Marlins 5, Red Sox 4 (10 innings)
MIAMI -- Second baseman Dee Gordon hit a triple to lead off the 10th inning and scored the winning run on first baseman Justin Bour's single as the Miami Marlins beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night at Marlins Park.
Gordon's drive to left-center eluded the diving attempt of left-center fielder Mookie Betts. With two outs, Bour got his hit off lefty reliever Craig Breslow (0-2).
Miami rallied from an early 4-0 deficit and tied the score with one run in the bottom of the ninth. Junichi Tazawa blew the save chance. Subbing for injured closer Koji Uehara, Tazawa gave up a game-tying sacrifice fly to shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria.
Even with the win, the Marlins (45-68) have the worst record in the majors. Miami won despite leaving 16 runners on base.
The Red Sox (50-63) have the worst record in the American League.
Boston played without manager John Farrell, who had hernia surgery in Detroit on Monday. He arrived to Marlins Park two hours before first pitch and was accompanied by Red Sox medical director Dr. Larry Ronan. However, before the game started, Farrell left the stadium and headed to the team hotel.
Bench coach Torey Lovullo managed the game in place of Farrell, who believes he got the hernia when he carried a heavy equipment bag on Thursday.
Boston knuckleballer Steven Wright and Miami rookie left-hander Justin Nicolino earned no-decisions.
Boston opened the scoring with a run in the third. Left fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. tripled over the head of Marlins center fielder Cole Gillespie, who made a diving attempt that came up a few inches short.
After the triple, Nicolino retired Wright on a come-backer. But with the infield playing in, center fielder Mookie Betts grounded a hard single to right field to put Boston on top.
Gillespie was a late addition to the lineup. Christian Yelich, who had started 39 consecutive games, was originally on the lineup card but was scratched due to a knee contusion.
The Red Sox made it to 2-0 in the fifth. Bradley hit a one-out single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Wright and scored on Betts' double past third baseman Martin Prado.
Boston added two more runs in the sixth, scoring on a bounced wild pitch by Nicolino, allowing shortstop Xander Bogaerts to score from third, and an RBI triple by right fielder Rusney Castillo.
Miami cut its deficit to 4-2 with two runs in the sixth. Catcher J.T. Realmuto hit a leadoff double, and right fielder Ichiro Suzuki followed with a walk. Pinch-hitter Casey McGehee hit an RBI groundout, and second baseman Dee Gordon had a run-scoring single.
The Marlins added a run in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, cutting Boston's lead to 4-3.
NOTES: Boston LF Hanley Ramirez, who once played for the Marlins, missed his third straight game due to a foot injury. ... Boston's Jackie Bradley Jr. started his first career game in left field. ... Boston center fielder Mookie Betts (concussion) was activated off the disabled list after missing 11 games. ... With no DH in a National League park, Boston played David Ortiz at 1B for the sixth time this year. ... Boston is without its closer -- RHP Koji Uehara, who has 25 of Boston's 27 saves this year. Uehara, 40, who is under contract through the 2016 season, is out for the rest of this season. ... As expected, Miami placed RHP Jose Fernandez (strained right biceps) on the 15-day disabled list and called up LHP Justin Nicolino from Triple-A New Orleans. Nicolino started Tuesday. ... Miami has eight players on the disabled list. Boston has seven.