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BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle woke up Friday morning feeling under the weather. Then he went out and made the New York Yankees’ hitters look weak.
In the best start of his young career, the 23-year-old Tolle retired his first 16 batters, taking a perfect game into the sixth inning, and gave up just one hit over seven scoreless in Boston’s 6-1 victory over its longtime rivals.
“Yeah, just got it this morning, a little bit yesterday, body aches, fever,” he said after his 88-pitch gem. “I laid in bed for a long time this morning. Got here and got some DayQuil in me.”
He was determined to make his start.
“I woke up this morning and said ‘I don’t feel great, but I’m going to pitch today,”’ he said. “There were a couple of times where I was like ‘Do I tell anybody? Or should I push through this?’’’
In the best start of his young career, the 23-year-old Tolle retired his first 16 batters, taking a perfect game into the sixth inning, and gave up just one hit over seven scoreless in Boston’s 6-1 victory over its longtime rivals.
“Yeah, just got it this morning, a little bit yesterday, body aches, fever,” he said after his 88-pitch gem. “I laid in bed for a long time this morning. Got here and got some DayQuil in me.”
He was determined to make his start.
“I woke up this morning and said ‘I don’t feel great, but I’m going to pitch today,”’ he said. “There were a couple of times where I was like ‘Do I tell anybody? Or should I push through this?’’’
