Ceddanne Rafaela hits house runs in back-to-back ABs
Boston Pink Sox
Rafaela hit a homer in Friday’s sport, too.
The Boston Pink Sox are scorching, and so is Ceddanne Rafaela.
The middle fielder’s bat remained scorching on Saturday night time towards the Los Angeles Dodgers when he hit back-to-back house runs in his first two at-bats of the competition.
Rafaela’s first homer got here within the second whole at-bat of the competition within the high of the primary inning to offer the Pink Sox an early 1-0 lead. The 25-year-old clubbed a 389-foot solo shot to left-center subject off a Yoshinobu Yamamoto splitter that failed to separate, the dominant hurler’s first pitch of the at-bat.
Watch his first homer right here:
Rafaela’s second bomb knotted the sport at two runs apiece within the third inning. It got here shortly after Dodgers OF Teoscar Hernandez gave L.A. a 2-1 lead with a two-run house run of his personal off Payton Tolle within the second body.
The second homer of the sport for Rafaela was a 402-foot solo shot to left-center as soon as once more, this time without work a greater Yamamoto splitter in a 1-2 rely.
Watch his game-tying, second dinger of the sport:
Not solely did Rafaela slug two lengthy balls on Saturday, however he additionally hit one the night time earlier than on Friday.
That homer was exceptionally clutch — a two-run, go-ahead shot to offer Boston a 5-4 lead within the seventh body.
In different phrases, Rafaela entered the collection with 11 house runs on the season. He reached the 14 mark in simply the third inning of the second sport.
Rafaela appears to like hitting at Dodger Stadium, however these three at-bats are merely an extension of his spectacular breakout yr on the plate. He’s lengthy been identified for his defensive prowess, significantly within the outfield, however he’s turn out to be a weapon on the high of the lineup after loads of ABs within the 9 gap early in his MLB profession.
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