In an exciting baseball game, Ceddanne Rafaela became the key figure for the victory of the Boston Red Sox over the Baltimore Orioles. The player, who has been at the center of the action throughout the game, sealed the triumph with a two-run home run in the ninth inning, leaving the score 3-2 in favor of Boston.
Despite a complicated start, where an error in the fielding and an apparent lack of communication with his teammate Jarren Duran allowed the Orioles to take the lead, Rafaela demonstrated his ability to recover.
“Baseball is a beautiful game, isn’t it? In baseball, you have to keep going. If you don’t keep going and try to help your team, you’re not going to have this result”.
Ceddanne RafaelaThe Red Sox, who are three games behind the Toronto Blue Jays and half a game behind the New York Yankees in the American League, have won six of their seven games on their road trip. Boston’s starting pitcher, Brayan Bello, highlighted Rafaela’s importance to the team:“I was going through a tough time, but every time the team needs him, he delivers. Tonight was an example of that.”
Brayan BelloGreg Weissert (6-4) earned the win for Boston, while Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect ninth for his 26th save. In addition, it was Chapman’s fourteenth consecutive appearance without allowing hits, tying Scott Aldred (1998-99) for the second-longest streak of this type in American League history. Roman Anthony drove in Boston with a hit to center field on the fifth pitch of the game.
