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Mookie’s missile nabs speedy Kiermaier
- Updated: August 24, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — It wasn’t the accuracy that surprised Mookie Betts. He’d been an infielder and knew how to make pinpoint throws. What surprised him, and what even he didn’t know he could do, was throw the ball as far as he did.
When Kevin Kiermaier laced a ball down the right-field line and into the Rays’ bullpen, Betts fished it out and fired a strike to third base to throw the speedy runner out for the second out of the inning. It preserved the slim lead in Boston’s 2-1 win at Tropicana Field.
“I didn’t know I could really do that,” Betts said. “I think we were all kind of surprised there.”
For the second straight night, the Red Sox used an eighth-inning defensive play to preserve its advantage in a crucial game. With the Blue Jays beating the Angels on Tuesday, the Red Sox needed — and got — a win to stay tied with the Blue Jays atop the American League …
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