{"id":48012,"date":"2025-05-14T07:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48012"},"modified":"2025-05-14T07:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:51:09","slug":"javier-baezs-walk-off-featured-epic-bat-flip-saddest-reaction-from-red-sox-catcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48012","title":{"rendered":"Javier Baez’s Walk-Off Featured Epic Bat Flip, Saddest Reaction From Red Sox Catcher"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Baez’s second three-run home run of Tuesday’s game was a walk-off. \/ Screengrab Twitter @tigers<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Javier Baez lived up to his nickname, El Mago, on Tuesday night, as the Detroit Tigers outfielder created magic in the team\u2019s 10-9 win over the Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park.<\/p>\n

First, Baez belted a go-ahead, three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Detroit a 6-4 lead. After the Red Sox and Tigers traded blows in the top and bottom halves of the 10th, Boston once again jumped ahead and took a 9-7 lead heading into the bottom of the 11th inning.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a leadoff single by Tigers infielder Jace Jung to start the inning, the stage was set for Baez, with Jung on first and the auto runner Dillon Dingler on third base. And Baez delivered, as he smacked the first pitch he saw from Red Sox reliever Greg Weissert into the left-field seats for a walk-off homer.<\/p>\n

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