The Boston Red Sox were on an absolute tear, winning 17 straight games and looking like the hottest team in Major League Baseball. Then Dylan Cease stepped onto the mound on Saturday, and he dropped a bomb on that streak. The Toronto Blue Jays ace, an All-Star right-hander, held the Red Sox to just one hit over nine innings, leading the Jays to a dominant 6-0 win at Fenway Park.
Cease Was Dealing a Masterpiece
Cease was straight-up dealing, taking a no-hitter deep into the sixth inning. It was only then that Andruw Monasterio managed to sneak a leadoff double on a pitch that was pretty far inside. That one hit was *all* Cease allowed across 120 pitches, showing pure shutdown stuff against a team that couldn’t be stopped.
Ninth Inning Drama Couldn’t Break Him
Even in the ninth, with the shutout on the line, Cease stayed locked in. He finished with three strikeouts in that final frame, with two of them getting upheld after ABS challenges by Brandon Valenzuela and Wilyer Abreu. There was even a long fly ball by the Red Sox down the left-field line that sailed over the Green Monster, looking like a real scare, but the umpires ruled it foul. Red Sox manager Chad Tracy challenged, but the call stood. Cease was unshakeable, delivering a performance that shut down a historically hot team.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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