-[Cora] Go, TO! -[player] Come on, TO!
[Will] Three and two. Here it is.
Swing and a ground ball to third. It's handled there by Rojas.
He throws across the diamond in time.
Final score, ten to six, Seattle.
The Red Sox defense just not good enough tonight.
[somber, melodic music plays]
[Will] A lot of talk about Duran playing in every game.
By the way, Duran's the first Red Sox player
since Mo Vaughn to start the Red Sox first 86 games.
And that was 28 years ago.
[commentator 1] Wow.
[Duran] See you, boys. See you guys tomorrow.
See you, Tommy.
[commentator 2] I talked to guys in the Minor Leagues, coaches, managers,
that say their kids watch that guy play every day.
And they asked them, "You're in Double-A, Triple-A. Why don't you?"
[fans cheering]
[man 1] Can I get a picture? One last time!
-[woman 1] Thank you for signing my ball. -[boy 1] Yay! Thank you.
-[man 1] Thank you! -[Duran] Welcome.
-[woman 2] I love him. -[boy 2] Everybody loves him.
Every single girl loves him.
[Duran] There you go. No problem.
-Thank you. -You're welcome.
-[man 2] Sign my shoes? -[Duran] You want me to sign your shoe?
-[man 2] Hell yeah. -[woman 3] Random!
-On the white. On the white. -[woman 3] But okay.
Thank you so much, man. That's going on the shelf.
-[woman 4] I love your tattoos. -[Duran] Thank you.
[woman 4] Thanks for being such a great role model
for all the younger players too.
-[Duran] Of course. -[man 3] Hey, Jarren, I love your hustle.
[Duran] Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
-What's up, strangers? How you guys doing? -You see us behind the dugout or no?
-[Duran] You sat behind the dugout? -Yeah.
[Duran] Why would I look behind? You never sit there.
We have… we have, like, a… a little gift for you now.
-[Duran] Okay. -And then Sunday's another one.
-[Duran] It's a keychain? -[girls] Yeah.
-[girl] You had enough bracelets. -[Duran] That's sick.
[girl] It matches your belt.
-[Duran] You noticed that? -[girls] Yeah.
-[girl] We'll see you tomorrow. -Guys, have a good one. Okay, sounds good.
Thank you.
[grunts]
[director] Is that every night?
Yeah, I do that every night.
If you guys want good people to interview,
you should interview those… that girl there.
[director] Okay. We… we got her.
-We understand they're coming with gifts. -Yeah.
They… She is here every single game.
Every single game.
-How's the wrist? -[man 4] Better.
Yeah? Nice.
No more eagle lifting?
-[man 4] No. I'm still eagle lifting. -No?
[laughs] I love that.
-All right. -All right, bud. I'll see you.
Yeah, the Bronco… I mean, obviously, you guys saw.
It was just giving me, like, problems that I didn't really need.
So I was just looking for something, like, I guess not more reliable,
but I've always wanted, like, a faster car.
I've never really had, like, a fast car.
But I've always liked the Mitsubishi Evos
ever since Paul Walker was driving one in Fast & Furious.
So…
I think the… the thing that, like,
makes me, like, wanna go out there and sign every day is that…
um, there's gonna be, like, one kid
that I sign for, and it's gonna make him so happy.
And I'm like… It would… it would mean the world to me,
like, if I was to be able to meet an idol when I was little.
So, like, that's how I think about it.
I was like, "If I can just go over there and sign
and, like, make somebody's day that much better… for them,
like, I'm gonna go and do that."
And I've met some pretty awesome people getting to do that every day.
So that makes me happy.
'Cause I tear myself down so much in this game.
I tell myself how much I suck every single day.
And then to be able to see, like, the smile on their faces
really brings me back down to earth.
[mellow music plays]
[Andrew] Hey, how'd the cambio feel yesterday?
-[Bello] Better today than-- -[Andrew] What'd you… what'd you do?
This.
-I did a fastball like this. -[Andrew] Okay.
-Just throw. -[Andrew] Okay.
-[thwack] -[Andrew in Spanish] Damn!
[in English] I love Brayan.
He's a naturally good pitcher.
You like more depth, right?
