Final: Red Sox 9, Mariners 4 - Boston bats, steady bullpen pick up Pivetta after shaky fourth

The Red Sox got back into the win column after a four-game skid and six losses in seven with a 9-4 win at Fenway on Tuesday. A big first inning for Boston spotted Nick Pivetta a 4-0 lead, and the bats responded in the fifth, seventh and eighth innings after a tough fourth allowed Seattle to tie it. Justin Turner, Triston Casas and Jarren Duran each homered.

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WHO: Red Sox (22-20) vs. Mariners (21-20)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SERIES TO DATE: Seattle leads, 1-0
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Nick Pivetta (2-3, 6.23 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Castillo (2-1, 2.70 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN; WEEI-FM 93.7 

LIVE BOX

LINEUPS

RED SOX

1. Alex Verdugo RF
2. Masataka Yoshida LF
3. Justin Turner DH
4. Rafael Devers 3B
5. Jarren Duran CF
6. Triston Casas 1B
7. Enmanuel Valdez 2B
8. Reese McGuire C
9. Pablo Reyes SS

SP Nick Pivetta

MARINERS

1. J.P. Crawford SS
2. Ty France 1B
3. Julio Rodríguez CF
4. Jarred Kelenic LF
5. Eugenio Suárez 3B
6. Cal Raleigh C
7. Teoscar Hernández RF
8. Taylor Trammell DH
9. Kolten Wong 2B

SP Luis Castillo

WHAT'S UP

Boston has lost four straight and six off their last seven with blowouts in their last two defeats.

The Red Sox put RHP John Schreiber on the 15-day IL with a right teres major strain. They optioned LHP Brennan Bernardino to Worcester last night. Recalled RHP Justin Garza from Worcester and selected LHP Ryan Sherriff to the Major League roster from Worcester. Kiké Hernández will miss a third consecutive game with left hamstring tightness.

Pivetta has started against Seattle just once in his career, going six innings and allowing one run in April 2021. In his only start against the Red Sox, Castillo went six innings deep, allowing just one hit and no runs while striking out 10 in May 2022.

 Devers has at least an RBI in four straight games. Monday was the second day in a row that he was the only Sox player to bat in a run.