It was a good night for Boston sports. The Boston Bruins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 5 of their NHL second round playoff series and the Boston Red Sox whacked the Chicago White Sox. What a massacre!The dormant Red Sox offense came alive to annihilate the White Sox. Rookie Michael Chavis homered twice and the Sox pounded out 15 runs on a whopping 21 total hits. The Sox had 10 straight hits and 3 home runs in in the top of the third, Eduardo Rodriguez (3-2, 5.40 ERA) pitched well and the BoSox beat the ChiSox 15-2 at Commiskey Park.
Manny Banuelos got the ball in the top of the first inning as Benintendi lined out to center to begin. Mr. Mookie Betts whiffed before JD Martinez struck out swinging to end the inning. The Chisox struck first in the bottom of the first as Leury Garcia singled to start. Garcia moved to second on the Tim Anderson ground out before he scored on the Jose Abreu single. James McCann banged into a double play to end the inning with the ChiSox up 1-0.
Xander Bogaerts grounded out to short to begin the top of the second before Michael Chavis flied out to center. Rafael Devers grounded out to first to end the inning. The White Sox threatened to blow it open in the bottom of the third when Yoan Moncada singled to start. Jose Rondon looked at strike three before Yonder Alonso whiffed. Ryan Cordell and Nicky Delmonico stroked back to back singles to load the bases but Garcia grounded into a force to end the inning.
The BoSox put out one of the biggest offensive explosions in MLB history in the top of the third inning although it began with Steve Pearce looking at strike three to start. Eduardo Nunez popped up to first but Christian Vazquez got the party started with a base hit to center. Benintendi singled and Mr. Mookie doubled home both men to give Boston the lead. Martinez doubled home Betts and Bogaerts smashed his fifth home run of the year to ice the game. Speaking of ice, the newly christened "Ice Horse" Chavis crushed his 5th home run of the year for back to back jacks. Devers doubled and Pearce singled him home. ChiSox manager Rick Renteria refused to remove his starter and Nunez made him pay with the third homer of the inning and his first of the year. Vazquez singled for the 10th consecutive hit for Boston and FINALLY Renteria removed his shaken starter. Carson Fulmer was brought in and Benintendi walked but Mr. Mookie ended the rally with a pop up to right. 10 hits, 3 home runs and 9 runs were put on the board to put Boston up 9-1, wow.
After such a long layoff Rodriguez cruised in the bottom of the third inning. Anderson grounded out to first, Abreu grounded out to second and McCann grounded out to first to end the inning.
The BoSox continued the onslaught in the top of the fourth inning as Martinez and Bogaerts drew back to back walks to begin. Chavis singled home Martinez and sent Bogaerts to third before Devers hit a routine grounder to first. Abreu went OLE! and Bogaerts scored. Pearce singled home Chavis and Nunez hit a routine grounder to Abreu. Abreu managed to throw the ball away allowing Devers to score. Josh Osich came in to pitch and Vazquez banged into a double play. Benintendi doubled home Pearce but Mr. Mookie flied out to right to end the inning with Boston ahead 14-1.
Rodriguez cruised in the bottom of the fourth as Moncada whiffed to start. Rondon looked at strike three before Alonso grounded out to short to end the inning.
The BoSox wrapped up the scoring for themselves in the top of the fifth as Martinez grounded out to second to start. Bogaerts whiffed but Chavis smacked his second homer of the night. Devers singled to left but Pearce flied out to right to end the inning with the BoSox ahead 15-1.
Rodriguez got in trouble in the bottom of the fifth as Cordell walked to start. Delmonico whiffed but Garcia singled. Anderson walked to load the bases but Abreu banged into a double play to end the inning.
Jose Ruiz came in to pitch the top of the sixth and Nunez whiffed to start. Vazquez and Benintendi stroked back to back singles before Mr. Mookie walked to load the bases. Martinez lined out to short and Bogaerts flied out to left to end the inning. Rodriguez came back for one more inning in the bottom of the sixth as McCann grounded out to short to start. Moncada whiffed before Rondon grounded out to third to end the inning. As the offense whacked the Chicago pitching, Rodriguez did well tossing 6 innings of 1 run ball.
Adam Engel took over for Garcia for the top of the seventh as Chavis doubled to start. Devers whiffed and Pearce flied out to right before Nunez grounded out to second to end the inning. Tyler Thornburg sprinted from the bullpen to the mound in the bottom of the seventh and got Alonso flied out to right to begin. Cordell whiffed before Delmonico popped up to third to end the inning. Thornburg bolted into the dugout after the final out.
Yolmer Sanchez came in for Anderson but played second with Rondon going to short with Evan Marshall now on the mound in the top of the eighth. Vazquez singled to right but Benintendi banged into a double play. Mr. Mookie beat out an infield single to short as Sandy Leon pinch hit for Martinez to give him the night off. Leon singled to left but Bogaerts whiffed to end the inning. Leon took over behind the plate, Vazquez moved to second, Nunez moved to short, Bogaerts was out and the Sox lost the DH to begin the bottom of the eighth. Thornburg sprinted out of the dugout to the mound and Engel took strike three to start. Sanchez looked at strike three but Abreu crushed a 40,000 foot home run to wrap up the scoring. McCann whiffed to end the inning with the BoSox on top 15-2 and Thornburg running as fast as he could back into the dugout.
Kelvin Herrera took over for the top of the ninth and Chavis popped up to first to start. Devers walked but Pearce whiffed. Nunez popped up to second to end the inning, Hector "The Insurance Policy" Velazquez had mop up duty in the bottom of the ninth inning and Moncada whiffed to start. Rondon lined out to Velazquez but Alonso walked. Cordell grounded out to third to end the game. The Red Sox plastered the White Sox and ran away with the game 15-2.
Hero of the Night is Michael Chavis. The rookie smashed two home runs and drove in more runs than the entire White Sox offense.
The Good:
Andrew Benintendi was 3 for 5 with an rbi, a walk and a run scored.
Mookie Betts was 2 for 5 with 2 rbis, a walk and a run scored.
Sandy Leon singled as a pinch hitter.
Rafael Devers was 2 for 5 with a walk, rbi and 2 runs scored.
Steve Pearce was 2 for 6 with 2 rbis and 2 runs scored.
Christian Vazquez was 4 for 5 with a run scored.
Eduardo Rodriguez got the win with 6 innings of 1 run ball. He allowed 6 hits and 2 walks while striking out 6.
Hector Velazquez pitched a scoreless 9th inning.
The Bad:
None
The Ugly:
JD Martinez was just 1 for 4 but walked, drove in a run and scored twice.
Xander Bogaerts was just 1 for 5 with a walk but scored twice and hit a two run home run.
Eduardo Nunez was just 1 for 6 but the one hit was a 2 run home run.
Tyler Thornburg allowed a run in two innings of work.
Final Thoughts:
Wow, what a massacre. The Red Sox were due for an offensive explosion but this was ridiculous. TEN straight hits is absurd but at least it put the game away early. Good to see Rodriguez pitch well and Chavis is turning into the second coming of Sam Horn in 1987. All in all the Sox needed a win like this on their march back to respectability. Hopefully the offense comes back to the way it was last season with the pitching just as good. The win improved the Sox to 16-18, 5.5 game behind the Tampa Bay Rays for first place in the AL East. The Sox look to win the finale tomorrow afternoon when "Slick" Rick Porcello takes on Dylan Covey at 1 PM at Commiskey Park.
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