BOSTON — When Garrett Whitlock stepped on the Fenway Park mound in the seventh inning of Sunday’s game, there was much more on his mind than baseball. Whitlock returned to
the Red Sox on Sunday after spending a week on the bereavement list after his brother, Gavrie, drowned in Georgia last Saturday.
Gavrie Whitlock, 23, fell off a dock and drowned in Lake Lanier late on the night of Sept. 2, according to the
Gwinnett Daily Post. Whitlock was placed on bereavement leave by the team the next day and spent a week away from the group before
being activated Sunday. With the Sox leading, 7-3, manager Alex Cora called upon Whitlock in the seventh inning. Whitlock pitched two scoreless innings and recorded three strikeouts in his return.