COMMENTARY

The Red Sox had everything all lined up and appeared to be on their way to another sweep at Fenway Park.

Garrett Crochet returned to form, Wilyer Abreu provided the offense, and the defense played a clean game.

Then, Boston’s bullpen allowed one run in the eighth plus three in the ninth on two back-breaking home runs. The result was a head-scratching, 5-3 loss to a mediocre Marlins team that had dropped eight of its last 10.

“It’s really disappointing, especially with how good Garrett pitched today,” said Steven Matz, who allowed the second homer. “It was just kind of a wasted outing. It’s really disappointing. It would have been really nice to sweep right there.”

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