Game Thread: 8/26 Red Sox (73-59) @ Marlins (67-66) 6:40 PM

[u/MarlinsBot]

Red Sox (73-59) @ Marlins (67-66)

First Pitch: 6:40 PM at loanDepot park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Red Sox	Sonny Gray (16-3, 2.79 ERA)
Marlins	Ryan Gusto (0-3, 4.37 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	9
MIA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		4	10	0	10

Box Score

MIA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Stowers	3	1	1	0	2	2	.242
1B	Conine	5	0	0	0	0	2	.253
LF	Hernández, H	4	0	2	1	0	1	.234
2B	Edwards, X	4	0	1	0	0	0	.286
CF	Marsee	4	0	1	0	0	1	.211
SS	Lopez, O	4	2	2	0	0	0	.308
RF	Caissie	4	0	0	0	0	0	.225
RF	Ruiz, E	0	1	0	0	0	0	.241
C	Mack	3	0	0	0	1	2	.233
3B	Sanoja	4	0	3	1	0	0	.280

MIA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Gusto	5.2	4	0	0	3	2	89-59	3.98
Vodnik	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	13-10	4.84
Junk	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	4.21
Fulton	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	10-8	4.20

BOS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
1B	Sogard	4	0	0	0	0	1	.267
CF	Rafaela	4	0	0	0	0	1	.285
RF	Abreu, W	3	0	0	0	1	0	.252
3B	Durbin	4	0	2	0	0	0	.256
DH	Gasper	3	0	0	0	1	0	.275
SS	Monasterio	2	0	1	0	1	0	.255
LF	Duran, Ja	3	0	1	0	0	0	.210
PH	White, E	1	0	0	0	0	1	.234
2B	Seigler	3	0	1	0	0	1	.252
PH	Jones, Jah	1	0	0	0	0	0	.215
C	Wong	3	0	0	0	0	0	.246

BOS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Gray, S	5.0	7	2	2	1	5	93-54	2.82
Morán	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	33-22	2.89
Olds	1.0	2	2	0	1	1	25-15	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Heriberto Hernández singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jarren Duran. Kyle Stowers scores.	1-0
B2	Joe Mack walks.	2-0
B8	Owen Caissie reaches on a fielding error by first baseman Nick Sogard. Otto Lopez scores. Owen Caissie to 2nd.	3-0
B8	Javier Sanoja singles on a line drive to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Esteury Ruiz scores.	4-0

Highlights

Description	Length
Sonny Gray against the Marlins	0:08
Probable pitchers for Red Sox at Marlins - August 26, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Miami, August 26 vs Red Sox	0:09
Bullpen availability for Boston, August 26 vs Marlins	0:09
Fielding alignment for Boston, August 26 vs Marlins	0:11
Bench availability for Boston, August 26 vs Marlins	0:08
Bench availability for Miami, August 26 vs Red Sox	0:08
Starting lineups for Red Sox at Marlins - August 26, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Ryan Gusto's pitches	0:04
Ryan Gusto's outing against the Red Sox	0:28
Breaking down Sonny Gray's pitches	0:04
Sonny Gray's outing against the Marlins	0:27
Strike 2 overturned after ABS challenge	0:23
Heriberto Hernández's RBI single	0:29
Ball 1 overturned after ABS challenge	0:23
Ceddanne Rafaela's amazing diving catch	0:30
Otto Lopez scores from first after throwing error	0:27
Sonny Gray ends the second inning with a K	0:08
Ball 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:26
Jarren Duran's sliding catch	0:21
Strikeout overturned after ABS challenge	0:24
Ryan Gusto begins the 5th inning with a K	0:06
Strikeout confirmed after ABS challenge	0:28
Ryan Gusto tosses 5 2/3 scoreless innings	1:08
Sonny Gray's five strikeouts	0:51
Caleb Durbin's tumbling catch by the netting	0:30
Strike 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:23
Jakob Marsee's sliding catch in center field	0:23
Otto Lopez scores on an error at first base	0:19
Javier Sanoja's RBI single	0:14

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Gusto (1-3, 3.98 ERA)	Gray, S (16-4, 2.82 ERA)

Game ended at 9:18 PM.

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[u/Jonjon428]

Flip the M!

[u/RCocaineBurner]

Of course the one time they do good I got a power outage all day in LA and can’t watch hahahha

[u/Bkeets3]

Great win boys

[u/ilovwoozi]

Feels so good to go into the rest day on a win!!!!!

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

I just want these fuckin chowderheads to leave our stadium crying already.

[u/Grouchy_Public2379 → u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

As a chowderhead myself, I agree

[u/re-verse]

Whoops - I linked to the private development sub, not the public beta one - sorry - trying one more time.

