Tuesday’s Red Sox-Twins game had a little bit of everything, even literal ducks on the pond.
Alex Verdugo delivered a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Boston a 5-4 win over Minnesota. The right fielder went viral for his accidental expletive during his postgame interview on NESN, but there was another viral moment earlier in the contest.
Justin Turner was the plate with the bases loaded in the bottom of the second inning, meaning the designated hitter had “ducks on a pond,” as some baseball fans might say. When the veteran alerted the home plate umpire of a timing issue, a pair of ducks flew into the outfield at Fenway Park.
Check out the scene below:
Turner struck out to end the inning, and the ducks eventually flew over the Green Monster without a Randy Johnson-type incident occurring.
The Red Sox now unofficially are 1-0 this season when ducks arrive at Fenway Park, and it was a moment Red Sox fans thoroughly enjoyed.
The matchup also featured pinch-runner Kutter Crawford and Boston capitalizing on a catcher’s interference call, which marked a wild night for the Fenway Faithful.
Of course, this isn’t the first time an animal has popped up during a Red Sox game this year. A stray cat disrupted a spring training game and caught NESN’s Tom Caron by surprise.
You just never know what can happen when you go to a Red Sox game. Boston plays the second game of its series against the Twins at 7:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Full coverage of the game can be watched on NESN+ starting at 6 p.m.
