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This is the kind of victory that can jump-start a team. After falling behind 5-0 (thanks to yet
another crappy starting pitching performance), the Red Sox made a steady climb back into last night's game—eventually tying up the Blue Jays at 5-5. Falling behind yet
again, Boston faced a 6-5 deficit in the bottom of the ninth. An epic at-bat by
Mitch Moreland (fouling off multiple high fastballs from the Toronto closer) resulted in a ripped RBI double off the center field wall that tied things
again at 6-6. Moreland also had homered earlier. After loading the bases,
Rafael Devers collected his first career walk-off hit with a chopping ground ball over the heads of the drawn in infield for
the eventual 7-6 win. With that,
The Carmine Hose secured their fourth win of the year—and began to
finally resemble the 2018 champs. The game was marred by a claim by
StatCast that Blue Jay
Rowdy Tellez's third-inning home run off
Nathan Eovaldi was—at 505 feet—the longest in Fenway Park history. Those of us in the know realize that the blast—though prodigious—was nowhere
near the epic
Ted Williams 'Red Seat' blast of 502 feet.
StatCast has since taken down its estimate, so we shall see. Bring on the Orioles!
