This is the sixth walk-off in the Fenway Greens in their season+ lifetime and that’s kind of absurd. They must be made of magic. Did the offense look absolutely inept against Casey Mize? Yeah, Mize mowed this lineup down for seven innings. Thankfully, Ranger Suárez was on par if not better, creating one of the better pitching duels of the season thus far.
Aroldis Chapman got into two litttle jams but by the grace of the baseball gods, worked himself out of it with a vintage threw fastball strikeout
of Dillon Dingler. 101.3 on the final blow is pretty nice.
Garrett Whitlock did his job, Jarren Duran did Jarren Duran things advancing to third on a wild pitch by Will Vest, and Masataka Yoshida showed up at just the right time.
A six-game win streak for the Tigers snapped by the Green Sox (this may have to stick until they normalize) and kicks off the weekend on a nice note. The next game is tomorrow at 4:10pm back on local TV; you may not want to watch it since it’s Tarik Skubal. Unless you’re a masochist, then fine. Still, you can revel in the win Friday night!
Studs
Ranger Suárez (8.0 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks)
What an incredible outing for Suárez. Just sheer dominance to muscle through 8 frames on less than 100 pitches. This is the type of workhorse performance that helps save the bullpen for tougher games.
Masataka Yoshida (1-f0r-1, 1 RBI, walk off single)
You gotta be warm when you’re called upon, eh? Yoshida just needed to bounce the ball over the five-infield in and that was the ballgame.
Alex Cora (2 challenges won)
How about two important challenges for Cora and crew? Nabbing Jahmai Jones at second trying to stretch a single into a double, and then catching Javier Báez stealing in the 10th. Both were extremely close calls and absolutely clutch by the video crew to signal it was the right call.
Duds
Most of the offense otherwise (4 total hits)
Play of the Game
How do you not walk-off and give that the play of the game?
