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Holt 1st with postseason cycle, Red Sox rout Yankees 16-1

By MIKE FITZPATRICK twice. Betts also scored two
AP Baseball Writer runs and drove in two.
NEW YORK (AP) — Brock "It just kind of shows you
Holt had one thing in mind: what kind of team we have
He was swinging for the and that we could explode
fences. at any minute," Betts said.
After all, the game was de- TBS reported Severino be-
cided long ago. And ev- gan warming up only 10
erything else went Boston's minutes before the game,
way all night, so why not and he certainly looked
this? out of sorts from the start in
The part-time utilityman misty weather. He left with
put the finishing touch on a the bases loaded and no-
Red Sox blowout, becom- body out in the fourth and
ing the first player to hit for was charged with six runs
the cycle in a postseason and seven hits.
game as Boston routed the "He got his normal pitches
New York Yankees 16-1 on routine," Yankees manager
Monday to seize a 2-1 lead Aaron Boone said. "It wasn't
in their best-of-five AL Divi- an issue."
sion Series. STRANGE SIGHT
"This one I'll remember for The only other position play-
a long time," said Holt, un- er to pitch in a postseason
aware of his achievement game was Toronto infielder
until told by a television re- Cliff Pennington against
porter right after the final Kansas City in the 2015 AL
out. "Obviously, you don't Championship Series.
go into the game expect- IF AT FIRST
ing to make history or do There were four replay
anything like that, let alone challenges in the first four
score 16 runs." Clockwise from top left: Boston Red Sox's Brock Holt connects for a base hit in the fourth inning, innings — all involving calls
Andrew Benintendi lined a hits a ground-rule double in the eighth inning, hits a two-run triple in the fourth inning, and follows by first base umpire Angel
three-run double and Holt through on a two-run home run in the ninth inning, becoming the first player to hit for the cycle Hernandez. Three were
in a postseason game against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of baseball's American League
tripled home two more in a Division Series in New York, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. The Red Sox beat the Yankees 16-1. overturned.
seven-run fourth inning that Associated Press TRAINER'S ROOM
quickly turned the latest Red Sox: 1B Mitch More-
playoff matchup between a position player is on the Mookie Betts, in fact, hit a New York this season — land sat out after leaving
these longtime rivals into mound. I told everyone, 405-foot flyout to the cen- three with the Red Sox. Game 2 when he hurt his
a laugher. Handed a big 'Get me up. I need a home ter-field warning track to Bumped up a day in front right hamstring running the
early lead, Nathan Eovaldi run for a cycle,'" Holt said. begin the game. of Porcello, he delivered a bases. "Mitch is available,
shut down his former team "I scooted up in the box a Making his first playoff start gem in his first postseason but he's not 100 percent,"
during New York's most lop- little bit, and I was going this year, Holt opened appearance. Eovaldi al- Cora said. Steve Pearce
sided defeat in 396 post- to be swinging at anything the fourth with a single off lowed one run and five hits played first and had an RBI
season games. and try to hook anything. Severino and capped the in seven innings, throwing single in the fourth.
"An embarrassing day," Obviously, you don't ex- 26-minute outburst with a 72 of 97 pitches for strikes. Yankees: CF Aaron Hicks
shortstop Didi Gregorius pect to hit a home run, but I triple to right field. The 2015 "I was just trying to use their remained out of the lineup
said. was trying to. I was trying to All-Star also doubled home aggressiveness against after missing Game 2 with
Game 4 is Tuesday night in hit a home run. That's prob- a run in the eighth and fin- them and try and get some tightness in his right ham-
the Bronx, where the 108- ably the first time I've ever ished with five RBIs. quick outs," Eovaldi said. "It string, which forced him
win Red Sox can put away tried to do that. I rounded Holt also hit for the cycle was a special moment for from the series opener Fri-
the wild-card Yankees for the bases, and seeing ev- against Atlanta on June 6, me. I don't think it's really day. Boone said Hicks was
good and advance to the eryone going nuts in the 2015. quite settled in yet." doing "significantly better,"
AL Championship Series dugout was a pretty cool "He's been swinging the bat Going with Eovaldi was and sitting him was a much
against Houston. Rick Por- moment for me." well for a while now," Cora one of several choices that more difficult decision than
cello is scheduled to pitch His teammates, too. said. "We felt the matchup paid off for Cora. it was Saturday. Brett Gard-
against New York lefty CC "He wasn't shy about it," Be- was good for him." Looking to play left-hand- ner was back in center, but
Sabathia. nintendi said. "Everybody Every starter had at least ed hitters against Severino, Boone said he wouldn't
Boston battered an inef- was rooting for him." one hit for the Red Sox, the first-year skipper in- hesitate to use Hicks in any
fective Luis Severino and Boosted by noisy fans in who piled up 18 in all. The serted Holt at second base role off the bench.q
silenced a charged-up their homer-friendly ball- only time they scored more and Rafael Devers at third.
Yankee Stadium crowd park, the Yankees entered runs in the postseason was Christian Vazquez started
that emptied out fast on a 7-0 at home the past two a 23-7 win over Cleveland at catcher over Sandy
night when Red Sox rookie postseasons — against in 1999. Leon.
manager Alex Cora made out-of-division opponents. Eovaldi pitched for the Yan- Devers singled twice, stole
all the right moves. But the Red Sox, frequent kees from 2015-16 before a base, scored two runs
By the ninth, backup visitors who clinched the injuring his elbow, which and knocked in another.
catcher Austin Romine was AL East crown at Yankee required a second Tommy Vazquez's infield single off
on the mound for New York Stadium just 2½ weeks ago, John surgery. Boston ac- Severino's glove drove in
and he gave up a two-run were hardly intimidated. quired him from Tampa Bay the first run.
homer to Holt that com- "I think from pitch 1, we let in July and the hard-throw- Benintendi, already a Yan-
pleted his cycle . them know that we were ing righty compiled a 1.93 kees nemesis, was on base
"You get a little antsy when here," Cora said. ERA in four starts against four times and scored