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Payton Tolle is every Boston Red Sox fan's favorite pitcher. The 23-year-old made his debut in 2025 and started this season in Triple-A Worcester. But after multiple injuries to starting pitchers, the 6-foot-6 left-hander was inserted into the rotation and has been stellar ever since.
Tolle was originally scheduled to start Saturday, which marked the two-year anniversary of his mother, Jina, dying of colon cancer at age 48. Rain pushed his outing to Sunday, when Tolle donned bright pink high socks and pitched for the Red Sox on Mother’s Day.
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