sox have 3 starting pitchers for the final 10 games including Martin Perez and Nathan Eovaldi. If the Sox are gonna lose, at least can at least try in those games. The sad part about this season is Mookie Betts may be NL MVP and lead the LA Dodgers to the World Series.....and Verdugo is hitting .318 while being even better than he was last year in LA. Not even Mookie could have helped this team I'm afraid. The loss dropped the Sox to 18-32, last place in the AL East. Tomorrow afternoon the Sox and Marlins play the rubber game of the series when Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 4.82 ERA) takes on Jose Urena at 1:10 PM at Marlins Park.
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