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ON THIS DATE (July
26, 2024) ... After a thrilling 9-7 victory in which the home team withstood
a majestic three-run missile over the back wall in center field by
Aaron Judge, spectators were shrieking with excitement as they exited
the ballpark.
In the top of the seventh inning, it sure looked like Judge would be the
story, as he hit that mammoth shot over the center field wall into the
camera-well under the scoreboard, and Austin
Wells followed with a solo blow. Suddenly, a 4-3 Boston lead turned into a
7-4 edge for the Yankees. If there was a brief lull following Judge’s 36th homer, Cedanne Rafaela
brought the crowd right back into it. He took a Luke Weaver factball and
scorching one over everything in left for a two-run homer in the bottom of
the seventh that slimmed the deficit to 7-6. Wilyer Abreu, who had been on
the bench all night was asked to hit for Tyler O’Neill, one of the Red Sox
most dangerous hitters. At the time, the Sox were down, 7-6. The rookie
didn’t flinch, hammering a 96.6 mph sinker by Clay Holmes for a double to
tie the game.
The Red Sox still needed another big hit, and Masataka Yoshida provided
it, belting an 0-2 fastball for a two-run single that gave closer Kenley
Jansen some breathing room before he came on in the ninth for career save
No. 440.
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