Connolly Early Shines As Red Sox Beat Mariners 5-1 In Seattle

The Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Saturday night, June 20th out in Seattle as Connolly Early pitched 6 innings and Wilyer Abreu homered.

Early picked up the win and is now 6-5 after pitching 6.0 innings and allowing 2 hits and 1 run. He struck out 7 and walked 2.

Taylor Guerrero pitched the 7th inning striking out 2. Garrett Whitlock pitched the 8th inning striking out 1 and Danny Coulombe pitched the 9th inning.

Wilyer Abreu hit his 9th homer of the season, a 2-run shot in the 4th inning to give the Red Sox the lead 2-1.

Caleb Durbin was 2-4 with a pair of stolen bases.

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Prior to the game the Red Sox placed Isiah Kiner-Falefa on the 10-Day Injured list retroactive to Friday, June 19th with left forearm inflammation. The Red Sox recalled Anthony Seigler from Worcester. Seigler led off and was 1-4

Boston is now 31-43 while the Mariners are 39-39. The 2 teams will conclude their 3-game series on Sunday afternoon with the pregame starting at 3:10 p.m. on WDEA AM 1370.