Dropped fly out, questionable call and shoving a fan, a breakdown
What Happened
The Boston Red Sox are clinging to a narrow 1-0 lead over the Washington Nationals in the bottom of the eighth inning of a crucial late-season matchup. Reliever Garrett Whitlock of the Red Sox takes the mound, hoping to protect the slim advantage. Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman lifts a fly ball to right field, but Kiké Hernández loses it in the sun and it falls for a single. Zimmerman hustles to second base, putting the tying run in scoring position with one out. Whitlock appears rattled, issuing back-to-back walks to load the bases. Star outfielder Juan Soto steps to the plate for the Nationals, representing the go-ahead run. Soto, known for his exceptional strike zone judgment, takes a few pitches before lacing a line drive to right field. The hit scores the tying run, and Whitlock expresses his frustration by shoving a fan in the dugout. Despite the setback, the Red Sox refuse to fold. Veteran designated hitter J.D. Martinez works a crucial walk to load the bases again. Catcher Christian Vázquez then lofts a fly ball to right, allowing the go-ahead run to score. Infielder Travis Shaw follows with an RBI single, and the Red Sox take a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the ninth, Nationals slugger Juan Soto steps up with a chance to tie the game. He crushes a deep fly ball, but it falls just short of the wall, and the Red Sox hold on for the victory. "I'm just trying to get a good pitch to hit," Soto says after the game. "Unfortunately, I came up a bit short, but we'll be back tomorrow." The win keeps the Red Sox in the hunt for a playoff spot, while the Nationals' postseason hopes take a hit. It's a tense, back-and-forth affair that showcases the intensity of late-season baseball and the passion of the players and fans.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentred sox are up one nothing against the
nationals in the bottom of the eighth
inning in game 161 there is a lot on the
line for the red sox and otto vino's
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get into it first pitch by adam adevino
is a curveball for strike 179 miles per
hour he runs it back a little sharper
for strike two and then he's gonna go
the other way with it for the strikeout
oh yeah those balls go opposite
directions that's a little bit of
witchcraft one out and another strike
things are looking good for otto the 01
to zimmerman another curveball pokes
that into the air renfro's gonna get
that oh no he can't find it an old man
zimmerman never stops running booming
around first base it falls in renfrew
picks it up throat safe safe
second adevino's like huh
huh okay that sucks so it should be two
outs that's a strike one and that's a
ball
one and one is the count now he's losing
it a little bit two and one three and
one did he go did he go phil cuz he says
yes and he's like oh what
just ask
just ask him he's there i'm just saying
just ask just saying you could ask him
it's it's his call and phil cuz he's
like i'm gonna make the calls that i
make 3-2 tries to get him to chase again
that's a walk so now otto has two on and
one out and that's the ball high and
that's a curveball slider away and
that's two-seam away it's 3-0 right down
the middle another 3-1 fouled back so we
got a full count and
oh doesn't get the call he asks phil he
says inside because he says yeah inside
he says no [ __ ] way man no [ __ ]
way
no way
here it is now this is as borderline as
it gets i think he wants it to curve a
lot more everyone never really fully
comes back but
i think i'm saying that's more of a
strike than not a strike i think if he
calls it a strike the
the batter has less of an argument
against than otto does for calling it a
ball uh especially if he's saying it's
inside i don't know it's
that's baseball for you he did not like
the call he gets taken out now doesn't
get to finish the inning frustrating
come on man that's a strike man phil cuz
he says no i don't you talking to me see
you later and then in the dagger he says
ball
because someone must have been watching
it up comes juan soto the most dangerous
man in washington dc and look at that oh
dude i love juan soto watch this
steps in looks at the picture says now
he's been walked at a career-high rate
like the amount of walks that juan soto
has taken in september is otherworldly
it's insane but you can't walk him here
because then
you walk in the tying run so he's
actually jazzed up he's like they got a
pitch to me and he throws the ball and
he looks and says come on come on come
in the zone oh on soto thinks he has it
doesn't fully have it it is gonna get
the go-ahead or the tying rbi in though
and otto's gonna beat up this fan in the
dugout
yeah [ __ ] piece of [ __ ]
not even on fan it's hot in here line
out that ends the inning but in the end
none of this even matters because
professional hitter jd martinez is going
to go down o2 and he's just going to
foul off any pitch he thinks might be
coming in the zone or he might be
something he needs to foul off and just
have a hell of an at-bat till he gets to
3-2 takes his walk two batters later the
catcher vasquez is going to just pop
that one to soto and write and say try
to catch that he does not that scores
the go ahead run clapping in his buddy's
face like ha ha how do you like that
loser
then shaw drives one and that's gonna
drop in front of bell that's surprising
and another run scores he says yep let's
keep it going and then [ __ ] steps up and
he's going to take that one and then
bomb this one impressive showing by this
kid in the first row ball in his hand oh
that's going into the dugout and we're
celebrating and we're living easy and
all the frustration of the inning before
is out of mind we're riding in shopping
carts we're feeling like little kids
we're enjoying life yes yes yes yes yes
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