I’ve been waiting for this moment since I was watching games with my mom in 2004, ’05, ’06, ’07, to play in this atmosphere," Rafaela said. Born in 2000, he inherited Red Sox fandom from his mother.

"I've been waiting for this moment since I was watching games with my mom in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007," Rafaela said.

Ceddanne Rafaela's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning highlighted a 2-for-3 night, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a four-game series on Thursday night.

Anthony was on first base when Ceddanne Rafaela connected on a no-doubt, walkoff, two-run home run off Friday night.

Any time an announcer screams the words, "HE KILLED IT," you know the call is a classic. NESN play-by-play man Dave O'Brien seemed to be experiencing the same emotions as every Sox fan who jumped up from their seat in Fenway or from their couch at home when Rafaela made contact with the 1-2 pitch from Drew Fairbanks.