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Boston Red Sox INF Does Something That No Major League Player Has Ever Done on Monday Night

Pablo Reyes of the Boston Red Sox made baseball history on Monday night, capping his night with a walk-off grand slam against the Kansas City Royals.
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Boston Red Sox INF Does Something That No Major League Player Has Ever Done on Monday Night
Boston Red Sox INF Does Something That No Major League Player Has Ever Done on Monday Night

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The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Monday night as Sox infielder Pablo Reyes hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning.

With Trevor Story coming back from the injured list on Wednesday, the thought has been that Reyes could find himself the odd man out, either in terms of playing time or in terms of the roster itself.

Well, he made a heck of a case on Monday night to keep his spot, delivering a historic effort and doing something that's never happened in a big league game.

Per @OptaSTATS on Twitter:

Tonight Pablo Reyes of the @RedSox: 

- collected 3+ hits 

- scored 3+ runs 

- had multiple extra-base hits 

- stole a base 

- hit a walkoff grand slam 

No other player in MLB history has done all of that in the same game.

Reyes has done a nice job for the Red Sox this year. In the wake of Xander Bogaerts leaving in free agency, the position has been a revolving door, but when healthy, Reyes has contributed.

He spent some time on the injured list but in 33 games, he's hitting .312 with a .357 on-base percentage and is delivering solid defense, something the team greatly needs.

We'll see what happens when Story returns but Reyes is certainly making a case that he belongs on a big league roster somewhere.

After the win, the Red Sox are 58-54 on the season. They are 5.0 games back in the American League wild card picture.

They'll play the Royals again on Tuesday at 7:10 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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