The Red Sox celebrated our Nation's Birthday on Thursday afternoon by completing a series sweep over the Marlins in Miami.  Sox improved to 8 games over .500 for the first time this season with a 6-5, 12-inning victory in the finale.  

Neither team scored in the 10th. Sox got two in the top of the 11th and the Marlins did the same in the bottom of the 11th. Sox got 2 in the top of the 12th.  Marlins got just 1 in the home 11th.  David Hamilton scored the go-ahead run in the top of the 12th on a ground out and Tyler O'Neil got a much-needed insurance run with an RBI Double.  O'Neil had 3 hits in the Sox victory.  

Marlins Jesus Sanchez broke up Nick Pivetta's no-hit bid with a 2-out triple in the 7th.  He had a lead-off double against Kenley Jansen in the 9th inning, but he was cut down at the plate by Jarren Duran on a single to centerfield.  Sanchez then tied the game at 4-4 with a 2-Run Home Run off Zack Kelly in the 11th.  The Marlins entered the series with 16 home wins, and they had walked off in 8 of those wins.  Did not happen in the finale.  Greg Weissert gave up a run in the bottom of the 12th but managed to get the last out, stranding 2 runners on base.

Nick Pivetta rebounded from a rough outing last time out at Fenway against the Padres where he did not record an out in the 5th inning. Pivetta went 7 scoreless innings on Thursday afternoon, and exited with a 2-0 lead. He did end up with a no-decision.   Pivetta gave up only 1 hit, walked 2, struck out 10 and he had 5 1-2-3 innings.  He worked around a leadoff walk and a 2-out walk in the 4th and had a no-hit bid through the first 6.2 innings.  The only hit he allowed was a 2-out triple to Jesus Sanchez in the 6th and after the triple, he was then able to get the final out of the inning with a strikeout against Jake Burger.

The Marlins nearly walked it off in the bottom of the 9th inning.  Sanchez doubled to start the bottom of the 9th against Kenley Jansen, and he was then cut down at the plate by Jarren Duran on a single to centerfield.  Zack Kelly struck out 2 in the 10th and left runners at 2nd and 3rd.  

The Red Sox got on the board in the 1st inning with Rafael Devers picking up an RBI with a ground out.  Devers up in a similar situation in the 6th with Tyle O'Neil at 2nd and David Hamilton at 3rd and he brought in Hamilton with another ground out to first base.  Devers now has 51 RBIs on the season and 13 RBIs over his last 10 games.  Devers is sitting on 999 career hits.

Marlins tied the game with 2 runs in the 8th inning.  Justin Slaten walked two batters and left with runners at 1st and 3rd and 2 outs.  Brennan Bernardino came in and gave up 2 straight singles that plated Miami's first 2 runs of the day.   

Locked On POSTCAST Notes-

--Sox are 11 games over .500 on the road and have won 5 straight road games and 9 of 10.

--It's the Red Sox 5th series sweep of the season and all 5 have come on the road.  

--Red Sox improve to 8-5 in Pivetta's first 13 starts of 2024.    

--Marlins Jake Burger went 0-for-5 with 5 strikeouts.  

--Tanner Houck faces Nestor Cortez in the series opener at Yankee Stadium on Friday night.  

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