Samaniego told MLB.com<\/a>\u00a0after the game. \u201cI lost him [at 65 years old] at the end of the \u201822 season, and he\u2019s the one that introduced me to this game.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Boston](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/boston-red-sox-pitcher-tyler-125255208.jpg\")
Tyler Samaniego throws a pitch during the eighth inning of the Red Sox\u2019s win over the Brewers at Fenway Park, on April 8, 2026, in Boston. AP<\/p>\n
While on the mound, Samaniego was seen sporting a glove with \u201cRip, Pops\u201d stitched on its side.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know he was out there with me,\u201d Samaniego said. \u201cIt was just awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n
The southpaw joined some rare Red Sox history in his debut, becoming the first pitcher since Don Aase in 1977 to record strikeouts for his first three career outs, ESPN reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cI probably can\u2019t say it on the microphone, but he would be fired up,\u201d Samaniego said on how his father might\u2019ve reacted to his outing. \u201cHe would have been ready. He would have come out here behind the dugout and would have had a beer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samaniego, 27, was called up from Triple-A Worcester just four hours before the Red Sox\u2019s first pitch, and his family was unable to fly into Boston in time for his debut.<\/p>\n
![\"Boston](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/boston-red-sox-relief-pitcher-125257879.jpg\")
Tyler Samaniego throws a pitch during the eighth inning of the Red Sox win over the Brewers on April 8, 2026 at Fenway Park in Boston. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
\u201cIt started off as a whirlwind,\u201d he said. \u201cI found out about like 9:30 this morning because we had the noon game in Worcester, so packed the locker up and headed straight here. It happened fast, but it\u2019s been awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before being called up on Wednesday, Samaniego held a 3.38 ERA for Worcester through 5\u2153 innings of work.<\/p>\n
Samaniego, who was originally drafted by the Pirates in the 15th round of the 2021 MLB Draft, was dealt to the Red Sox this past offseason<\/a> in a trade involving right-hander Johan Oviedo being shipped off to Boston in exchange for top outfield prospect Jhostynxon Garcia and pitcher Jesus Travieso.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Sox rookie Tyler Samaniego had one thing on his mind during his stellar MLB debut. Samaniego, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,5156,591,176542,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-597497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-pitchers","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}