BOSTON — Instant reactions as the Red Sox (67-56) return home with a walk-off victory, beating the Marlins, 2-1, on a Trevor Story walk-off single in the ninth inning:

1) After Alex Cora deployed Aroldis Chapman to keep a tie game tied in the top of the ninth, the Sox were set up perfectly for the bottom of the inning with the top of their order coming up against lefty Josh Simpson. The rookie then simply choked.

Simpson issued back-to-back walks to Roman Anthony and Alex Bregman, then hit a bunting Jarren Duran with a breaking ball to load the bases with no outs. It took just two pitches for Story to end the game by beating a Calvin Faucher pitch through the right side with the infield in.

2) Having been stymied by Sandy Alcantara for most of the night, Boston entered the ninth with

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