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Aug 12, 2015 - 4:59 AM The Boston Red Sox couldn't take advantage of their leadoff hitter's splendid return, and their lengthy run of dominance over the Miami Marlins ended.The Red Sox are hoping to get former Marlins player Hanley Ramirez back as they try to split a two-game set Wednesday and could have manager John Farrell in the dugout.
Mookie Betts went 3 for 5 with two RBIs in his return from a concussion that had kept him out since July 28, but the Red Sox (50-63) blew a four-run lead in a 5-4 loss in 10 innings Tuesday. Junichi Tazawa squandered a save attempt in the first game after Boston announced that closer Koji Uehara is out for the year because of a broken right wrist.
The Marlins (45-68) had lost seven in a row to Boston, including two defeats this season. It was just the fourth win in 17 games for Miami, which is also 2-7 in its last nine at home.
"We got down 4-0, but this team doesn't quit," said first baseman Justin Bour, who hit the game-ending single.
Ramirez missed his third consecutive game because of an ailing toe. Farrell was expected to lead the Red Sox on Tuesday, one day after undergoing hernia surgery in Detroit, but went back to the team hotel while bench coach Torey Lovullo served as acting manager.
Farrell's status is uncertain for Wednesday's finale as Boston looks to finish its eight-game road trip 4-4.
"It will be a day-by-day thing with him," Lovullo said. "If he can do it, I can guarantee he'll be out here. When you get to a certain spot, you have to sit back and listen to a professional. I think John wisely went home and got some rest."
The Red Sox have alternated wins and losses in their past six games, and Eduardo Rodriguez (6-4, 4.17 ERA) will try to keep that pattern going with another quality outing. The rookie left-hander is 1-1 with a 2.84 ERA in his last three starts but took a 2-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday after giving up two runs in seven innings.
Rodriguez got a combined 15 runs of support in his previous two games.
"He pitched a very strong seven innings," Farrell told MLB's official website. "I thought he deserved better given the way he threw the baseball."
Rodriguez will make his first interleague start while another rookie southpaw, Adam Conley, will make his second in the majors. Conley (1-0, 4.05) is in the rotation because Jose Urena was placed on the disabled list Friday with a bruised left knee.
Conley gave up two runs in five innings in his other start, a 14-3 rout of Cincinnati on July 11.
The Marlins are hopeful Christian Yelich can return after sitting Tuesday because of a bruised right knee. Yelich is batting .387 with four doubles in his last seven games.
- BOSTON: 6
MIAMI: 14
Final
Aug 12 7:19 PM - Ortiz homered to right on a 1-0 count, B.Holt scored.
Red Sox 6, Marlins 14 Top 7, 2 OutsAug 12 6:33 PM - David Ortiz homers to right field. Brock Holt scores.
Red Sox 6, Marlins 14 Top 7, 2 OutsAug 12 6:33 PM - Realmuto homered to left on a 0-0 count, Prado scored, Dietrich scored, Gillespie scored.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 14 Bot 6, 2 OutsAug 12 6:24 PM - J.T. Realmuto homers to left field. Cole Gillespie scores. Derek Dietrich scores. Martin Prado scores.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 14 Bot 6, 2 OutsAug 12 6:24 PM - Dietrich singled to right, D.Gordon scored, Prado to second.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 10 Bot 6, 1 OutAug 12 6:19 PM - Derek Dietrich singles to right field. Martin Prado to second. Dee Gordon scores.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 10 Bot 6, 1 OutAug 12 6:19 PM - Prado singled to right, Hechavarria scored, D.Gordon to third.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 9 Bot 6, 1 OutAug 12 6:18 PM - Martin Prado singles to right center field. Dee Gordon to third. Adeiny Hechavarria scores.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 9 Bot 6, 1 OutAug 12 6:18 PM - Adeiny Hechavarria singles to center field. Ichiro Suzuki scores.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 8 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 12 6:10 PM - Ichiro tripled to right, Gillespie scored, Realmuto scored.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 7 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 12 6:07 PM - Ichiro Suzuki triples to deep right field. J.T. Realmuto scores. Cole Gillespie scores.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 7 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 12 6:07 PM - Realmuto singled to right, Bour scored, Gillespie to third.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 5 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 12 6:05 PM - J.T. Realmuto singles, advances to 2nd. Cole Gillespie to third. Justin Bour scores.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 5 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 12 6:04 PM - Xander Bogaerts doubles to deep right field. Brock Holt scores.
Red Sox 4, Marlins 4 Top 5, 2 OutsAug 12 5:37 PM - Brock Holt singles to left field. Jackie Bradley Jr. scores.
Red Sox 3, Marlins 4 Top 5, 2 OutsAug 12 5:30 PM - R.Castillo grounded into a double play, shortstop Hechavarria to second baseman D.Gordon to first baseman Bour, Bogaerts scored, Ortiz out.
Red Sox 2, Marlins 4 Top 4, 2 OutsAug 12 5:09 PM - Rusney Castillo grounds out to shortstop. David Ortiz out at second. Xander Bogaerts scores.
Red Sox 2, Marlins 4 Top 4, 0 OutsAug 12 5:09 PM - D.Gordon sacrificed, pitcher E.Rodriguez to first baseman Ortiz, Ichiro scored, Hechavarria to second.
Red Sox 1, Marlins 4 Bot 2, 2 OutsAug 12 4:49 PM - Dee Gordon out on a sacrifice bunt to shallow infield, Eduardo Rodriguez to David Ortiz. Adeiny Hechavarria to second. Ichiro Suzuki scores.
Red Sox 1, Marlins 4 Bot 2, 2 OutsAug 12 4:48 PM - Ichiro Suzuki singles to center field. J.T. Realmuto scores.
Red Sox 1, Marlins 3 Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 12 4:40 PM - J.T. Realmuto triples to deep center field. Cole Gillespie scores.
Red Sox 1, Marlins 2 Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 12 4:39 PM - BOSTON: 0
MIAMI: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Aug 12 4:12 PM - Mookie Betts pops out to shallow right field to Dee Gordon.
Aug 12 4:12 PM
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