Arizona Diamondbacks at Boston Red Sox

It took a few days, but Adley Rutschman is sliding into the role of the impact Trade Deadline acquisition that Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow expected to land when he dealt three of the club’s top five prospects, per MLB Pipeline. After starting his time with Boston with a 1-for-20 clip, the three-time All-Star has heated up. Playing in his second home game with his new team, Rutschman punctuated his arrival to Fenway Park in Tuesday night's 9-4 win over the D-backs with a towering equalizing solo shot in the bottom of the third inning. The long ball off Arizona righty Merrill Kelly soared over the foul pole in right field before tucking into the seats at a Statcast-projected 401 feet. It was the ultimate punch back by the Red Sox, considering Gabriel Moreno had mashed a grand slam with two outs in the top of the frame to briefly turn Boston’s 3-0 lead into a 4-3 deficit. Down 0-2 in the count, Rutschman mauled a 93 mph fastball that was high and out of the strike zone. For the rest of the night, it was all Red Sox, as they scored the final six runs of the game after the Moreno slam. “All the momentum on our side, and then they have two outs, nobody on,” said Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy. “And then that happens. To come back and punch back like you said was important, and then we continued on from there.”