{"id":29071,"date":"2025-08-28T05:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/rafaela-rescues-red-sox-hr-in-9th-inning-gives-victory-vs-orioles\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T05:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:02:31","slug":"rafaela-rescues-red-sox-hr-in-9th-inning-gives-victory-vs-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/rafaela-rescues-red-sox-hr-in-9th-inning-gives-victory-vs-orioles\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafaela Rescues Red Sox: HR in 9th Inning Gives Victory vs. Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"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.\n\nDespite 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.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0828%2Fr1537697_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Ceddanne Rafaela celebra despu\u00e9s de batear un jonr\u00f3n de dos carreras en la novena entrada para darle a los Medias Rojas una victoria por 3-2 sobre los Orioles. \" title=\"\"><figcaption>Ceddanne Rafaela, quien ten\u00eda un promedio de bateo de solo .188 desde el receso del Juego de Estrellas, conect\u00f3 un jonr\u00f3n de dos carreras en la novena entrada para impulsar a los Medias Rojas sobre los Orioles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThis home run by Rafaela not only secured the victory, but also placed him at the top of the MLB statistics, tied with William Contreras, Nick Kurtz, and Shohei Ohtani, with the most home runs to take the lead in the ninth inning or later this season.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Baseball is a beautiful game, isn&#8217;t it? In baseball, you have to keep going. If you don&#8217;t keep going and try to help your team, you&#8217;re not going to have this result&#8221;.<\/p><cite>Ceddanne Rafaela<\/cite>\n\nThe 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.\n\nBoston&#8217;s starting pitcher, Brayan Bello, highlighted Rafaela&#8217;s importance to the team:\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I was going through a tough time, but every time the team needs him, he delivers. Tonight was an example of that.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Brayan Bello<\/cite>\n\nGreg Weissert (6-4) earned the win for Boston, while Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect ninth for his 26th save.\n\nIn addition, it was Chapman&#8217;s fourteenth consecutive appearance without allowing hits, tying Scott Aldred (1998-99) for the second-longest streak of this type in American League history.\n\nRoman Anthony drove in Boston with a hit to center field on the fifth pitch of the game.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exciting baseball game, Ceddanne Rafaela became the key figure for the victory of the Boston Red Sox over the Baltimore Orioles. 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