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Late defensive gems set Red Sox up for wild rally
- Updated: September 16, 2016
BOSTON — Hanley Ramirez stole the show for the Red Sox during Thursday night’s 7-5, walk-off win over the Yankees at Fenway Park, no doubt about it. But the swing that won the series opener wouldn’t have been possible without a pair of defensive gems that helped silence New York’s bats.
With runners on first and second on two outs in the eighth inning and the Yankees leading, 5-1, Jacoby Ellsbury ripped a chopper toward short that took a couple of bounces before reaching Xander Bogaerts’ glove.
The speedy Ellsbury hustled to first as Bogaerts quickly weighed his options. Chase Headley rounded third base and was heading home before Bogaerts snapped a toss to catcher Sandy Leon, who tagged Headley’s foot before it touched the plate. Out at home, inning over. The Red Sox had maintained a four-run deficit.
“I knew once I threw it to third, Headley was going to go home,” Bogaerts said. “So I tried to fake pump, and then I saw him …
