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- Updated: August 1, 2016
10:11 PM ET
ANAHEIM, Calif. — It was a few minutes before 4 p.m. here Sunday, 21 hours until the nonwaiver trade deadline, and the faces of the half-dozen Boston Red Sox executives seated above home plate were growing longer than the team’s scoreless drought, which had just been snapped at 16 consecutive innings.
That’s when Dustin Pedroia stepped to the plate.
And if you think the Red Sox have gotten a bigger or more cathartic hit all season than Pedroia’s three-run home run against Los Angeles Angels closer Huston Street, well, you should have seen general manager Mike Hazen when the ball landed in front of the rocks beyond the fence in straightaway center field. Hazen rose from his chair, pumped his fist and got loud, almost certainly mirroring the reaction of fans watching on television back in New England.
Later, after the Sox recorded the final three outs in a 5-3 come-from-behind victory that salvaged a split of the four-game series against the last-place Angels, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski walked through the clubhouse, smiled and said, “That was a big one.” Manager John Farrell, who might have saved Pedroia from a fifth-inning ejection, talked about the “cork getting popped” on a tension-filled weekend. And shortstop Xander Bogaerts put into perspective what everyone in the clubhouse was thinking about the potential impact of the Red Sox’s third win in 42 games when trailing after the eighth inning.
Dustin Pedroia’s three-run home run in the ninth inning against the Angels on Sunday might be the biggest hit of the Red Sox season so far. Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
“We’ve been through a lot these past few days, the past week-plus, a lot of tough losses,” said Bogaerts, who followed Pedroia’s homer with a solo shot and pointed emphatically into the dugout as he rounded first base. “This was a special one. It can definitely change the whole season around for us. That’s probably what everyone is …
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