Red Sox take Game Three of the ALCS against Houston Astros

The Red Sox took Game Three of the ALCS in a huge win. They scored first in the game to set the tone and had great pitching to close it out.

The Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros played Game Three of the ALCS Tuesday night. Nathan Eovaldi pitched for the Sox and pitched a good game. Game Three wasn’t a must win for the Sox but a huge one to get the first win in Houston.

The play at third base hasn’t been good between Eduardo Nunez and Rafael Devers. It really needs to get better. Jackie Bradley Jr. put the game away with a grand slam to make it 8-2 in the eighth inning. With that win, the Red Sox are three wins away from the World Series.

What the Sox did the best was scoring first to set the tone. You take the crowd and put the pressure on them when you score first. Eovaldi pitched six innings giving up two runs on six hits. Alex Bregman posted on Instagram a video of the Astros hitting Eovaldi when he pitched against them in June when he was a member of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Astros made him delete the video. Another player who doesn’t get it. Posting that just gives Eovaldi more ammo to shut Houston out when he pitches against them. He pretty much did that last night.

Eovaldi has pitched 13 innings this postseason and has only given up two runs. You could say he’s the best starting pitcher the Red Sox have this postseason. Let’s hope he keeps it up.