FENWAY – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – The skies over Fenway Park were dark. There was a steady rain all day long, reminding many of a cold, March gray day. It was even worse once the game started. Seattle rookie Lazaro Montes homered in his major league debut for the visiting Mariners, who scored in each of the first five innings en route to a 9-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
All nine starters produced at least one hit for Seattle (65-74), which snapped a five-game skid with the 14-hit attack. Randy Arozarena contributed a three-run homer, and Dominic Canzone also went deep.
Montes, a 21-year-old who was promoted from Triple-A Tacoma on Tuesday, served as Seattle’s designated hitter. He was one of five Mariners with multiple hits, finishing 2-for-4 with a walk, two RBIs and two runs.
The early run support was more than enough for Bryan Woo (10-9), who struck out seven in a six-inning start. Woo allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and one walk.
The Red Sox (75-64) trailed 9-1 before scoring a run in the sixth and two more in both the seventh and ninth. Mickey Gasper hit his seventh homer in his past 13 major league games. Jahmai Jones crushed a pinch-hit, two-run shot in the ninth, forcing Seattle closer Andres Munoz into the game to record the last two outs.
Jedixson Paez (0-1), who was recalled from Triple-A Worcester to make his first major league start and Red Sox debut, was tagged for eight runs on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked two and fanned three as the Red Sox took their fifth loss in seven games.
Solo homers by each team’s second batter made it 1-1. Canzone got Seattle started with a blast over the bullpens in right-center field before Gasper ripped a game-tying shot to virtually the same location.
The Mariners used a five-run second inning to blow the game open, headlined by Arozarena’s towering three-run homer down the left field line. Back-to-back hits and a walk loaded the bases before Paez recorded the first out on J.P. Crawford’s sacrifice fly. Brock Rodden chopped an RBI single over first baseman Gasper to drive in a run before Arozarena went deep for the second straight night.
In the third, back-to-back-to-back singles brought home a seventh Seattle run. Montes drove in Josh Naylor on a base knock through the right side.
In the fourth, Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh joined the hit parade with back-to-back doubles, increasing the Mariners’ lead to 8-1 before Paez exited.
Montes socked a solo homer to deep center leading off the fifth.
Wyatt Olds, who relieved Paez, finally held Seattle scoreless in a 1-2-3 sixth. The Red Sox got back on the board in their half of the inning, as Abreu smacked a double off the left field wall and scored as Caleb Durbin reached base on an errant throw.
The Red Sox drew closer on Eli White’s two-run double into the left field corner in the seventh.
–Field Level Media