Red Sox beat Marlins 4-2 behind Suarez
Ranger Suarez worked five effective innings in a 4-2 win at Miami, and Boston's reinforcements are lining up for the Yankees series just as the wild card race tightens.
Suarez limits Miami to one run
Marlins4-2Ranger Suarez went 5.0 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 earned run, 4 walks and 4 strikeouts, and the Red Sox beat the Marlins 4-2 on August 24. Boston is 4-1 in its last five games, with the only loss coming August 19 against Arizona, 7-6, sandwiched between a three-game sweep of San Francisco and the win in Miami.
The result pushed Boston to 72-59, six and a half games behind the first-place Yankees in the American League Wild Card race, with an elimination number of 26.
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Roman Anthony said Tuesday he could be ready to come off the 60-day injured list Friday against the Yankees, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports. Isiah Kiner-Falefa could be activated from the 60-day injured list during the Miami series, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
Garrett Whitlock will throw a live batting practice session Wednesday in Miami as he continues working back from his elbow injury, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports. Trevor Story is set to continue his rehab assignment Tuesday at Triple-A Worcester as he works back from a sports hernia, per Smith.
Upcoming
Payton Tolle (8-6, 3.08 ERA) starts for Boston as the Red Sox are in Miami tonight. He's coming off a no-decision against Arizona in which he went 5.0 innings, allowed 3 earned runs on 6 hits, struck out 6 and walked 2 over 98 pitches. Tyler Phillips (3-6, 3.67 ERA) goes for the Marlins, having taken the loss in his last outing against Pittsburgh after allowing 4 earned runs on 6 hits over 5.1 innings.
Boston is favored, and the total points to a low-scoring game, which lines up with both starters' ERAs sitting under 4.00 this season. For that number to hold, Tolle needs to build on the shutdown stretch that's had Boston win four of five, and Phillips needs to avoid the kind of short outing that cost him his last start.