Boston Red Sox Defeat Miami Marlins 4-2, Improve to 72-59

Final result

Boston Red Sox defeated Miami Marlins 4-2 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed Boston Red Sox at 72-59 (.550).

MLB data listed Miami Marlins at 67-65 (.508).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 2nd — Miami Marlins 1 run; 5th — Boston Red Sox 1 run; 7th — Miami Marlins 1 run; 8th — Boston Red Sox 1 run; 9th — Boston Red Sox 2 runs.

Sandy Alcantara (Miami Marlins): 7.0 innings and 6 strikeouts. Ranger Suarez (Boston Red Sox): 5.0 innings and 4 strikeouts. Otto Lopez (Miami Marlins): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 1 run. Mickey Gasper (Boston Red Sox): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 0 runs. Anthony Seigler (Boston Red Sox): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 run. Nick Sogard (Boston Red Sox): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 0 runs.

No home-run entries were present in the stored game data.

Season and playoff context

This was Game 1 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Boston Red Sox were 72-59, 3rd in the division, 6.0 games back in the division, 2nd in the wild-card standings, 6.5 games ahead in the wild-card race, wild-card leader, elimination number 26.

In the 2026 standings, the Miami Marlins were 67-65, 3rd in the division, 9.5 games back in the division, 5th in the wild-card standings, 4.0 wild-card games back, elimination number 22, wild-card elimination number 27.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings