money for the one fund charity. molly line at fenway park in boston and it has been a season, molly, like no other. reporter: absolutely. the red sox and boston marathon are intimately tied together. the runser go by the park on marathon today and red sox traditionally have a morning day. that s what they did this year. afterwards the red sox fans pour out on the streets and cheer on the runners. as you know across the nation it was different from years prior to that when the boston bombing occurred. in centerfield today there is a symbol that really shows what this all meant to the team here, the be strong logo. it has been the boston strong logo rallying cry for a wounded city following the twin bombing at the marathon. it is feature on the green monster as well. in the first home game after the bombing occurred, perhaps the red sox big hitter david ortiz said it best. take a listen.
reporter: absolutely. the boston red sox and the boston marathon are intimately tied together. they re both part after patriots day tradition. runners of boston marathon go right by historic fenn ray park, the home field of the boston red sox. after the traditional morning game, fans pour out on the street and cheer the runners near the finish line. that is what happened this year. we know this year was unlike any other before it and this baseball season was unlike any before it. perhaps the most poignant symbol is right in centerfield, that symbol the unique baseball symbol what it has been. be strong motto. that has been a rallying cry for recovery of a wounded city following the twin bombing at the marathon. this symbol is featured on the ballpark s green monster. a lot on fan t-shirts. executive vice president charles steinberg said to me that this season has been incredible the embrace the red sox had for the city in the wake of the bombing
latroy hawkins. ethier takes hawkins deep over the left field wall, sends it to extra innings. in the bottom of the 12th, adrian gonzalez lines one down the left-field line. puig scores. dodgers have won their eighth straight game. a 7 1/2 game lead in the nl west. a walk-off win for the dodgers. yankees hosting the angels. alfonso soriano back in pin stripes. he s loving it. first inning, a grand slam, a bomb to centerfield. yankees up 4-0. he tacked down another three rbis including a second home run in the fifth inning. that s 13 runs batted in for soriano in the yankees last two games. they just picked him up a couple weeks ago. yankees win all is now right with the world. yankees win 11-3 and now only 8 1/2 games back. great finish to the nationals/giants game. nats up 6-5, tying run on second. san fran s hunter pens drives one to the gap in center, cut down by a diving denard span. what a play. that saves the game.
thunder. the red sox coming off a 15-inning walk-off win on wednesday but last night. oh, no. down by five runs going into the ninth against the mariners, possible not in boston. sox would load the bases for shane victorino who punches it through the second base side. two runs score. johnny gomes would tie with a base hit up the middle and with the bases loaded still one out, daniel nava had a chance to win it all. sn nava hits it in the air to centerfield. deep and far and that ball is going to land in the red sox have an amazing come-from-behind victory on what turns out to be a magical night for fenway. tell you what he was doing. larry lucchino. sat in the same seat, in the same position until that team won because that s you don t move when they start winning. it s bad luck. probably pacing back and forth. i think he probably was still
you re comparing him to this and that and say he s going to make the all-star team. that s a joke to me. welcome to the big show. when asked for comment last night, yaciel puig had this to say. this ball to centerfield and deep. going back, no more room. papelbon had no comment after that. i will say that, when jonathan papelbon left the boston red sox, he was missed for many things, but not for his intelligence, maturity, and class. outspokenness. puig is obviously making a good case for his all-star spot. he s batting .443 with 8 home runs, 17 rbis in 47 games. .447 ain t bad. i get it. he s not ty cobb yet. he s been around a few weeks. but papelbon ought to let the guy enjoy himself. he s having a good year. the work speaks for itself. alex rodriguez, speaking of work, back on the field last