The right-hander had a point: Martinez had gotten all of a seventh-inning forkball from Boston reliever Junichi Tazawa to drive the ball deep into the seats in right field. The two-out, two-run blast was projected by Statcast™ to land 413 away from home plate, and it turned a deficit into the game-winning lead.
"It's good to end up on the good side," Martinez said. "We've been having some battles and coming up on the bad side. But it definitely felt great to pull this game out."
In the top of the seventh. the Red Sox had claimed the lead on a two-run single by David Ortiz.