He's blessed with, you know, the physical capability to do so.
-That's normal? -Yeah.
But we're going through a moment of performance issues.
And that's okay.
And, you know, we just need him to go out and compete
and be the pitcher he is.
Brayan, let me know if you're open to trying some things today
for the cambio.
-[in Spanish] Did you understand? -[Bello] Yes.
[melodic, expectant music plays]
Oh my God. I throw it out, and it goes in.
I throw it in, it goes out.
[Andrew in English] What are we frustrated with? Location?
[Bello in Spanish] Missing a lot.
[in English] "Missing."
[Andrew] Have you tried down here… a little bit?
-[Bello] The changeup's okay? -[Andrew] Yeah.
[Bello exhales deeply]
[thwack]
-[Andrew] Just looking. -[Bello groans]
[Andrew] You're okay.
This top seam needs to come down a little bit, about… ten… ten degrees.
Failure is going to lead us to the right answer and success.
But we have to be able to create the space to work through that to get there.
[music continues]
[commentator 1] Good afternoon, everybody, from Fenway Park in Boston
for the rubber game of this three-game series
between the Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners.
[commentator 2] We're knotted up 1-1, last game of the series.
Two teams battling for the wild card.
Red Sox trying to end the month of July on a big uptick.
Man, do they need a win.
Haven't won a series since prior to the All-Star break.
[commentator 3] I think some of that could be it's getting towards August.
I mean, it's the dog days of August where the nerves are getting there,
their legs are tired, not moving as well as they were.
[Varitek] National fucking avocado day. You fucking like your superfoods.
[O'Neill] I fucking hate avocado though. Fucks up my stomach real bad.
Jeez-o-Pete, can you fucking eat anything?
I know, right? Chicken and rice, baby.
[commentator 2] Craig Breslow has been adamant
that the Red Sox would pick a lane.
They did. They bought.
They added Danny Jansen and James Paxton,
two right-handed bullpen arms.
Lucas Sims from the Reds and Luis García from the LA Angels.
So you came to the deadline.
You needed help in the bullpen. They got that.
People might not think Danny Jansen's some high-dollar right-handed hitter,
but they addressed that need.
-[crowd cheers] -[Andrew] Yes!
[player shouts indistinctly]
-[commentator 2] Danny Jansen… -[Andrew] Yeah!
[cheering continues]
[commentator 2] And a meaningful moment for the new guy. A 2-2 tie.
[ethereal, expectant music plays]
[commentator 1] Brayan Bello is ready to go.
[Andrew] Yeah!
[commentator 2] Ninety-seven miles an hour to strike out Vosler.
[commentator 3] This is what you want Brayan Bello to be.
The difference right now is experience, location, confidence.
[Jansen] Let's go, baby. You better get this motherfucker here.
-Let's get this guy. -[Bello] What you wanna throw first pitch?
[Jansen] I like your sinker down.
You wanna go backdoor slider first? That's fine. Let's get it out there.
Let's get this fucker on the ground, get a double play.
-[Bello] Let's go, man. -You sure?
-[Bello] Yeah, let's go. -[Jansen] Let's go.
[Bello in Spanish] Let's go.
-[soundscape fades] -[music continues]
[commentator 2 in English] Swing, a miss with the change to strike him out.
-The inning is over. Nice job by Bello. -[commentator 4] Is that enough?
Because this team,
in the last couple years, really stumbled in August.
[commentator 1] Sims.
And his pitch is bounced down to third.
Routine play. Devers wins the race to third base.
And that ends the inning. Nice debut for Lucas Sims.
[commentator 3] Steve, I would say that…
I mean, I'm not, like, dying and pissed off
if I'm in that clubhouse,
but I'm also not jumping around like we got Verlander.
But I'd still say you're satisfied, right?
Like, you dipped your toe in it.
You know, you got a little taste of it, and you added some arms.
I think he did enough to give this team a fighting chance here down the stretch.
[commentator 2] They go to the home half of the tenth.
Rex Sox with a chance to win it. Tied at two with Seattle.
The automatic runner at second base is Tyler O'Neill.
[bass guitar music plays]
[commentator 2] The pressure continues to fall on Raffy Devers.
