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My Analysis of Game 3

It all started in the first inning.  Mookie's bat continues to stay hot as he led off the game with a single, followed by another single by Benintendi ( he actually was the only Red Sox hitter to have multiple hits as he went 2-5 tonight)  Then up stepped JD Martinez. As I mentioned in my keys to the game for game 3 they needed to get Martinez's bat going and that's exactly what happened. As he laced a ball down the rightfield line scoring Betts.  Then Xander drove in Benintendi on an infield groundout and even before taking the mound Eovaldi had a two-run lead.

Eovaldi pitched 6 masterful innings allowing only 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out 6. Yet his first inning was a bit rocky as he gave up a run on an RBI single by Marwin Gonzalez. He was able to limit the damage to that one run until the 6th when Alex Bregman laced a ball past the dive of Rafael Devers and tying the game.
 Yet, he was saved by two BIG blasts. The first coming from Steve Pearce who took an inside sinker from Joe Smith and drove it down the left field line over 452-foot blast giving the Sox back the lead.

Steve Pearce 452ft BLAST

The second came in the 8th inning when after back to back hits to lead off the inning off of controversial pitcher Roberto Osuna, who then lost control of the strike zone when he struck pinch-hitter Brock Holt on the backfoot, and then hitting another pinch hitter in  Mitch Moreland made the lead 4-2.
 Up stepped Jackie Bradley Jr who on a 2-0 pitch drove a high fastball into the rightfield bleachers thus delivering the knockout blow to the Astros, who only two innings later succumbed to the Red Sox by that 8-2 score.

Tomorrow night's starter turned relief ace, Rick Porcello takes the hill against Charlie Morton with the chance to win another game and push their lead in the series to 3-1.
 Here is a clip of that JBJ GRAND SLAM
JBJ'S DAGGER GRAND SLAM

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