No one felt as bad as Marlins Dane Myers in the early innings Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. By game’s end, though, few could argue anyone felt better. The Marlins outfielder, who endured a gut-punching miscue in right field, authored a storybook redemption with both his bat and his glove as Miami stormed back for a 5-3 comeback win over the Red Sox.
With Miami leading 1-0 in the fourth inning, Wilyer Abreu lifted a deep fly ball to right field. Myers sprinted to the warning track, leapt, and initially had the ball in his glove—only for it to jar loose when he collided with the fence. The ball bounced over the wall for a two-run homer. Myers lay on the ground in disbelief, staring at his glove before dropping it to the turf. The Red Sox took a 2-1 lead, and Myers was left with a play he couldn’t take back.
But baseball has a way of offering second chances. Trailing 3-2 in the ninth, and with Boston closer Aroldis Chapman unavailable after heavy usage the night before, Miami pounced. Myers stepped to the plate against right-hander Greg Weissert and drilled a hanging slider over the right-center field wall for the game-tying home run—his sixth of the season and first since July 26. Unsure if the ball would clear, Myers watched as Ceddanne Rafaela gave chase, only to see it sail into the seats.
It was a cathartic moment for Myers, who entered the series finale mired in a brutal second-half slump. After batting .282 with 23 RBIs in the first half, he was hitting just .103 since the break. His struggles had cost him playing time, but in Boston he delivered when Miami needed it most.
The Marlins weren’t done. Three batters later, rookie Jakob Marsee—called upon as a pinch-hitter in the eighth—faced lefty Steven Matz. Marsee turned on an inside sinker and lined it into the right-field seats for a go-ahead two-run homer, his second big-league blast. Earlier in the rally, rookie Liam Hicks had come off the bench and battled through an eight-pitch at-bat to deliver an RBI single, cutting Boston’s lead to 3-2 and setting the stage for Myers and Marsee.
In the bottom of the ninth, Boston mounted one last push against reliever Anthony Bender. But as fate would have it, the final out was a fly ball to right—settling into Myers’ glove for a poetic ending to his roller-coaster afternoon.
The victory allowed Miami (wrapping up a grueling 3-8, three-city road trip) to avoid a sweep at Fenway and head home with momentum. For Myers, the game was more than just a win. It was redemption, resilience, and proof that baseball has a long memory—but sometimes a forgiving one too.
