• Fri, May 15 10:10 PM EDT
  • Final
    • Safeco Field,
    • Attendance: 39,477
Boston
17-19
1 - 2
Seattle
16-19

Game Story

Cruz's hit in 9th lifts M's past Red Sox

Nelson Cruz wasn't expecting to see a pitch he could hit in the ninth inning. He did and came up with a two-out RBI single to give the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. I like to be in that spot.'' Boston manager John Farrell took full responsibility for the...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bos 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Sea 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 0

Scoring Summary

Top 2nd: Boston
Xander Bogaerts tripled to deep left center, Shane Victorino scored
BOS 1 - SEA 0
Bottom 6th: Seattle
Seth Smith homered (419 ft.) to deep right center
BOS 1 - SEA 1
Bottom 9th: Seattle
Nelson Cruz singled to left center, Brad Miller scored
BOS 1 - SEA 2

Pitching Details

Batting

Boston

AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB AVG
Mookie BettsCF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .228
Dustin Pedroia2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .270
David OrtizDH 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .228
Hanley RamírezLF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .275
Mike Napoli1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .168
Shane VictorinoRF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .204
Pablo Sandoval3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .278
Xander BogaertsSS 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Sandy LeónC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .161
Totals 31 1 7 1 0 1 4 1 10
Batting
3B - X Bogaerts (3, J Happ)
RBI - X Bogaerts (12)
2-out RBI - X Bogaerts
S - S Leon
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Pedroia, S Leon
GIDP - D Ortiz
Team LOB - 5
Running
SB - S Victorino (3, 2nd base off J Happ/M Zunino)
CS - M Napoli (1, 4th base off J Happ/M Zunino)

Seattle

AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB AVG
Seth SmithLF 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .269
Willie BloomquistPH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192
Brad MillerSS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .252
Robinson Canó2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .268
Nelson CruzRF 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 .358
Kyle Seager3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Justin RuggianoCF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .182
Logan Morrison1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Rickie WeeksDH 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .182
Mike ZuninoC 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .175
Totals 31 2 5 2 1 0 11 0 2
Batting
2B - R Cano (12, C Buchholz)
HR - S Smith (3, 6th inning off C Buchholz, 0 on, 2 out)
RBI - S Smith (9), N Cruz (30)
2-out RBI - S Smith, N Cruz
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Cruz
Team LOB - 3
Fielding
DP - 1 (B Miller-K Seager-L Morrison)

Pitching

Boston

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP ERA
Clay Buchholz 8.0 3 1 1 0 11 1 1.38 4.93
Tommy Layne(L, 0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.20 3.60
Junichi Tazawa 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.59

Seattle

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP ERA
J.A. Happ 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 1.13 2.98
Tom Wilhelmsen(W, 1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1.42 2.84
Pitching
Pitches-strikes - C Buchholz 102-71, T Layne 9-5, J Tazawa 6-3, J Happ 103-68, T Wilhelmsen 17-13
Ground balls-fly balls - C Buchholz 5-7, T Layne 3-0, J Tazawa 0-0, J Happ 6-11, T Wilhelmsen 1-2
Batters faced - C Buchholz 27, T Layne 3, J Tazawa, J Happ 25, T Wilhelmsen 8
Game Details
Game Time: 2:32
Umpires: HP-Hunter Wendelstedt. 1B-Bob Davidson. 2B-Ryan Blakney. 3B-Jerry Layne.
Weather: 64 degrees. Partly Cloudy.
Wind: 6 MPH In From Center.
Attendance: 39,477