Paxton held Boston to a run and four hits over eight innings before Betts hit his 22nd homer off closer Steve Cishek (2-6), who blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning Sunday against Chicago.
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After refusing to include Benintendi in any deals before the trade deadline, the Red Sox plan to call up their 2015 first-round draft pick and top outfield prospect from Double-A Portland on Tuesday to join their road trip in Seattle, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski confirmed to ESPN late Monday night.
The move was announced after the Sox acquired left-handed reliever Fernando Abad from the Minnesota Twins for minor-league pitcher Pat Light on trading deadline day. Leading off the bottom of the sixth, Luis Sardinas fired a sharp line drive back through the box, off Price’s right knee. and directly at third baseman Aaron Hill for an unconventional 1-5-3 putout.
Price then allowed three straight singles, including Heredia’s first major-league hit, which prompted Boston manager John Farrell to go to his bullpen for Matt Barnes, who struck out Seth Smith. Robinson Cano leads Seattle with 129 hits, Kyle Seager has 67 RBI and Nelson Cruz has 26 home runs. Donn Roach (2-0) got the victory when Diaz closed out the game.
The Mariners’ rookie closer slammed the door in the ninth with overpowering stuff and three strikeouts.
On the mound on Monday night at Safeco Field in Seattle, LHP James Paxton took the ball for his twelfth start of the 2016 season.
LeBlanc paid for a one-out walk in the first to Dustin Pedroia, after being ahead 0-2, when Ortiz sliced a two-out double into the left-field corner. He has 36, topping Sam Rice who had 35 in 1930. His over-the-fence power might not show much right away, though he will still get a handful of extra-base hits.
In his next at-bat in the second inning, he smacked an RBI triple; and in the third inning, he collected an RBI double.
The Mariners got a quality start from Wade LeBlanc – three runs in six innings – in his return to the rotation after a two-week absence.
RHP Taijuan Walker (right foot tendinitis) had a rehab start for Triple-A Tacoma on Monday.
David Price has thrown at least seven innings in every one his seven career starts against Seattle.
Slipping into the Red Sox clubhouse quietly beneath the fanfare for Benintendi, veteran lefty Abad arrived ready for his new adventure.
“I just talked to them a little in the clubhouse and they’ve done a great job of making me feel comfortable, so this whole transition, I think, has been extremely smooth”, said Benintendi. He will be sent out on a rehab assignment, as will SS Ketel Marte (mono).
The Boston Red Sox could use a win after losing six of their last nine games. The Red Sox tacked on another run and led 4-0 after the top of the eighth.
Heredia went 0-for-5 over his first four contests in the majors and was hitless in his first three at-bats against the Red Sox before playing an important role in the Mariners’ five-run eighth inning.
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Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (11-7, 4.21) is coming off his shortest outing of the season, just three innings, in a 12-1 loss to the Cubs last Friday.
