Walking Cabrera Walks It Off On Opening Night
With one out in the 11th inning, Walking Cabrera sent all 2,131 fans in attendance home happy with a walk-off single, giving the Sox a 4-3 victory on Opening Night. Kelvin Nunez picked up the win out of the bullpen.
With one out in the 11th inning, Walking Cabrera sent all 2,131 fans in attendance home happy with a walk-off single, giving the Sox a 4-3 victory on Opening Night. Kelvin Nunez picked up the win out of the bullpen.
Walking Cabrera walks it off for the Sox in the 11th pic.twitter.com/O9wS8mWxJY
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Trailing 1-0 and heading into their half of the inning, the AquaSox answered back. Tyler Locklear singled to centerfield to score Jonatan Clase, who had reached on a walk. From that point on it became a pitchers dual.
Everett would eventually take the lead in the seventh inning, when Mariners top prospect Harry Ford singled to centerfield, but the Sox were unable to hold the lead when the Emeralds scored an unearned run in the eighth inning.
The teams exchanged runs again in the 10th inning, as Ford came up with a clutch single once again, scoring Clase for the third time in the game.
Despite giving up a triple on the first pitch of the game, Juan Mercedes calmed down and allowed only one run in 6.0 innings while striking out nine.
Pictured Above: Walking Cabrera
Photos by: Shari Sommerfeld
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