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After losing ball in lights, Betts turns 9-3 DP
- Updated: September 28, 2016
BOSTON — The Red Sox were so close they could taste it. Somewhere in the visiting clubhouse there were bottles of champagne waiting to be popped. And for a moment, it seemed like Mookie Betts’ defensive heroics could’ve changed the outcome of the Red Sox’s 6-4 loss to the Yankees on Tuesday.
In the sixth inning with New York leading, 4-3, and Starlin Castro at first, Chase Headley laced one into right field. Betts looked up and searched for the ball against the bright Yankee Stadium lights. Hitting a max speed of 15.4 mph, according to Statcast™, he lunged, slid and snagged the ball.
It wasn’t over yet.
With his back toward the infield because of the way he landed on the play, Betts quickly spun around and fired the ball to Hanley Ramirez at first. Because it looked like Betts had lost Headley’s ball in the lights, Castro had taken a big lead …
