While the first hit is always special, it was made even more so for Mayer because his family was in attendance at Fenway Park. With very little notice prior to his debut on Saturday, they took a red-eye flight from California to get to Boston time for Mayer’s second MLB game.

Nothing quite like a Vaughn Grissom two-RBI walk-off after a Nick Burdi clutch 1-2-3 seventh inning! What makes this game even more special – besides overcoming multiple defensive errors – is that Jhostynxon Garcia hit a first-inning home run,