The preamble to Adam Duvall’s final at-bat on Saturday was eerily similar to his final at-bat in Thursday’s Opening Day loss to the Orioles.
Just like Thursday, the Red Sox cut the Orioles’ six-run lead to one by the time he showed up to the plate. And just like on Thursday, the Orioles committed an error on the previous at-bat. On Saturday, it was Orioles left fielder Ryan McKenna dropping the ball on Masataka Yoshida’s fly ball with two outs that kept the Red Sox alive in the ninth inning.
So, Duvall stepped up to the plate again representing the winning run.