ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — And a child shall lead them from the American League East basement.
Nobody bats 1.000, in life or in baseball, but that’s Michael Chavis’s average right now and the Red Sox’ winning percentage with him in this pivotal early-season series with the first-place Tampa Bay Rays after the kid delivered a Kodak (or Instagram) moment in his first big league at-bat.
In a game built on failure, Chavis’s debut Saturday night was an unequivocal success.
Welcome to the show @MichaelChavis11! pic.twitter.com/vffhx0ehuT
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) April 21, 2019