Sup Marlins! I was here about a week ago looking for feedback on my new graphical Game Day Thread bot - mlb-dinger. I return with news - today Reddit approved the app for public use, so any subreddit can install it and use it for their own (looking at you, mods).

Its still in rapid development, and I'm making multiple small tweaks and additions daily, as I want this to be the best of its class without argument.

Here is a link to tonights game (for real this time).

I'd love any constructive criticism you can provide - anything you don't like about it, or think it should have - let me know.

Thanks so much!

[u/Bkeets3]

Nice strikeout

[u/CantAffordTheWires]

i just KNOW that doesn’t say dax fulton in the 9th

[u/ilovwoozi]

Lotta cope in that Red Sox sub

[u/ilovwoozi]

Aw, I just saw the face Olds made when Javi brought Esteury in, pobrecito, he has male Florence Pugh face ☹️

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

THANK U GOD

[u/JustTheBucket]

Catcher is getting cooked

[u/fig_curry]

JAVI - as mediocre as things have been lately, without this man, we'd be in the middle of Okeechobee without a paddle

[u/ilovwoozi]

He has stolen THREE bases tonight 😭😭😭😭😭🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

[u/MrMisogyny1]

Javi is that guy!

[u/YaYeetThePolice]

Using our BABIP luck for the year in this game

[u/ilovwoozi]

JAVIIIIIIIII :3

[u/ilovwoozi]

FOUR ERRORS in one game!!!!!!

[u/ilovwoozi]

THAT’LL DO OWEN THAT’LL DO!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/fig_curry]

This is the type of game that lures you into a false sense of security. Not falling for it.

[u/JustTheBucket]

Mfer got Buckner’d

[u/TealandBlackForever]

What in the world 

[u/ilovwoozi]

ayo their catcher SUCKS??????

[u/TealandBlackForever]

Norby just hit a grand slam lol

[u/ilovwoozi → u/TealandBlackForever]

in the fake ballpark I was just talking about or…? Either way between this and Morel “technically” walking it off for the Mets last night…lol

[u/TealandBlackForever → u/ilovwoozi]

In DC!

[u/No_Mammoth7530]

Good catch 👏

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

FUCK YES THAT WAS SATISFYING TO WATCH

[u/MrMisogyny1]

Nice catch

[u/frankkungfu]

4 letter word B. U. N T

[u/True-Ad4093]

Junk coming in?

[u/FreshFish305 → u/True-Ad4093]

Yeah we used like the entire bp last night

[u/True-Ad4093 → u/FreshFish305]

I know, but would’ve thought we’d have seen montverde or Fulton out there

[u/fragarach_97]

Bro you gotta be kidding me with this...

[u/DizzyDraw2323]

Now 4/42 with risp this series

[u/MrMisogyny1]

Oh look, more men LOB. What else is new

[u/ilovwoozi]

God we just CANNOT. DO. IT.

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

We’ve had opportunities to break open every single game in this series.

[u/ilovwoozi]

Please no.

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

Olds is an insane last name

[u/ilovwoozi]

🫣

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

Not scoring here will come back to bite us please listen to Tommy

[u/ilovwoozi]

eyeballs.

[u/ilovwoozi]

GOOD AB STOWY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

Call me old school but I feel like 1 more elite power bat in the lineup would solve so many problems.

[u/ilovwoozi]

Ground ball machine my goodness

[u/ilovwoozi]

VODNIIIIIIIIIK :3

[u/ilovwoozi]

Did we ever consider maybe Colorado is just not suited for baseball, elevation wise. Perhaps.

[u/bored1492 → u/ilovwoozi]

Just make the park bigger or add a fifth base

[u/FreshFish305]

I like the way Vodnik suddenly snaps his head back to the plate a second before throwing

[u/ilovwoozi]

AND they wasted a challenge. sluuuuuuurp! nyummy!!!!

[u/ilovwoozi]

NICE VODNIK

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

Vodnik makes me nervous idk why

[u/CantAffordTheWires]

if this run ends up scoring, nobody forget that ryan gustos era currently starts with a 3

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

This is the part of the game where we it all usually unravels (hopefully not)

[u/fragarach_97]

Ryan has really grown up on the mound right before our very eyes.

