PHILADELPHIA -- Rick Porcello was spinning a gem on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park and had plenty left in the tank. Under typical circumstances, he was coming back out for the eighth.
But with the game being played under National League rules, Red Sox manager Alex Cora did the conventional thing, calling on Brock Holt to pinch-hit for the righty starter with one out in the top of the eighth.
And Holt did something that is not conventional for him, absolutely unloading for a solo homer against Phillies righty Tommy Hunter that snapped a tie and sent the Red Sox on their way to a 2-1 victory.