The Red Sox gave up an astonishing inside-the-park grand slam on Raimel Tapia’s routine pop-up

On Friday night, the Red Sox returned to Fenway Park in their first game since the All-Star break. After losing 10 of their last 14 games to the Rays and Yankees, Boston had a chance to redeem themselves against another AL East Rival — the Blue Jays (-1.5). With current “ace” Nathan Eovaldi on the mound, they should’ve been in an excellent position for redemption.

Alas, the best-laid Red Sox plans often go awry.

Before Boston could blink, the Blue Jays took three runs off Eovaldi in the first two innings. Then, all chaos broke loose.

In the third inning, with Toronto up 6-love, Raimel Tapia hit a routine pop-up to centerfield. No one told Jarren Duran, who apparently never saw the ball as it flew over his head. Then, he barely made an effort to run after it.

The result? A stunning inside-the-park grand slam:

Holy. Cow.

First, congratulations to Tapia, who now has only the second inside-the-park grand slam in Blue Jays history. Coincidentally, the first one also happened at Fenway Park!

Second, Tapia’s “slam” is also the rare home run unicorn. It would’ve only happened at Fenway Park (or anywhere else the centerfield royally screwed up):

By the way, the play even helped cash the consensus over (9):

All in all, Tapia’s hustle and Duran’s nonexistent hustle made for one of the more unique plays you’ll see this entire baseball season.