He's their best player.
And if Casas were in the lineup,
some of the pressure would fall on him too, so…
[commentator 1] Will they pitch to Rafael Devers with first base open?
Looks like they will.
[commentator 2] I don't get it. Why would you pitch to Devers in any way?
And then they get a lefty with Refsnyder on deck.
[commentator 1] Two-nothing.
Swing and a fly ball, left center field, well hit.
Raley's back there, all the way to the wall.
-It's off the wall! Here comes the run! -[crowd cheering]
Here comes O'Neill!
He will score. Raffy delivers.
And the Red Sox win it at ten, three to two.
[cheering continues]
[commentator 3] They needed that, didn't they?
Raffy Devers comes through. The man has been absolutely on fire.
Left on left.
Big hit from Devers.
And this team gets a real big win and, more importantly,
wins the season series against the Seattle team.
[commentator 1] And win it in thrilling fashion here
by a final score of three to two.
[Andrew] Hell of a job, boys! Nice job. Nice job. Nice job.
Fucking A. Oh yeah.
[commentator 1] And the Red Sox with a big celebration.
[commentator 2] Bello really set the tone.
I thought he looked really sharp and it's something to build off of
because that was a really nice outing for him.
I think they're optimistic about Casas.
Now personally, I think he needs a couple of weeks down in rehab,
but it doesn't sound like it's gonna be long.
[commentator 1] Well, terrific win, and some wins mean more than others.
-They just do. -[up-tempo music plays]
[Mazz] A night like last night should give you
just a little tingle to make you think, "You know what?"
"This team's gonna hang around. They can fight."
Alex Cora called it sustainable.
Now you get into August, post deadline.
Every game matters. Every pitch matters.
This is when baseball starts to get good.
This is when you have the meaningful games with the meaningful pitches,
the meaningful at bats,
and the significant catches.
All that stuff, it matters now.
So what the hell is taking Triston Casas so long to come back to the big leagues?
[music fades out]
[Casas huffs]
[Casas] There is a burden with success…
Fucker.
…and with failure.
When you're successful, people expect a lot out of you.
Damn. My fucking hand hurts.
I show up on time. I give my best effort every single day.
What everybody can at least acknowledge
in my routine is my consistency about it.
I think that's what's, uh, you know, gonna put us in the best position to win.
I'm gonna go and do it.
It hurts to breathe, like,
when I get to like 75 percent capacity, I feel it.
I could get to 100,
but that last 25 percent, it feels like somebody's stabbing me.
[Joe] We hoped he'd be back by now,
but that's a very tough injury when you tear a rib cage.
I'm sure it's worse than a broken rib.
But, uh, hopefully he's back sometime mid-August. Just a guess.
[man] Alex Cora said that the rehab process for Triston
is really about what Triston dictates.
[woman] Casas giving conflicting reports.
He tells Chris Cotillo he feels pretty fine for MassLive.
Then he goes over to the NESN reporter
and says he feels like he's getting stabbed by knives.
[Cora] I had a good conversation with Triston. He's fine.
Obviously, he will feel it,
but it's not like what he was feeling before he went on the IL.
[Refsnyder] When's Triston back?
-Soon. -Fuck.
People realize that we have six weeks left.
You can chill in six weeks if you need to.
Right.
[Mazz] The timing for the Red Sox to make the playoffs is dwindling.
You can't do what's best for you. You gotta do what's best for your team.
Get your ass back in the lineup.
People are gonna have their own opinions about me and how I go about my things.
And I'm comfortable knowing that I'm giving my best effort
every single day.
[birds chirping]
[Peter] Billy Bean used to describe the season as this.
The first two months are spent optimistically finding out what you have.
The next two months are spent getting what you think you need.
And then, on the 1st August, when the trading deadline's over,
all right, now you play.
[player 1] Fuck it. Take a full swing.
-Take a full swing? -[player 2] No!
-Take a full swing? -[player 3] Yeah!
[player 4] Jesus Christ, Kenley. Please! No!
[player 5] Go, go, go!
[player 3] Fore!
[sharp clang]
-I can't fucking do it! Fuck! -[players laughing]
[Sean] The start of the season held a lot of promise.
