Another crazy night at Fenway! You just never know what you’ll see at the park. In a whacky moment, Isbel hit a ball over Yoshida’s head, shattering an out light on the monster. Thankfully this was ruled a ground rule double, preventing the run from scoring. Def never seen that before!
In the 2nd, Casas hit a 431 ft nuke on a first pitch fastball for his 18th HR of the season.
Later, in the 4th, after a Masa ball down the right field line got lost in the sky, resulting in a gift double, Verdugo had a clutch opposite field double, scoring 2. Nice to see the ball bounce the Sox way and for them to capitalize on the misplay.
After only a couple of days off, Pivetta started, and pitched well, going 5IP, 2 ER, w 8Ks, earning the win. The bullpen continued to dominate, tossing 4IP, only giving up 1 run, a solo shot in the 9th. Jansen closed out the 9th for his 25th save.
For the Royals, MJ Melendez continued to terrorize the Sox with 2 more HRs, making it 3 thus far in the series. His...