The Boston crowd at Saturday’s Bruins playoff game against the Toronto Maple Leafs went nuts for Red Sox pitcher Joe Kelly.
Kelly was in attendance for Game 2 between the B’s and Leafs, so the Bruins decided to show him on the big screen in the middle of the arena. Before doing so, they showed a clip of the Red Sox-Yankees bench-clearing brawl, which began when Kelly hit Tyler Austin with a pitch.
Take a look at the loud reception he received:
KELLY 5 FOR FIGHTING: @redsox flame-thrower and huge @NHLBruins fan @JosephKellyJr riles up crowd in intermission following Yankee fight with Tyler Austin. Perfect. Just perfect. pic.twitter.com/3rvgTBYJtv
— Mike Petraglia (@Trags) April 15, 2018
Yes, that was a “Yankees suck!” chant that you heard breaking out at the game.
Boston sports fans have a lot to be thrilled about lately. The Sox won on Saturday and are off to a 12-2 start. The Bruins were up 1-0 in their series and had a big lead in Game 2 on Toronto. And the Celtics are set to open up the playoffs on Sunday against the Bucks.
