If anyone had told me before today’s game that I would use the words “Michael Wacha/Nick Pivetta pitchers duel” I would have said: “Liar” and also “Nick who?” What we were graced with on Wander Day Three, though, was some truly marvelous pitching from both the Rays and Red Sox, and a dual no-hitter that lasted into the fifth.
Pivetta, for his part, was pretty zesty for a dude who was retiring batters like he was the social security office. Several times he stomped into the dugout at the end of a half-inning and assaulted a cooler with his glove, or merely shouted at the vacant space around him.