The Red Sox got their first taste of the pitch clock on Saturday, and it couldn’t have helped them at a bigger time.
Facing the Braves, the Red Sox blew a 6-3 lead in the bottom of the ninth in their Grapefruit League opener as Atlanta scored three runs to tie the game. The Braves were threatening to win the game with Cal Conley stepping up to the plate with the bases loaded.
Red Sox reliever Robert Kwiatkowski got ahead in the count, but threw a ball that just missed the zone to make the count full.