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Trevor Story hit three home runs, four hits and seven RBIs as the Boston Red Sox reversed a four-run deficit to defeat the Seattle Mariners 12-6 on Thursday.
Story fired a pair of two-run homers and one more three-run homer. That last home run came in the eighth inning.
He also contributed a single that produced the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, with help from a bad throw. In his first season of a six-year, $140 million contract, Story had hit just two homers in 32 games before Thursday.
Boston defeated Seattle
Jackie Bradley Jr. added a game-producing double that smashed the ball into the "Green Monster," and Boston scored nine unanswered runs to pick up its fifth victory in its last seven outings.
Tanner Houck (3-3) provided four innings of shutout relief for Boston after Seattle punished starter Rich Hill for the first two innings to take a 4-0 lead.
The loss went to rookie George Kirby (0-1)
For the Mariners, the Dominican Julio Rodr�guez, 5-3 with one run scored and one run produced. Venezuelans Eugenio Su�rez (5-2 with two runs scored) and Luis Torrens (4-1).
For the Red Sox, Puerto Ricans Kik� Hern�ndez of 4-0, Christian V�zquez of 4-1 with one run batted in. Dominican Rafael Devers of 5-1. Mexico's Alex Verdugo is 5-3 with four runs scored.