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Confidence filled Giancarlo Stanton as he swung a bat in Fenway Park’s on-deck circle, watching a left-handed reliever pop warmup tosses over home plate. The Red Sox were gambling that Darwinzon Hernandez would retire the left-handed Anthony Rizzo, thus avoiding a looming mismatch for the ages.
Stanton’s thoughts in that moment: “They’d better get Rizz out.”
They did not. Rizzo was hit by a pitch and Stanton pounced on a meaty fastball, clearing the Green Monster for a go-ahead grand slam on Saturday.