Kutter Crawford, who pitched 6 1/3 innings of relief on Monday night, scored on Reese McGuire’s game-tying 10th inning single after being used as an automatic runner.
The Red Sox were out of available bench players, and the under the new rules a runner has to be placed at second base in extra-innings.
“When they called my name in the bullpen, I couldn’t believe it,” Crawford said, according to MLB.com. “I asked [bullpen coach Kevin Walker], ‘Are you serious? Like me?’ He said, ‘Yeah get your legs loose, you’re pinch-running, and I said, ‘All right, well, here we go.