Just a few years ago, Marisol Hernandez was amidst a roaring sea of Royals blue with more than 40,000 fans at Kauffman Stadium.
The date was Oct. 28, 2014. Her son Yordano Ventura, who was a long way from his native Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, kept the San Francisco Giants so off-balance they could muster only three hits off him in a 10-0 victory in Game 6 that forced one more showdown for the World Series championship.
It was Hernandez’s proudest moment.
“On that field, with thousands of people surrounding him, it was like the pressure didn’t affect him,” she said in February.