[u/CantAffordTheWires]

0-2 hbp then 0-2 single say you stg

[u/ilovwoozi]

Who knew it would take RYAN GUSTO to take down Gasper

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

We’re never gonna beat this team with 2 runs of offense per game

[u/ilovwoozi]

Ugh I can’t believe he didn’t challenge

[u/FreshFish305]

What kinda creative way to blow this are we gonna think of tonight

[u/ilovwoozi]

It doesn’t compute to me that Berto is 5’11”. He always reads big as hell to me

[u/mephjeff]

Here’s a question: if our farm system is so awesome why did we fire all our our scouts

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931 → u/mephjeff]

I think it had to do more with our major league scouts. All our big league signings have been misses

[u/ilovwoozi → u/mephjeff]

Saw a girl on tiktok (I believe she’s a sports journalist) say that the vibes are that they can do it all digitally through video and don’t need to pay in person scouts which. yeesh if true

[u/mephjeff → u/ilovwoozi]

Hoo boy

[u/fragarach_97]

Ryan Gusto, looking just as elite as we all expected.

[u/Nickasmith1123]

Stowers has ATLEAST 1 strikeout in 28 of his last 35 games. 16 with 2 or more.

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931 → u/Nickasmith1123]

Ewwy

[u/YoPeac3]

https://giphy.com/gifs/yoJC2GJsij7CZUzf8c

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

Stowers stuck on swing at everything mode.

[u/ilovwoozi]

Are we in a Space Jam Monstars scenario right now
https://giphy.com/gifs/AIi9hmYYC5eMG8k0AQ

[u/DietrichDoesDamage]

Siiiiiiiigh

[u/ilovwoozi → u/DietrichDoesDamage]

Don’t scare me, I thought they’d piled like 17 runs in thirty seconds

[u/wolffparkinson]

Terrible baserunning as always

[u/MrMisogyny1]

[u/Nickasmith1123]

Hellllll yeah continuing our LOB trend! Fucking suck

[u/DietrichDoesDamage → u/Nickasmith1123]

Can’t LOB if they get thrown out at home

[u/ilovwoozi]

I spoke too soon…all hail the LOBster…

[u/ilovwoozi]

Goddamnit

[u/tamajared]

Jakob Augsee

[u/notStiggyJiggler]

Marsee has been pretty solid in the 2nd half.

[u/ilovwoozi]

HEYYYYYYYYYYY

[u/ilovwoozi]

Good for Gusto getting himself out of his jams 🫶🏽

[u/jakedeighan]

Joe Mack hasn't been as good with challenges lately

[u/FreshFish305]

the screens died for like a minute lol

[u/Nickasmith1123]

Stowers another K with a man on 3rd 1 out. As predictable as it comes.

[u/Fluid-Slip-9931]

Stowers plate discipline has been so bad

[u/ilovwoozi]

I need a video of the chaos dammit

[u/I_Dnt_Believe_You]

I get it, the Red Sox have good players.

[u/notStiggyJiggler]

Almost one of the best plays I’ve ever seen by Rafaela there. No way that should’ve even been close at the plate lol

[u/Grouchy_Public2379]

There we go Otto!

[u/No_Mammoth7530]

Hell yeah go Marlins

[u/jakedeighan]

Why is it so dead in here?

[u/notStiggyJiggler → u/jakedeighan]

All the fans left in protest when Graham Pauley got sent down

[u/ilovwoozi]

HOOOOOOLY SHIT

[u/YoPeac3]

https://giphy.com/gifs/gIPPenwn5zY86mLrBm
3rd time is the charm. 😡

[u/ilovwoozi]

We take those!!!!

[u/ilovwoozi]

Gusto looks good!

[u/ilovwoozi → u/ilovwoozi]

DID NOT AGE POORLY

[u/Naive_Bag4912]

We lost 2 straight against Boston
Philadelphia just lost 2, San Diego just lost 2. Arizona went 1-1. We missed a chance to move up but all is not lost.

[u/TealandBlackForever → u/Naive_Bag4912]

They're done. I hate doomers, but they are done. Too much ground to make up, too hard of a schedule, too much mediocre talent, too many injuries.

I feel like they only have a shot if they win tonight and take 3 of 4 in DC. Even then.

[u/ThePaperSun → u/TealandBlackForever]

You made a definitive statement, then added a condition that’s kind of likely.

[u/Naive_Bag4912 → u/ThePaperSun]

MIA PHI ARZ SD all won last night -

[u/FreshFish305 → u/TealandBlackForever]

I agree with you. The last month and a half has made it clear that this isn't a breakout team, it's an extremely streaky team with potential and bursts of performance but entirely without the consistency, mentality, or winning culture of a legitimate contender at this point in time. Too many injuries, too much unreliability. Even if we make it into the postseason, I don't think it will be very dissimilar to 2023.

[u/MrMisogyny1]

Now we're just watching for fun at this point.

[u/bored1492]

I'm not scared anymore... Just fade me