Derek Jeter's Career Came to a Close with an RBI Infield Single at Fenway Park
By Mike Cardillo
Derek Jeter hit a chopper to third base in the third inning of today’s game in Boston to drive in a run. After the hit Joe Girardi signaled to Jeter at first and put in a pinch runner. The Fenway Park crowd — which paid a classy tribute before the game — saluted Jeter, who tipped his cap and was later seem smiling in the dugout.
Jeter ends his career with 3,465 hits — sixth all time.
Trivia: Jeter’s final hit came off Clay Buchholz. Brian McCann replaced him as a pinch runner, should the question ever arise and you don’t have a smart phone nearby.
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