So there was a feel-good element to the team around mid-season.
-[player 4] No! -Take one for the fucking team!
[player 4] No!
-[Kenley] Yeah! -[player 4] No!
Maybe I break one shit, we're gonna fucking win the World Series.
[player 4] Don't do it!
[clatter]
[Sean] Since the All-Star break,
I think a lot of things caught up to the Red Sox.
They call August the dog days of the season, and they don't do it for nothing.
["Shambala" by Three Dog Night plays]
-[man 1] It's meaningful games in August. -Fuck, it's hot!
[man 1] In this stretch, 19 games where 16 are against nothing but contenders.
[man 2] You said it.
These next three weeks are gonna be a big-time test for the Sox.
Dude, it is hot.
[Garrett] Late July, angry August.
That's the dog days.
That's when it's like,
"Dude, I'm 100 games into this thing."
"How the heck am I gonna turn this around?"
♪ Wash away my troubles Wash away my pain ♪
♪ With the rain in Shambala… ♪
Fucking muggy out there.
♪ Wash away my sorrow Wash away my shame… ♪
-[commentator 1] That ball is gone. -♪ With the rain in Shambala ♪
[cheering]
[Varitek] Hey! You know what we got today? National Extraterrestrial Day.
Phone home, bitch.
[Will] It's flying!
[commentator 2] My goodness gracious.
National fucking all-or-nothing today. Whatever you got, just give it to me.
Go.
♪ Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind… ♪
You did everything you could. That's a fucking really good at bat.
♪ Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind ♪
♪ On the road to Shambala ♪
[Varitek] Getting through the long season,
there's a mental stability to being able to last.
It's about what you can do to put them in situations
to bring out their best version of them.
So we got National Climb a Mountain Day.
I want balls hit over the fucking mountain.
I need fucking mountain balls!
-♪ How does your light shine ♪ -[crowd cheers]
-♪ In the halls of Shambala? ♪ -[Andrew] Nice one, T!
-♪ How does your light shine ♪ -[crowd cheers]
♪ In the halls of Shambala? ♪
[Garrett] If we lose, it's like, "Ah, the season's over. Everything's bad."
If we win, it's like, "Ah, we're gonna win this thing."
It's a whole roller coaster of emotions.
♪ I can tell my sister By the flowers in her eyes ♪
[commentator 1] He flips. Booser's there.
And the Red Sox take the opener in Kansas City.
Refsnyder goes back. Looks up.
It's gone.
[Cora] You don't want them to struggle.
-Everybody sees the numbers. -[Sean] There's no escaping it.
You start doubting yourself, wondering if you're gonna figure it out.
It's so easy to be like, "If we push a little harder, we can maybe do better."
-[groans] -Sometimes that's your downfall.
Now you're putting more pressure on yourself to do more.
-♪ How does your light shine ♪ -[Cora] Ay-ay-ay.
♪ In the halls of Shambala? ♪
♪ Tell me, how does your light shine In the halls of Shambala? ♪
♪ Ah, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah… ♪
[Will] Swing and a high fly ball.
-[Andrew] Come on, now! -[Will] To the wall again, way up there.
And way, way gone.
And the ballgame is over.
Red Sox will fall by one, 5-4,
as the Astros take the first two of the series.
[fading] ♪ Sha… Shambala ♪
[announcer] Each year, the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association
recognizes one player from each Major League team
with the Heart & Hustle Award
for embodying the spirit, values, and traditions
of America's favorite pastime.
And now, please welcome the Red Sox winner of the 2024 Heart & Hustle award,
Jarren Duran.
[fans cheering]
-[indistinct] -[announcer] Congratulations, Jarren.
-[crowd applauding] -[stadium organ plays fanfare]
[commentator 1] Lots of sunshine today.
Just perfect for game number three. They've dropped three in a row.
Red Sox need the pitching to keep the ball in the ballpark.
That's been a huge problem.
[expectant rock music plays]
[commentator 1] Paxton trying to slow them down today
and, frankly, put a stop to them.
Wraps that one on one hop.
But nobody there at the bag, and he's gonna be safe.
[commentator 2] Oh no.
[commentator 1] Paxton going down on a knee.
