Payton Tolle didn’t need much time to turn a rainy Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park into a show.
After rain delayed the first pitch by an hour and 50 minutes, the Red Sox rookie left-hander struck out the side on nine pitches in the first inning, recording the eighth immaculate inning in franchise history and immediately bringing the Fenway crowd to life.
Tolle carried that momentum through six scoreless innings and the Red Sox scored three times over the final two frames to beat the Royals, 4-1, in the series finale.
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