Finally. After more than a week of sitting in the bullpen waiting for the call, Carneys Point native Mike Shawaryn made his MLB debut over the weekend for the Boston Red Sox.

He pitched in two games against the Tampa Bay Rays during a four-game series at Fenway Park.

In his MLB debut on Friday, Shawaryn came of the bullpen to start the eighth inning. He ended up throwing two innings, giving up one hit and one run while striking out four in the 5-1 Red Sox loss. The lone hit was a ninth-inning home run to Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier. Shawaryn threw 35 pitches, 21 of which were strikes.

After the game, the right-hander told the Boston Globe he was beyond happy with his debut. “We couldn’t get the W, but I am definitely going to cherish this moment for the rest of my life,” he said. "It was pretty special, just being in the park, let alone with all the history and all of the greats that have come through and pitched on that mound first and foremost was amazing. Then to be able to go out there and pitch on it was probably my top moment in my life so far.”

The next day, in the first game of a doubleheader between the Red Sox and Rays, Shawaryn came out of the bullpen in the sixth and threw two scoreless innings, striking out three while not giving up a hit. He threw 36 pitches, 20 of which were strikes, in Boston’s 9-2 loss.

So after two big-league appearances, Shawaryn has a 2.25 ERA with seven strikeouts in four innings. “At the end of the day, you are just kind of collecting outs, but strikeouts are always great,” he told the Boston Globe. And Shawaryn wasn’t upset by the fact that he waited more than a week after getting called up from Triple-A Pawtucket to make his MLB debut. "Each day posed an opportunity for me to get a little bit better, so I just kept working on stuff, kept working on stuff,” Shawaryn said to the Boston Globe. “I knew whenever my name was called, I would be ready to go more than anything. Then you get on the mound, and it almost calms you down,” he said, per the Boston Globe. “It is what you have been doing since you were a little kid. It’s time to just trust your stuff and go out there and see if you can do it.”

Perhaps the best part about his debut? Shawaryn’s family was at Fenway Park to watch his debut. Per the Boston Globe, “I know they were probably freaking out up in the stands,” he said.

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Shawaryn attended Gloucester Catholic HS in Gloucester City, N.J. and helped lead the Rams to four straight NJSIAA Non-Public A state titles. As a senior, he went 8-2 with a 0.63 ERA and threw three no-hitters, making him a first-team selection for the 2013 Louisville Slugger High School All-America team.

He was drafted in the 32nd round of the 2013 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals but instead opted to attend the University of Maryland, where he set program records for career wins (30), strikeouts (307) and innings pitched (307.1). He won 13 games in 2015 with 138 strikeouts, both single-season records for the Terps.

Shawaryn was drafted by the Red Sox in the fifth round of the 2016 MLB Draft and made 10 starts for the PawSox this year, going 1-2 with a 3.72 ERA, before getting called up to the majors.

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