That's the reason he did not get over to cover.
[commentator 2] Oh man. This is not good.
This is not what this pitching staff needed either.
[low, suspenseful music plays]
[commentator 1] James Paxton hobbles off.
The guy you just acquired,
the guy you are relying on the rest of the way.
That's a dark cloud immediately on a beautiful day at Fenway.
[commentator 3] You have to find ways to start winning games 'cause it's time.
[commentator 1] He has started every game, all 116.
Determined to play in every game, start every game.
-[fan] Swing the bat! -[commentator 2] Alex Cora said it best.
If you wanna teach your kids how to play the game,
have them watch number 16.
[commentator 1] He'll swing and miss. Down he goes for strike three.
[fan] You want a tennis racket?!
[commentator 3] Here, lately, the offense that was carrying this team
since the break, got real quiet.
[tense music plays]
[commentator 1] On to inning five. Astros one, Sox nothing.
Red Sox have been forced into a bullpen day
because of the early injury to James Paxton.
A strained calf in the first inning.
That was a gut punch for Cora today.
A sliding effort by Hamilton.
Can't come up with it. It's a base hit for León.
That leads off the fifth.
Here comes Houston, and Bregman on the way.
[crowd murmurs]
[cheering]
[commentator 1] And Alvarez to follow.
[crowd cheering]
-[tense music continues] -[Astros fan] Yeah!
[crowd murmur]
[commentator 1] Off the green.
Another run is in. Alvarez rounding third.
He's gonna score too.
That was a tight one, but the Astros with seven runs over the last two innings.
And completely out of Fenway, and another home run for Houston.
And they blow this wide open.
Houston bearing down on a three-game sweep.
That would run the Red Sox losing skid four straight.
-[crowd chants] Let's go, Red Sox! -[clapping in unison]
[commentator 1] The Sox just trying to break through here against Brown.
[commentator 2] Just get something going.
[commentator 1] Duran looking to put one in play.
He's gone 0 for 2 today. Couple of strikeouts.
One and two.
-[tense music fades out] -[crowd chattering]
[fan] Tennis racket! Tennis racket! You need a tennis racket!
[Duran] Shut up, you fucking faggot.
[low, foreboding music plays]
[Jen] I was in the press box wrapping up game coverage from that day
when it came across like a clip on Twitter.
-[fan] You need a tennis racket! -[Duran] Shut up, you fucking faggot.
[Sean] He hears a guy yelling, "Tennis racket!"
"You need a tennis racket up there!"
Meaning that was his only chance of making contact.
Kind of an innocuous comment.
Duran calls time,
steps out, turns towards the fan,
and directs a homophobic slur to him,
and then steps back into the batter's box and finishes the at bat.
[fan] You might be able to hit it.
We were recording the podcast when the video is circulating on Twitter.
No, that was a fucking dumb thing to say. Like, that was a dumb thing to say.
My first thought was like, "Why?"
Like, "Why was that the first word out of your mouth?"
There's just no place for that language, and, like, don't be an idiot.
[Duran] Uh, before we get started, I just wanted to kind of say
that, um, I've had some fans reach out to me
and, um, tell me that they're disappointed in me.
And I just wanted to let them know that I'm sorry for my actions
and that I'm gonna work on being better for them.
It was just a heckler heckling me, you know, the entire game.
And I just let the… let the moment get the best of me.
I just said something that I shouldn't be saying.
[Sam] Duran made a horrific comment that he shouldn't have made.
We all fall short of, um… proper behavior at times.
I know I have.
And we need to keep our emotions in check.
But from time to time,
they come out in a way that crosses the line, is not appropriate.
And you better be damn sure that you offer an apology
and you offer an apology to the right people.
And I believe that usually you get forgiveness when you do that.
We see that, you know, Jarren, as a leader,
that he maybe is… is also flawed.
And… and we all are. And… and people make mistakes.
Um, and I think, you know, to Sam's point, what matters is what happens now.
[Duran] I got, like, messages on Instagram from, like, kids that were like,
"I know you didn't mean that word in a bad way,
but it kinda, like, hurt my feelings," and it was like a kid.
Seeing that, I was like, "Damn, like, I let that kid down."
