Trevor Story hits a bases-loaded RBI single in 10th to lift Red Sox to 9-8 win over Mariners

BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Story drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded single in the 10th inning after Seattle walked the two batters before him intentionally, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 9-8 comeback victory over the Mariners on Monday night.

Jarren Duran hit a two-run homer and Mickey Gasper a solo shot for the Red Sox, who were coming off a rough weekend when they dropped three of four to the Yankees.

Randy Arozarena had four hits, including a homer over the Green Monster, drove in four runs and scored three times for the Mariners, who have lost five straight. Cal Raleigh also got his 20th homer of the season.

Aroldis Chapman (3-4) worked a scoreless 10th.

Nick Sogard sacrificed, then the Mariners walked the next two batters, before Story lined a 3-2 pitch from Cooper Criswell (2-2) into the left-center gap.

Boston tied it against Andrés Muñoz in the ninth. Roman Anthony had a leadoff triple when center fielder Julio Rodríguez tried to make a sliding catch before the ball hopped past him, and scored on Ceddanne Rafaela’s fly to left.

Trailing 5-3 in the sixth, Arozarena’s two-run single tied it before Dominic Canzone’s two-run double gave Seattle the lead.

Boston had taken a 5-3 edge on Rafaela’s two-run single.

Arozarena’s homer, estimated at 402 feet, sliced it to 3-2 in the third before his RBI single tied it.

Boston starter Payton Tolle gave up four runs in 5 2/3 innings. In a lighter moment, he pounced off the mound to grab Canzone’s dribbler up the first-base line and cut him off before hugging him while making the tag.

Gasper, recalled when Willson Contreras went on the injured list with a strained left hamstring, homered into Boston’s bullpen.

Mariners RHP Bryan Woo (9-9, 4.36 ERA) is set to pitch the middle game of the three-game series Tuesday. The Red Sox starter was not immediately announced.

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Boston Red Sox's Payton Tolle, right, hugs Seattle Mariners' Dominic Canzone , left, while making a force out on a ground ball during the third inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Red Sox's Jarren Duran, right, is congratulated by Nick Sogard (20) after hitting a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Fans applaud as Seattle Mariners' Randy Arozarena (56) is congratulated after his solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Seattle Mariners' Randy Arozarena watches his RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Red Sox's Trevor Story is doused with a cooler of ice water after his game-winning, RBI single in the bottom ninth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox placed Willson Contreras on the 10-day injured list Monday because of a strained left hamstring that’s been hampering the slugger for over a month.

“He came out the other day, I don’t want to paint the picture that something way worse happened,” interim manager Chad Tracy said before Boston rallied past the Seattle Mariners 9-8 in 10 innings.

“Just a recurring of the same thing,” Tracy said. “Just to the point where, you know, if we’ve got to give him another few days to let it calm down, it’s tough to be short bodies.”

The team decided shutting down Contreras would benefit both him and flexibility on the roster.

“How do we do this to get him completely over the hump, let him have the rest he needs so he’s with us for the final push? We got together as a group and felt like this was the best course of action,” Tracy said.

The 34-year-old Contreras is batting .274 and leads the team in homers (26, a career high) and RBIs (79) in his first season after being acquired in a trade from St. Louis.

Boston recalled switch-hitter Mickey Gasper from Triple-A to take Contreras' spot. The 30-year-old Gasper has five homers and 19 RBIs with the Red Sox this season.

Contreras’ hamstring trouble led to him jog lightly on a grounder in a loss to the Athletics on Aug. 8, prompting loud boos from the Fenway Park fans.

A few days later, he told the media that the team knew he had some leg issues.

“If you know me by now, you know I play 100 percent day in and day out,” he said. “They have to have a reason for me not to run the bases and I had it. My coaching staff knew that.”

Also Monday, Tracy said right-hander Sonny Gray, who leads Boston in wins with a 16-4 record and 2.82 ERA, will have his start pushed from Tuesday to Saturday to give him some rest.

“Rest his body and make sure that he’s full-go down the stretch as well,” Tracy said.

Boston entered Monday holding a comfortable lead for the second of three AL wild-card spots.

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Boston Red Sox Willson Contreras hits New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells in the arm with his bat during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)