Red Sox OF Roman Anthony has RBI groundout in MLB debut - ESPN

BOSTON — Roman Anthony was in Worcester, waiting for the 275-mile bus ride that would take him to Allentown, Pennsylvania, for his next Triple-A game, when WooSox manager Chad Tracy told the team its departure would be delayed because someone might need to head an hour east to Boston instead.

«I didn't really think anything of it, to be honest,» Anthony told reporters in the Red Sox dugout at Fenway Park before going 0-for-4 in his major league debut in Boston's 10-8, 11-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.

«I was just kind of waiting around in the food room with a few of the guys, and then all of a sudden, he came out and just said, 'Hey, you're going to the big leagues,'» Anthony said. «From there on out it's kind of been a little bit of a blur. But it was amazing. You dream of that every single day. So, to finally hear it was definitely awesome.»

Anthony's MLB debut came at age 21 years, 27 days; he's the youngest Red Sox player to debut since Rafael Devers, who was 20 years, 274 days old on July 25, 2017, according to ESPN Research.

In May, Anthony was ranked as the No. 1 prospect in baseball, according to ESPN's Kiley McDaniel.

Anthony, who played right field and batted fifth, received the biggest cheer of all during pregame introductions and then a standing ovation from the crowd of 31,422 when he came to bat in the second inning, with a runner on first and nobody out. He popped up to left field and got another cheer as he returned to the dugout.

In the third, he may have been robbed of his first major league hit when he lined a ball up the middle that hit pitcher Shane Baz — at 111 mph. It deflected to the third baseman, who made the throw to first for the out. Anthony also struck out looking with