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Boston Red Sox: Top 10 moments of the 2018 regular season

By Jason Ward

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 13: The Boston Red Sox celebrate after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 at Fenway Park on September 13, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 13: The Boston Red Sox celebrate after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 at Fenway Park on September 13, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON, MA – JULY 14: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the Boston Red Sox looks on after hitting a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the tenth inning of the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park on July 14, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – JULY 14: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the Boston Red Sox looks on after hitting a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the tenth inning of the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park on July 14, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images) /

Number 4:  Xander Bogaerts‘ walk-off grand slam

The Red Sox hit 10 grand slams this year after hitting 0 in 2017. Three of the grand slams this year came off the bat of Xander Bogaerts, and none of them were better than this one.

Tied in the bottom of the 10th inning, bases loaded, and Bogaerts sends it over the centerfield wall to win the game! There aren’t many better ways to win a baseball game than a walk-off grand slam, and Xander’s electric emotion after hitting it showed that.

Number 3:  Walk-off to sweep the Yankees

With their new managers and offseason acquisitions, the Red Sox and Yankees were expected to be battling it out for the AL East all season long. And it was a close battle for most of the year, until the Red Sox really pulled ahead in the 4-game series in early August.

The Red Sox already won the first 3 games of the series and led for most of the 4th game. But then after the Yankees scored 4 runs in the 7th, the Sox needed to mount a comeback against the Yankees’ deadly bullpen. In the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs against flamethrower Aroldis Chapman, the Red Sox scored 3 runs to tie the game. Then in the 10th, Andrew Benintendi delivered a walk-off single to complete the 4-game sweep of the Yankees:

https://twitter.com/redsox/status/1026619484298084353?s=21

Before this series, the Red Sox were up 5 games on the Yankees in the division. After the sweep, they were up 9 games – a lead they never gave up.

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