WATCH: Hilarious moment at Red Sox vs. Blue Jays clash as Ceddanne Rafaela returns Daulton Varsho’s HR ball to the stands after fan tosses it back
The Red Sox's young searing shortstop Ceddanne Rafaela produced a hilarious moment inside Fenway Park against the Blue Jays on Tuesday night. Jays center fielder Daulton Varsho crushed a solo home run, and somebody from the crowd tossed back his home run ball to the ground.
While the ball landed near the Boston shortstop's feet, he picked it up and hurled it back into the stands, and the crowd loved this hilarious moment during the game. Take a look at the video of the incident uploaded on Instagram:
"A fan tossed Daulton Varsho's home run ball back onto the field and Ceddanne Rafaela HOSED it right back."
The caption on the video read:
"He was NOT having it 😭"
Ceddanne Rafaela produced one hit and scored an important run in game 2 of the four-game series against the Blue Jays.
The Red Sox won 6-3 on the night after a valiant performance by the Boston bullpen. With the win, the series is now pegged at one game apiece, with two more games left to decide the series outcome.
Toronto took Game 1 7-3 on Monday night in this key AL East series. The Red Sox are 68-64 for the season and are third in the AL East, while the Blue Jays are 65-69 aand bottom of the division.
Both teams are well short of making it to the wildcard spots from the American League. Either ballclub will be hopeful of winning an important intra-divisional series as the regular season finishes and the October postseason commences.
Red Sox and Blue Jays will hope to finish the intra-divisional series on a high
Boston will start Bryan Bello (11-6) in game three against Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt (9-12) on Wednesday night. Bassitt has struggled this campaign, which are positive signs for the Red Sox as they look to control Game 3 from the outset.
For the series finale on Thursday, Kutter Crawford of the Boston Red Sox will be against Bowden Francis, a successful Blue Jays pitcher this season . The series finale will be an exciting contest between the two AL East rivals before Boston heads to Detroit to face the Tigers in a three-game series.