Seigler's Ninth-Inning Triple Breaks Miami's Back, Boston Wins 4-2
Boston rallied from a seventh-inning deficit to beat Miami 4-2 on Monday, with Anthony Seigler's go-ahead triple in the ninth swinging Miami's win probability from 41% all the way down to 8%. The Red Sox needed every bit of that late-inning surge — Sandy Alcantara had kept them largely in check for seven innings before Boston's bullpen-aided comeback unfolded.
Miami drew first blood in the second when Otto Lopez lifted a sacrifice fly to center, plating Marsee for a 1-0 lead. Lopez finished 2-for-4 with that RBI and a run scored — the kind of quiet, efficient night that looks like exactly what a middle-of-the-order bat is supposed to deliver. Boston answered in the fifth when Mickey Gasper doubled to center, scoring Jarren Duran to knot it at one. Gasper went 2-for-2 with the RBI, and Duran — who went 2-for-4 on the night — did his job getting on base to set the table.
The Marlins reclaimed the lead in the seventh when Xavier Edwards singled to right, scoring Lopez and pushing runners to second and third. At that point, Alcantara had been dominant: 7.0 innings, 6 hits, 1 earned run, 2 walks, and 6 strikeouts. That's a quality start by any measure, and the story of the night looked like it was going to be Alcantara willing Miami to a win. Then the eighth happened. Boston tied it at two when Abreu scored on a wild pitch by Ekness — a gift that flipped the momentum entirely and set up what came next.
The ninth was Boston's. With Miami's win probability sitting at 41%, Seigler drove a triple to right, scoring White and pushing Boston ahead 3-2 — a single swing that cratered Miami's chances to just 8%, a 34-point collapse in win probability. Sogard followed immediately with a single to right, scoring Seigler and making it 4-2. Erik Miller closed it out with a clean 1.0 inning, allowing 2 hits but no runs. Ranger Suarez had been uneven through five innings — 4 hits, 1 earned run, and 4 walks — but Boston's bullpen held things together long enough for the offense to do the rest. This looks like a game Miami will rue: Alcantara gave them every opportunity to win, and a wild pitch and one bad ninth inning took it away.