BOSTON – A night in Fenway Park. Early June. The Detroit Tigers hold a one-run lead in the bottom of the eighth inning. Right-hander Alex Wilson is pitching.
If you have been following this baseball team for any period of time, you could guess what happened next.
A bloop base hit into rightfield. An errant pickoff throw. A hard hit base hit to rightfield to tie the game. And then, two batters later, the knockout punch.
Jackie Bradley Jr. hung the loss on Wilson, hitting a two-run home run into the rightfield seats for another big Boston home run in the eighth inning.