CLEVELAND -- Scott Rolen has been activated from the disabled list, and the third baseman is in the Cincinnati Reds lineup for the opener of a series against the Cleveland Indians. Infielder-outfielder Kristoper Negron was optioned to Triple-A Louisville to make room for Rolen, who had been out since May 12 because of a sore right shoulder. Rolen is batting seventh in the lineup on Monday night Rolen was hampered by the shoulder for a while before going on the disabled list. In 29 games, he hit only .174 with two homers and 11 RBIs. The 37-year-old Rolen is a .281 hitter with 310 homers and 1,259 RBIs in a career that started with Philadelphia in 1997. Rolen also played for St. Louis and Toronto before being acquired by the Reds from the Blue Jays at the 2009 trade deadline. BOSTON - Giancarlo Stanton hit a home run that he hoped ended both a personal slump and the Miami Marlins skid as well. Not quite. The Boston Red Sox rallied for three runs in the eighth inning for a 6-5 victory Thursday night, completing a three-game sweep of the slumping Marlins. "Especially here, its never going to be over until the last out is made," said Stanton, whose solo shot off Daisuke Matsuzaka was the first of two runs the Marlins scored in the sixth inning while taking a 5-3 lead. "It was a good jump start to get us back on top and the game back in our hands. But unfortunately it didnt work out that way." Not much has for the Marlins lately. The Marlins took a lead in all three games of the series but lost them all as they dropped their fourth straight overall and 13th in their last 15. "Finally we got the lead late in the game. Our bullpen has been great all year long. We feel good about ourselves. We get the matchup we want, dont work," Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said. "Youve got to fight the fight. They want to quit, Id like to know. Im a fighter. Im going to fight through it." Boston tied the score on a two-run homer by Will Middlebrooks, who drove in four runs. Ryan Kalish then singled, raced to third on a groundout to first and scored on Daniel Navas single up the middle. Alfredo Aceves pitched a perfect ninth for his 18th save in 21 opportunities. Scott Atchison (2-0) allowed one hit over the seventh and eighth. The Red Sox won their fifth straight game and the seventh in their last eight as they matched their season-best mark of three games over .500. Stanton, in a 2-for-31 slump, hit his first homer in 12 games and 15th of the season to make it 4-3. That ended Matsuzakas streak of 14 consecutive outs and brought in lefty Andrew Miller. He retired the next batter before giving up a single to Greg Dobbs and a run-scoring double to Omar Infante. Jarrod Saltalmacchia started the winning rally in the eighth with a double off Randy Choate. Edward Mujica (0-3) caame in and served up Middlebrooks long, tying shot.dddddddddddd Then Nava, who had six singles in the last two games, lined a clean single to centre. "I believe in my bullpen. We had the matchup we wanted," Guillen said. "They beat our matchups." In just his third start of the season since having Tommy John elbow surgery on June 10, 2011, Matsuzaka gave up a leadoff single in the first to Jose Reyes, who went to third on a slow grounder to shortstop Mike Aviles, who got the out at first. Stanton walked and stole second and both runners scored on a single by Dobbs. After Dobbs stole second, he came in on a single by Infante. Matsuzaka ended the inning by retiring Scott Cousins on a fly ball to centre and didnt allow another runner until Stanton homered. In his previous start, a 3-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs, he set down 13 of his last 14 batters after allowing three runs. Carlos Zambrano gave up one hit through three innings before Boston tied the game with two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth. He hit the first two batters, Cody Ross and Saltalamacchia, in the fourth. Ross scored on a single by Middlebrooks and Saltalamacchia came in on a sacrifice fly by Aviles. The Red Sox evened the score at 3 on another RBI single by Middlebrooks, driving in Adrian Gonzalez, who led off the fifth with a walk. NOTES: Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia returned to the lineup after missing one game as a precaution when he felt discomfort in his right hand on his last at-bat in Tuesday nights 7-5 win. ... Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria spoke to his struggling team before the game. ... Miami optioned RHP Chris Hatcher to New Orleans and recalled LHP Mike Dunn from the Triple-A team. ... The Red Sox begin a three-game series at home against the Atlanta Braves on Friday night, sending Jon Lester (4-4) to the mound against Jair Jurrjens (0-2). ... Anibal Sanchez (3-5) is scheduled to pitch Friday night for Miami in the opener of a three-game home series against Toronto, which plans to start Ricky Romero (7-1). ' ' '