It wasn't just a quiet night at the plate for Boston, either. The defense unraveled behind Gray, and in a game that got away by only a handful of runs, that kind of sloppiness is the difference between a series win and a split.
Miami scored in the first, added another in the second, then tacked on a pair late to put it away. Ten hits, zero errors, and a bullpen that didn't blink — that's about as clean a game as the Marlins have played all month.
Boston still walks away from Miami having taken the series, but the finale was a reminder that even a team riding a hot stretch is banged up in the wrong spots. Rutschman's absence looms large behind the plate, and the Red Sox are still piecing things together without Garrett Crochet, Tanner Houck and Trevor Story.
For Miami, this was the kind of result that keeps a .500-ish club relevant into the stretch run — a get-well game against a good team, with Gusto turning in exactly the start his rotation spot needed.