BOSTON -- Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez knew it was all in fun. But he certainly didn't expect Julio Lugo to hit one that far.
Lugo launched a two-run homer off a billboard above the Green Monster on Sunday, providing the only runs in a Red Sox alumni game before Boston faced the Atlanta Braves at Fenway Park.
"Julio told me: `After 35-years, this is the first hit I got off you," Martinez said, standing at a bunch of temporary lockers in a club behind center field.
"It was a straight fastball. I fell behind on the count and laid it in there, but I didn't expect him to hit it out, but he did," Martinez said.