Dustin Pedroia turned heads by turning two
It was not looking good for the Red Sox Tuesday night in the eighth inning of their game against the Toronto Blue Jays. After falling behind 3-1, the team had pulled even thanks to a pair of hits by Dustin Pedroia. (A solo home run in the sixth and an RBI double in the seventh.)
Yet no sooner had the Sox tied it when the Blue Jays had runners on first and third with no outs in the top of the eighth. Troy Tulowitzki led off the inning with an infield single to shortstop, then took third when Steve Pearce followed with a single to center.
That brought Kevin Pillar to the plate, who hit a grounder to Pedroia. Pearce, who had taken off for second base, stopped in his tracks and attempted to head back to first in an effort to avoid a double play, but Pedroia was able to chase him down and apply the tag.
Pedroia also managed to throw it to first in time to get Pillar for the double play, all while keeping the potential go-ahead run in Tulowitzki on third and letting Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes off the hook. Barnes responded by striking out Ryan Goins to end the inning.
Matt Barnes was fired up after he struck out Ryan Goins to end the eighth inning.
The Red Sox went on to win, 5-4 on Hanley Ramirez’s walkoff home run in the 15th inning.
