Ramirez Hits Walk-Off Home Run to Lift Red Sox Over Blue Jays 5-4 in 15 Innings
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
15 innings later, @HanleyRamirez said it's time to go home! #walkoff pic.twitter.com/qiA0hipGX3
— Stadium (@watchstadium) July 19, 2017
The home run was Ramirez's 15th of the season.
The Red Sox improve to 53-42 on the season and hold a two game lead in the AL East.
Red Sox Rally
After the Red Sox came back to tie the game at 3, Toronto's Ryan Goins gave the Blue Jays a 4-3 lead with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning.
Boston's Mookie Betts tied it with a two-out single in the bottom half that drove in Jackie Bradley Jr. from second.
The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the 15th when Ramirez ended it with his home run.
Prior to that, the Red Sox trailed 3-1 in the game before Dustin Pedroia hit a solo home run in the sixth to cut their deficit to one. Pedroia would come up big again in the seventh with an RBI double off the Green Monster to tie the game at 3.
Series Continues
The Red Sox and Blue Jays continue thier series on Wednesday, July 19 at 7 p.m.
The pitching matchup is Boston's Drew Pomeranz against Toronto's Aaron Sanchez.
Related Slideshow: The History of Baseball in Central Massachusetts
Baseball and Central Mass. go way back - to the 1860s. The local historical landmarks range from Mudville to Hotel Vernon to Fitton Field. A version of these highlights is posted on the site of the new, yet-to-be-formally-named Worcester Baseballteam of the three-year-old Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
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