Having this conversation and looking in his eyes,
and seeing, like, the pain of, like, "Oh my God."
He wasn't concerned with himself.
He was concerned… He's like, "Oh my God. Like, I hurt so many people."
"People that looked up to me, people that rooted for me,
I have hurt them."
Obviously, we know about Jarren, right?
We're here to support him. We don't have to overdo it, right?
Like, he knows that we're here for him, so he won't be… he won't play two games.
Jarren Duran has been suspended two games for hurling an anti-gay slur
at a fan during Sunday's loss to the Astros.
Whether you're a professional athlete or, you know, uh,
Joe Schmoe on the street, it doesn't matter.
I mean, there's just certain things that we don't tolerate here in this state.
[Speier] I think that that was a really hard thing to see.
That it was so heartbreaking
that someone who has struggled with questions of self-worth and doubt,
um, would use a term that was so hurtful,
uh, to a vulnerable population
that can struggle so much with self-worth and self-doubt.
[Cora] Just one mistake by the kid
doesn't actually, uh… show who we are or who he is, right?
You've talked a lot about 162 being his goal,
um, you know, in terms of that no longer being in play.
And… and… and the reason he's not gonna play 162 is the right one.
You know? And… and he's not gonna play 162.
[man 1] He puts a lot of people in a tough position
that have, you know, all year long said,
"Be like Jarren Duran. Follow in his footsteps."
Whether you're a young player or anyone trying to play baseball
that's a child or growing up,
you wanna be.
[man 2] Yeah. Don't say shit like that. No.
Be better, be smarter.
and grow up a little bit,
[foreboding music fades out]
[Refsnyder] I just wanna say, like,
I… I honestly believe our offense is… is right there.
It's gonna be fucking dangerous here soon.
I think the guys, the ability, the talent,
like, the game planning is just too good to keep going like this.
So I think it's easy to kind of look where we're at
in the wild card and try to win every single game,
you know, things like that, and look ahead too much,
but I just want us to focus on having good at bats.
And, uh, I think it's gonna be fucking lethal here soon.
So just keep going, boys. If we just win this game, keep going.
I think we're gonna be in a good spot.
-[crowd murmuring] -[announcer chatters]
[Joe] Top of the sixth in a fast-moving game.
Two to one, Red Sox.
Houck got some very, very fast outs. This next pitch will be his 80th.
[Ben] What day is it today?
Frozen treats and golf.
Frozen treats, fucking creamsicle.
[Joe] Here's Garcia. Fastball outside.
It's actual National Golf Month,
but today, they're already recognizing golf month.
-[Andrew] Go, Tanner! -[Joe] Game's moving along quickly.
And he swings it. It's one to left. High and deep, back by the wall.
And it's gone into the Monster seats.
[tense music plays]
There's his 19th homer. We're tied at two.
That ball was still rising, a high line drive.
Bottom of the sixth. Two to two, the score.
Red Sox will have Abreu.
[Will] Red Sox trying to retake the lead here against Texas.
And a high drive into right center field, and it's back there.
-Sailing. She is gone! -[Cora cheers]
[Will] Wilyer will touch 'em all.
That didn't take long, and the Red Sox are in front again, 3-2.
[player] Yuh-huh! Yeah!
[Joe] Boston leading the top of the inning, regains it here.
[fans cheering, whistling]
[Joe] The Red Sox lead three to two, even though they've had only four hits.
Yoshida's blooped a single fly into center.
There's a ground ball bounced left side.
And it's off the glove of Seager. Goes into left field.
-[Andrew] Come on, boys. Let's go. -[Cora] Good time.
-[Will] That'll be a base hit for Masa. -[crowd cheering]
[Will] Here comes Chafin, the lefty.
[cheers subside]
[tense music plays]
Raffy, first man to test him.
He's gone 0 for 2.
[Joe] Base hit at the gap at right center field.
It's caught off on the second out by Taveras.
Yoshida's well on his way to third in their standing.
And the Red Sox have runners at first and third here.
[tense music continues]
Pitch is swung, and high to left center field.
Deep enough to get a run home.
[Will] And Raffy going… I know where Raffy is going.
Raffy's trying to get back. Yoshida looking to score.
