The Phillies and Red Sox played a real throwback game on Monday at Fenway Park: Aaron Nola and David Price both pitched eight innings, a feat so rare these days they should have worn baggy wool uniforms that hadn't been washed in three weeks and swung their arms over their heads as they began their deliveries.
The Red Sox won the game 2-1 in 13 innings on Blake Swihart's double:
Some things are worth waiting for, amirite? pic.twitter.com/qcdYzwzSV4
The story of the game, however, was the starting pitchers.