Alex Verdugo lived up to his reputation as a Yankee Killer on July 9. Kutter Crawford started the game and pitched five effective innings, giving up one run while striking out six. Nevertheless, the game went into extra innings tied at three. Nebraska native Jake Diekman pitched the tenth inning and gave up the go-ahead run to the Yankees, but Boston's offense refused to quit the next inning. Former Yankee prospect Rob Refsnyder started the inning by lacing a single to left, moving ghost runner Jarren Duran to third. After a Christian Vazquez fly-out, rookie Jeter Downs (who also got a Topps Now card out of this, but I didn't get it until much later) singled to score Duran. Xander Bogaerts moved the runners with a groundout. Then Verdugo hit a ball into the right-center gap and scored both Refsnyder and Downs. It was one of the most satisfying walk-off victories of the season for Boston.
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