 The ball struck the foul pole, giving the Red Sox a 7-6 win and forcing a seventh and deciding game of the Fall Classic.During this time, cameramen covering baseball games were instructed to follow the flight of the ball; reportedly, Fisk's reaction was only being recorded because NBC cameraman Lou Gerard, positioned inside Fenway's scoreboard at the base of the left-field Green Monster wall, had become distracted by a large rat.This play was perhaps the most important catalyst in getting camera operators to focus most of their attention on the players themselves.