BOSTON -- It was a rare display of emotion from an unemotional man.
On his 99th and final pitch, on a damp and chilly Thursday night, Rick Porcello rocked back and uncorked a changeup. And after Aaron Hicks swung through it, ending the top of the seventh inning and leaving two New York Yankees teammates on base, Porcello let out a shout as he walked away from the mound.
Excuse him. Porcello had been waiting a long time for this, and we aren’t referring to the 45-minute rain delay between the fifth and sixth innings.