Pat Venditte Makes Major League Debut, Gets Outs Using Both Arms

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Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte made his big-league debut tonight at Fenway, and pitched a nearly perfect sixth inning—retiring Brock Holt with his left arm, seen above, and then after allowing a single inducing a Mike Napoli double play with his right (which you can watch below).

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Update (10:00 p.m.): Things got weird the next inning, when Venditte faced a switch-hitter:

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