Boston College plays in seventh annual Strikeout ALS Game at Fenway Park

BOSTON — The Red Sox may have struggled out in Oakland Saturday, but they left Fenway Park in good hands.

Boston College took part in the 7th Annual Strikeout ALS Game at Fenway Park Saturday afternoon in honor of former captain Pete Frates, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2012.

Fans in attendance and players finally got some nice weather this season, just in time for the event.

"It's like God is smiling down on the ALS community," Nancy Frates said.

Frates and his family were on hand for the event, and even his daughter Lucy knows where she's heading when Pete's father John told her it was time to go.

"I said 'We're going to the park,' and she said 'Daddy's park?'" John Frates said. "And I thought about it for a second, and I said, 'Yeah, you're right, it is Daddy's park.'"

Governor Charlie Baker was also on hand for the event, and threw out the first pitch inside of a sunny Fenway Park.

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"He is such a wonderful person," Nancy Frates said. "Charlie Baker gets it on so many levels. He met our family, he met Pete, and like most people, he fell in love with Pete Frates. He really understands this disease and the impact it has not on a family, on a village, on a city, on a state, on the world really."

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