Thursday, February 9, 2023

Topps Now: September 1, 2022

This is the last of the Topps Now cards for the 2022 season to date.  Before I get to it, I will note that it is a parallel.  I ordered the base card, which apparently never got delivered to this particular seller.  By the time I was made aware of this, the base card was almost impossible to find for a reasonable price.  So I bought the parallel, because I had to have SOMETHING of this card.

On September 1, Rich Hill started a game against the Rangers and was less than sharp.  He lasted just four innings, giving up four runs on five hits and four walks.  He struck out two.  John Schreiber and Kaleb Ort kept the game close, but then the Rangers scored two runs each off of Zack Kelly and Eduard Bazardo.  Boston went into the bottom of the eighth inning down 8-3.

In the bottom of the eighth, the Red Sox got to within three on hits by Rafael Devers and Christian Arroyo.  Then, in the bottom of the ninth, the Red Sox exploded for four runs to walk it off.  Tommy Pham and Alex Verdugo drew walks right away off of Jonathan Hernandez.  Xander Bogaerts singled to load the bases.  Devers came through again with a two-run double and Boston was within one.  After J.D. Martinez struck out, Arroyo was intentionally walked to put the double play in order.  Enrique Hernandez singled to score Bogaerts and move Devers to third and Rob Refsnyder came to the plate.  Refsnyder promptly singled to left to secure the win for the Red Sox.  The card says he doubled, but it was just a single.  That was all that was needed.  

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