Down 3-0 early, it was looking like a repeat of 2016's quick post-season exit. After
Doug Fister exited in the second inning,
Mookie Betts robbed ex-Sox J
osh Reddick of a three-run blast—keeping the deficit at three. Then, after the Red Sox scratched out two runs to get close,
Rafael 'Baby Ruth' Devers delivered a two-run HR to CF to give Boston the lead to stay. Then,
David Price and the offense took over. Price—who may have forever changed his post-season narrative—tossed four scoreless innings. Boston kept the pressure on with a 6-run seventh—including a three-run HR by
Jackie Bradley, Jr. in
the eventual 10-3 win.
Hanley Ramirez had an inspirational 4-hit game—driving in three runs. Amazingly, all 14 Boston runs in the series have been knocked in by the 6-9 hitters in the line-up.
The Carmine Hose look to get the series back to Houston with another win tomorrow behind 2016 Cy Young winner
Rick Porcello.
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