For most of the night, T-Mobile Park was quiet. Ranger Suarez made sure of it. The left-hander allowed just one hit over 6.2 innings, walked three, and struck out five without allowing a run, anchoring a Boston Red Sox win that was never seriously in doubt. The final score was 6-2, but it felt like less than that for most of nine innings.
Suarez improved to 3-3 with a 2.93 ERA. He needed only 94 pitches to navigate 6.2 innings against a Seattle lineup that managed just two hits for the game. The Red Sox bullpen held the margin the rest of the way until a two-run homer by Julio Rodriguez in the ninth made the score more presentable for the home side.
Caleb Durbin provided the only run Suarez would need, homering to left center in the second inning — 367 feet — to put Boston ahead 1-0. That lead held until the seventh, when the Red Sox broke it open. Ceddanne Rafaela scored on a Castillo wild pitch to make it 2-0, then Marcelo Mayer singled to right, scoring Willson Contreras and Jarren Duran to push the advantage to 4-0. Durbin, who had reached base, came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Narváez, extending the lead to 5-0. Durbin finished 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a home run. Mayer went 2-for-4 with three RBI. In the ninth, Mayer doubled to left to score Durbin and make it 6-0 before Rodriguez's two-run shot to center — 408 feet, with Cal Raleigh scoring — closed the final margin to 6-2.
Bryce Miller took the loss, his first of the season, falling to 3-1 with a 1.58 ERA. He allowed 3 hits and 1 run over 5.0 innings, striking out seven. The damage came after he departed, when Seattle's bullpen allowed four runs in the seventh.
Boston has lost four straight and sits at 29-43, fifth in the division. Seattle, despite the loss, entered this game at 39-37 and holds first place in the division.