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Green’s homer gives Boston 6-5 win over Atlanta
BOSTON (AP)—Nick Green(notes) surprised the Boston Red Sox by overcoming long odds to make the team. On Sunday, he was surprised that his homer won the game.
The shortstop who went to spring training as a non-roster player but is now the starter hit the first pitch in the bottom of the ninth just inside the right-field foul pole 302 feet from home plate.
“I didn’t even comprehend the fact that I swung at the first pitch and it was a walk-off” homer, he said after a 6-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on a windy, misty afternoon. “I hit second base and everybody is standing at home plate and then I realized what was going on.”
His jubilant teammates had poured out of the dugout when he hit Jeff Bennett’s(notes) first pitch of the game for his fourth homer. They mobbed him when he reached the plate.
“He’s really done a good job,” Boston manager Terry Francona said. “It’s gotten to the point where he’s just been a really good player, not a really good non-roster player, a really good major-league player.”
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BOSTON (AP)—Nick Green(notes) surprised the Boston Red Sox by overcoming long odds to make the team. On Sunday, he was surprised that his homer won the game.
The shortstop who went to spring training as a non-roster player but is now the starter hit the first pitch in the bottom of the ninth just inside the right-field foul pole 302 feet from home plate.
“I didn’t even comprehend the fact that I swung at the first pitch and it was a walk-off” homer, he said after a 6-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on a windy, misty afternoon. “I hit second base and everybody is standing at home plate and then I realized what was going on.”
His jubilant teammates had poured out of the dugout when he hit Jeff Bennett’s(notes) first pitch of the game for his fourth homer. They mobbed him when he reached the plate.
“He’s really done a good job,” Boston manager Terry Francona said. “It’s gotten to the point where he’s just been a really good player, not a really good non-roster player, a really good major-league player.”
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