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| Mulry pitches in the third inning. Photo by Matt Stone |
Mulry, a 6-foot-3 lefty of West Roxbury, Mass. struck out the Red Sox's top two hitters- Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz- back-to-back.
He threw three innings, striking out two and walking two while allowing three hits and one earned run as the Huskies fought hard- even leading the defending world series champion 2-1 in the top of the sixth inning of a seven inning game. However, Boston put up a four spot in the bottom frame to earn the win.
Mulry was a member of last season's NECBL runner-ups, the Newport Gulls. He went 4-1 with a 1.92 ERA as one of the aces in a talented Gulls rotation. Other than the Red Sox start, Mulry is 0-1 in two games started with a 14.40 ERA in five innings.
"How many years from now? Why that long?" said Ortiz, who acknowledged the crowd with a laugh after going down on strikes. "He could have a drink tonight and say, 'I struck out Papi.'"
He got Pedroia to start the third, getting him on a fastball away. He set down Ortiz with a two-strike slider that sent the World Series MVP to the dugout.
The Twitter-sphere was abuzz after Mulry's performance:
James Mulry has to be feeling pretty good... the NU lefty just K'd Pedroia & Ortiz. Papi laughs, shakes his head walking back to dugout.
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) February 27, 2014
Want to know how Dustin Pedroia felt after striking out to James Mulry? Well, it looked something like this... #GoNU pic.twitter.com/SozFbdBrrL
— Northeastern BASE (@GoNUbaseball) February 27, 2014
Ortiz on West Roxbury's James Mulry striking him out. "He ended up throwing me a nasty breaking ball, whatever it was. He can party tonight"
— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) February 27, 2014
The Huskies (1-5) play again on March 1st against Central Michigan for the Snowbird Baseball Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla.
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