Former Blue Jays and current Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn't just play for both teams in the same game - a first in Major League Baseball history. He batted for both teams in the same inning.
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 1:32PMFormer Blue Jays and current Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn't just play for both teams in the same game - a first in Major League Baseball history.
After the possibility of Jansen becoming a baseball first became a cause celebre around the sport, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said last week he would play Jansen when the suspended game resumed, saying "Let's make history." With Jansen behind the plate, Nick Pivetta struck Varsho out to complete the at-bat Jansen started. Then Jansen came up for the Red Sox with two outs in the bottom half of the frame, getting a nice cheer from a sparse makeup-game crowd, and hit a lazy liner to first base to end the inning.
"When I walked out there today, yeah, I saw myself up there, for sure," Jansen said. "That was just kind of like, 'Well, that's where we're at.'" Jansen had a single in the fifth inning - Boston's first hit of the game. He had a flyout in the seventh and then came up with two outs in the ninth and a runner on second, but he struck out on a checked swing to end the game.
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