Ceddanne Rafaela turned Fenway Park into a zoo when he hit an important walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth Friday night.

I’ve been waiting for this moment since I was watching games with my mom in 2004, ’05, ’06, ’07, to play in this atmosphere," Rafaela said. Born in 2000, he inherited Red Sox fandom from his mother.

Red Sox: Garrett Crochet (9-4, 2.39 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 151 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to keep a five-game home win streak alive when they take on the Tampa Bay Rays. Boston has a 30-20 record in home games and a 51-45 record overall.

Crochet cited preparing for the second half of the season as a reason why he’s sitting out this year’s ASG. The post Red Sox’ Garrett Crochet explains decision not to pitch in 2025 All-Star Game appeared first on Boston.

There was no immediate reason given, but manager Alex Cora had hinted in recent days that the team wanted him instead to rest following a heavy workload in recent months.