The Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros in a dominant fashion on Monday night to turn around the AL Championship Series. The 12-3 win that gave Boston a 2-1 lead in the series also included some history as they became the first team to hit three grand slams in a single postseason series in MLB history.
After a scoreless first inning, Christian Vazquez singled to the right at the bottom of the second to give the Red Sox 1-0 lead. Christian Arroyo then grounded into the fielder’s choice on the second to make it 2-0.
This set up a 430 feet homer for Kyle Schwarber, which allowed Arroyo, J.D. Martinez, and Alex Verdugo to score and lift Boston to 6-0.
The Red Sox continued to fill out the scoreboard at the bottom of the third. They increased their lead to 9-0 after Vazquez singled and Arroyo hit another homer.
The Astros cut into the lead with a 413 feet home run by Kyle Tucker at the top of the fourth, but this only prompted Boston to respond with more homers of their own. Martinez had a 395-foot home run at the bottom of the sixth, and Devers added 372 homer at the bottom of the eighth.
“These are the moments that you are never going to forget as a player,” Schwarber said after the game. “This is what we live for. We live to be in the postseason. When you get that first taste, that first experience, you want to keep coming. You want more. It’s an addicting feeling, and especially where it’s just rocking the whole time, and it’s rowdy.”