-[crowd groans] -[Will] But double up at first base.
And a big base-running mistake there by Raffy Devers.
[Joe] Raffy must have thought there were two outs.
-[Andrew] Come on, boys. -[Will] That is it for the Red Sox.
[Andrew] A four-seam if you need it.
Low, something like that. Get up top, if you need it there.
Let the velo… let the velo play.
[commentator 1] New pitcher for Boston is the newcomer,
the right-hander Luis García,
over the trade deadline from the Angels, to Adolis Garcia.
He hit a line home run into the Monster seats
in left center last time up.
-[music lifts] -[Will] A high fly ball, this driven deep.
That went back there toward the wall, way back there.
And Adolis into the Monster seats. He strikes again.
[Morris] Another one?
Jesus Christ!
[Will] This becomes a one-run game.
[Joe] Garcia's now given up nine runs in six innings…
-…since joining the Red Sox. -[commentator 1] He has not been good.
[Will] And with a third.
-Devers down. He's up. He skips it. -[crowd cheers]
-He's not gonna get it there in time. -[crowd groans]
[Andrew] Come on. Double play. Ground ball.
[Will] Ground ball toward the hole, picked again and from the knee,
he's gonna throw to first base, and out of time.
[commentator 2] He had a good play to stop it.
Just having kind of a rough night.
Just has a look on his face as if he's chagrined.
Marty and Winck. Get 'em going.
[commentator 1] So the Red Sox leading four to three.
[Will] Texas tightening it up.
[tense music continues]
-He goes after it. High chopper. -[music lifts]
-[Cora] The play! -[crowd groans]
[Will] Hamilton misplays it!
-1-1, will score. -[music abates]
And they're gonna be safe at first and third.
[commentator 2] It was booted on about as easy a play as you'll ever have.
[Will] The Sox should be out of the inning.
And this becomes a 4-4 game on the defensive miscue.
[fans whistling]
[Will] Bottom of the eighth inning, 4-4 at Fenway.
Jarren Duran looking to reach base for the first time tonight,
his return after his two-game suspension.
And he had played in all of the club's first 116.
-[crowd cheers] -[Morris] Wow. Some people are standing.
Like, because he's our player, we're like, "It's okay."
"We'll support him."
But if he wasn't our player,
everybody would just be booing the shit out of him.
There's gotta be a fine line in the middle.
People should've just made no noise.
Neither boos nor applause.
We give him the cold shoulder until you show you can be better.
[fans cheering, whistling]
[suspenseful music plays]
[Will] And a line drive right center to right field.
-[crowd cheering] -[Will] Jarren Duran aboard.
That all-important lead off man and with serious speed, obviously.
He's on to start the bottom of the eighth.
[commentator 2] Duran the go-ahead run at first. He has 29 stolen bases.
[Will] Will he run here and get down into scoring position?
Holding.
-Swing and a miss. That one ate him up. -[Cora] Go, go, go!
[Will] The runner's gonna try and advance.
-[soundscape fades] -[music continues]
-The throw, the tag. He is out! -[crowd groans]
[Will] A strike him out, throw him out. Just like that, two down.
[commentator 2] The catcher throws out Duran.
Two outs and the bases empty.
And Fenway very quiet now as Yoshida takes ball one.
And the Red Sox playing some bad baseball here late in the game.
[Will] High fly ball.
Left center field, back toward the wall. Backing up to Taveras.
-He is there to play it off the wall. -[crowd cheering]
Masa into second base. His third hit tonight.
He scampers in with a double.
[funky rock music plays]
[Joe] Yeah, Duran certainly would've scored on that.
[Will] Wong now the runner at second, representing the Red Sox's go-ahead run.
[commentator 2] They're gonna walk Raffy Devers.
-Swing it, Masa. Swing it. -[Cora] Well done, Masa. Swing it.
[Will] Danny Jansen will be the batter.
[commentator 2] He's had some clutch hits in his short time here in Boston.
Come on, Jano!
[Will] Two outs in a 4-4 game in the eighth.
[commentator 3] Doesn't need a walk-off. Take care of it here.
[funky music continues]
[Will] Ground ball, two in the hole. Through for a base hit.
