GIF: Red Sox outfielder Mike Carp pitches inning of relief
Perhaps the Red Sox should have turned to Mike Carp a little sooner.
The Red Sox outfielder/first baseman made his first appearance on a major league mound Thursday, giving his team some much needed relief in the ninth inning of Boston's 14-5 loss to the Yankees.
Carp, who clocked as high as 82 miles per hour on the radar gun, was the only Red Sox pitcher to not give up a hit on the night. He did, however, give up a run and issued five walks in his lone inning of work.
He also mixed in a few knuckleballs, some of which were actually half decent.
[Courtesy @Chris_Toman]
Before Carp entered the game, Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe offered up a scouting report on the Red Sox reserve:
Mike Carp has long said he throws a legit knuckleball. We shall see.
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) April 25, 2014
Needless to say, baseball Twitter had fun with it:
Carp has to throw strikes. Yankees won't go fishing.
— Anthony Rieber (@therealarieber) April 25, 2014
In a parallel universe known as San Diego, pitcher Andrew Cashner is playing LF while LF Mike Carp pitches at Fenway.
— Sean McAdam (@Sean_McAdam) April 25, 2014
Carp now has half as many walks as Uehara does over the last two years. #RedSox
— Brian Bannister (@RealBanny) April 25, 2014