Red Sox show support for manager after cancer diagnosis

“We got our butts kicked”, Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said.

That’s been the season.

Cherington said many have reached out to support Farrell. This time, though, the out was worth the run for Seattle, as it left them just one away from the win.

Austin Jackson and Mark Trumbo opened the 12th with singles off Craig Breslow (0-3).

The 22 runs were the most allowed in a game in Mariners history. Blake Swihart and Xander Bogaerts each had four hits, while Ortiz, Mookie Betts and Brock Holt had three apiece. Rob Rasmussen, after a scoreless 11th, started the Boston 12th by walking Travis Shaw.

The Red Sox still had extra frames to pull out a win, which obviously would have squashed any second-guessing.

Yasiel Puig and Kike Hernandez homered during a five-run second inning, and Adrian Gonzalez and Justin Turner also homered to power Los Angeles. The MVP of this game was Jackie Bradley Jr., who went deep twice and double three times. Holt singled with one out, moving Bradley to third.

Trailing 8-6, Bogaerts’ run-scoring grounder cut it to one. Ortiz was then walked intentionally with a runner on second and Rusney Castillo followed with an infield hit. Ortiz challenged the throw from backup left fielder Seth Smith by rounding third, however, the veteran outfielder delivered a strike of a toss to home plate, throwing out the future Hall of Famer to send the contest into extra innings. At this point, I’m just rooting for Rodney to succeed in his last season in Seattle. “But the way I was looking at it, David was the go-ahead run and not the tying run”. “To eliminate him from this game, it just takes such a toll on our lineup”.

“(Friday’s) news still hits hard with several of us. “It’s weird not seeing John in the dugout”.

The Mariners got off to a fast start, building a 7-0 lead against rookie left-hander Henry Owens.

The 23-year-old lefthander had an outing that could be interpreted in several ways.

Seager homered in the first to put Seattle up 1-0. Coming off the Sox’ 22-10 drubbing of Cy Young Award victor “King” Felix Hernandez, Nuno certainly will be wary when he toes the bump Sunday. And while Lovullo said immediately following the game he hadn’t spoken to Butterfield yet about the decision, the interim skipper still shed some light on the all-or-nothing risk. He’s given up 42 runs in 33 2/3 innings pitched in his seven losses, including 10 homers for an ERA of 11.23.

“The offense was going for me”, he said. The Mariners still have a game left against the Red Sox and will look to forget what happened yesterday and today. However, a slight variation in his arm trajectory has allowed Kelly to make incremental improvements in his last few starts including a victory on Friday. It was his first since June 15. Shaw then doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Josh Rutledge. He worked around a pair of singles in the fifth, catching Jesus Montero staring at a curveball for a strikeout.

Boston ranks in the top half of the league at 13th when it comes to home runs, hitting 110 this season.