Here comes Wong. Here comes the throw home.
-He sailed it! -[crowd cheers]
-[Will] And the Red Sox have the lead. -[Cora shouts] Yo!
[Will] 5-4, Boston in the eighth.
Danny Jansen with a base hit through the hole.
And Langford just airmailed the throw.
[commentator 3] And the Red Sox take a 5-4 lead.
[funky music continues]
[Will] Hard hit. Got a piece of the bag down the line.
[raucous cheering]
That scores two!
Gonzales into second.
And the Red Sox get all sorts of breathing room. On top, 7-4.
[cheering continues]
[music abates]
[players cheering]
-[Andrew] Attaboy! -[Cora] It's not over.
[crowd cheer]
[commentator 2] Pitch to Seager, hit hard, ground ball, base hit.
[Will] That's how the inning begins here in the ninth.
[low, expectant music plays]
Tying run in the on-deck circle for Texas.
[Refsnyder] How about a little ground-ball double play for the boys?
[Will] Bounding ball through for a base hit. Josh Smith with a single.
[commentator 2] All of a sudden, with nobody out,
they have the tying run coming to the plate.
[Cora] Four, six, three.
[commentator 2] Ground ball to second.
[Will] And to second, got one.
-Back to first. -[crowd cheers]
[Will] He came off the bag. No double play.
And the game continues.
[commentator 3] It would have been game over but Gonzalez
had to come off the bag.
Been one of those nights for the Red Sox.
Can they survive what has not been a crisp performance?
Red Sox leading 7-4.
[commentator 2] One more out to get.
Swing, and a high, deep drive.
-[soundscape fades] -[expectant music continues]
[Will] Way, way back and gone
for a three-run homer.
And this game is tied at seven.
Wyatt Langford has tied it up
with two down in the ninth inning.
[Dan] Goddamn it.
I cannot believe that just happened.
[commentator 2] Unbelievable.
[commentator 3] Red Sox had a double-play bouncer.
They couldn't turn it.
And the crowd's stunned.
[downcast music plays]
[Joe] Zack Kelly takes over in the tenth inning.
[commentator 4] Extra innings, first hitter's so important. Get this guy.
This first hitter's a big one.
[Joe] There's a drive hit to right center field and deep.
Back to Abreu by the bullpen. He jumps!
[Will] And it's into the pen and gone.
Well, home runs tonight have just killed the Sox. It is 9-7.
[commentator 2] It sure has.
[Morris] Man, this game is sucking.
["That Summer Feeling" by Jonathan Richman plays]
[commentator 2] One of those nights when everything is a struggle.
[Joe] Very sloppy played game on both ends, really.
♪ That summer feeling That summer feeling, that summer… ♪
[commentator 3] They've done such a good job this year,
turning losses into wins at times.
This one kinda feels the other way around.
-[Will] Well, can the Red Sox do it again? -Come on, Connor!
[commentator 3] Poor base running, poor fielding, bad relief pitching.
-[Varitek and Cora] Swing it! -[Joe] Very frustrating.
-[Will] And strikes him out. -[Joe] Red Sox down to their last out.
♪ The joy I've named shall not be tamed ♪
♪ And that summer feeling Is gonna haunt you… ♪
[Will] That is the ballgame.
And that is a brutal loss for the Red Sox. One of their worst of the season.
♪ And if you wait until you're older ♪
♪ A sad resentment will smolder one day… ♪
[commentator 3] Very somber crowd filing out after an excruciating loss.
[commentator 4] This was a W, you know, and gave this one away.
[Will] Now two games back in that wild card race.
♪ And then that summer feeling Is gonna hurt you one day in your life ♪
♪ Summer feeling, summer feeling… ♪
[Joe] Any reasons why this one got away?
-One that they really should have had. -♪ It's gonna haunt you ♪
-♪ Summer feeling ♪ -♪ One more time ♪
-[soundscape mutes] -[somber instrumental music plays]
[somber music continues]
[music fades out]
[earth skitters]
-[baby giggles] -[gulls calling]
[waves crashing]
[clicking]
-[commentator] Number 23. -[crowd cheers]
[strings stab]
[cheering fades]