Rob Refsnyder caps off a fun night at Fenway Park
There haven’t been many games this season where watching the Red Sox seemed fun. Last night’s win over the Rangers felt different. The team fought back and they looked loose in the process. It felt for the first time in a long time, the Red Sox were playing with nothing to lose.
Rob Refsnyder capped off a walk-off win in the night smashing a 90.4 mph changeup from Rangers reliever Jonathan Hernández and ripped it down the left field line. The walk-off hit was the first of Refsnyder’s career.
“Figured he had to be aggressive there with bases loaded,” Refsnyder said about Hernández. “Obviously he’s got great stuff. He’s got a 100 mph sinker, 90 mph changeup. And he was throwing a lot of sliders. He threw a couple sliders to J.D. (Martinez). So I was just trying to see him up and out and just tried to stay inside it. Fortunate enough to get a ball kind of up and out.”
The Red Sox entered the bottom of the ninth down 8-5. Unlike most games this season, the Red Sox fought back.
Tommy Pham and Alex Verdugo drew back-to-back walks to lead off the inning. Xander Bogaerts reached on an infield single.
Rafael Devers came into his at-bat in the bottom of the 0-for-24, but he connected on a double into the left field gap.
After Kiké Hernandez poked a single into right field, Refsnyder had a chance to be the hero. Refsnyder didn’t disappoint and delivered and sent the Fenway Faithful home happy.
With 30 games to play and 7.5 games out of the Wild Card, the season is all but over. The Red Sox at least for one night looked like a team that fans could root for and it was incredibly refreshing.
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