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Associated Press
Jun 10, 2025, 08:07 PM ET
BOSTON -- Roman Anthony got his archetypal large league hit, and his household was determination -- practically sitting successful the dugout.
Anthony, the apical imaginable successful baseball, was called up from Triple-A connected Monday, a determination that came unneurotic truthful rapidly that his friends and household didn't person clip to get to Boston from Florida. But his supporters were successful the beforehand rows close adjacent to the location dugout astatine Fenway Park connected Tuesday nighttime erstwhile Anthony lined a two-run treble to near successful the archetypal inning of a 3-1 triumph implicit the Tampa Bay Rays.
"I didn't adjacent truly announcement that they were determination until I went retired for my archetypal at-bat," Anthony told reporters, adding with a laugh: "Nobody truly gave maine a heads-up that they were going to beryllium that close."
Anthony said helium didn't interact with his household during the game. But manager Alex Cora looked implicit from the dugout and saw the 21-year-old's mother, Lori, crying.
"Just to beryllium astir and spot the smiles -- and saw immoderate tears, too. It's beauteous cool," Cora said. "I cognize it was a peculiar time for the kid yesterday, but they weren't here. So to person his household present and get his archetypal knock, that means a lot."
Anthony had immoderate clip to instrumentality pictures connected the tract with the traveling enactment of astir a twelve radical -- father, mother, sister, brother, grandparents, agents, a mates friends. He went backmost connected the tract successful the darkened ballpark to walk immoderate much clip with them aft talking to reporters.
"That radical retired determination has been with maine each measurement of the way," helium said. "So conscionable to spot them present -- they had to miss yesterday unfortunately, it was benignant of speedy announcement -- but to person them present is peculiar for sure."
A time aft going hitless with an RBI groundout successful his large league debut, Anthony came up with runners connected 2nd and 3rd successful the archetypal inning and drove the shot to near to springiness the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.
Anthony, who fto a shot rotation nether his mitt for an mistake successful his debut, besides made a sliding drawback connected Tuesday nighttime connected Jonathan Aranda's sinking liner to right-center successful the sixth, protecting a one-run pb and earning a salute from pitcher Lucas Giolito.
The second-round draught prime went viral implicit the play erstwhile helium deed a 497-foot expansive slam successful Triple-A Worcester. He batted .288 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs successful 58 games for the WooSox this season.
The Red Sox said Anthony is the youngest subordinate successful franchise past to grounds 3 oregon much RBI successful his archetypal 2 games. Anthony is 21 years, 28 days old; Jim Rice was 21 years, 164 days aged erstwhile helium did it successful 1974.
