{"id":95071,"date":"2025-09-18T22:12:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=95071"},"modified":"2025-09-18T22:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:12:48","slug":"red-sox-rookie-sets-jaw-dropping-record-in-first-career-relief-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=95071","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Rookie Sets Jaw-Dropping Record In First Career Relief Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Payton Tolle showcased his elite velocity<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleHeaderDetails\">\n<p>Tyler Maher 1 Hour Ago3 Min Read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2044834\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The Boston Red Sox dropped their series finale against the Athletics on Thursday afternoon, losing the rubber game at Fenway Park 5-3.<\/p>\n<p>One bright spot came from the Red Sox\u2019s bullpen, however, as rookie Payton Tolle shined in his first Major League relief appearance.<\/p>\n<p>After burning through his bullpen in Wednesday\u2019s 10-inning victory, Alex Cora needed someone to give him some bulk on Thursday after Brayan Bello lasted just four innings. He turned to Tolle, who recently moved from the rotation to the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>After struggling in his first three career starts (0-1, 7.84 ERA), the 22-year-old rookie dazzled in his first career relief appearance. He allowed just one unearned run, three hits and no walks over three innings while racking up four strikeouts, whiffing the first three batters he faced.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The hard-throwing lefty came out firing in his first outing since Sept. 10 and recorded the fastest pitch of his MLB career thus far, fanning fellow rookie Nick Kurtz on a 99.7 mph fastball to end the top of the fifth inning. He also showed good control along with his elite velocity, throwing 34 of his 50 pitches for strikes.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Tolle stopped the bleeding, his teammates weren\u2019t able to rally behind him as their recent offensive struggles continued. Boston now leads the Cleveland Guardians \u2014 who won on Thursday \u2014 by just 1.5 games for the third Wild Card spot with nine games remaining.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Given Tolle\u2019s terrific first impression out of the bullpen, Cora will likely use him in a similar role going forward. The Red Sox need all the pitching help they can get as they try to make the playoffs, and Tolle proved he can be a valuable weapon out of the bullpen down the stretch.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After losing five of its last seven games, Boston will try to bounce back on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1c3c54c1129ee9a863afbe57c6cbb67e?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Red Sox Rookie Sets Jaw-Dropping Record In First Career Relief Appearance\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>Tyler Maher<\/h3>\n<p>Editorial Writer<\/p>\n<p>Former editor for Forbes Advisor, Minute Media and MLB.com. A Tufts alum and Massachusetts native who moved all the way to Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Featured image via Eric Canha\/Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox rookie Payton Tolle showcased his elite velocity in his first career relief appearance on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":95072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox Rookie Sets Jaw-Dropping Record In First Career Relief Appearance - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=95071\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox Rookie Sets Jaw-Dropping Record In First Career Relief Appearance - 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