Nunez Homer Powers Red Sox Over Dodgers In World Series Opener
Muhammad Rameez Published October 24, 2018 | 01:02 PM
Boston pinch-hitter Eduardo Nunez smashed a three-run homer over the towering "Green Monster" left-field wall and the Red Sox held off the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 in Tuesday's World Series opener.
Boston, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Oct, 2018 ) :Boston pinch-hitter Eduardo Nunez smashed a three-run homer over the towering "Green Monster" left-field wall and the Red Sox held off the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 in Tuesday's World Series opener.
With Boston clinging to a one-run lead, the 31-year-old Dominican reserve infielder blasted the seventh-inning offering from Dodgers reliever Alex Wood over the Fenway Park landmark and the Red Sox seized the lead in Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final, which continues here Wednesday.
"I know he throws lot of off-speed," Nunez said. "I know he doesn't want me to beat him with fastball, so I will see all at-bat something soft and he do it twice." Boston outfielder Andrew Benintendi became only the third Red Sox batter with four hits in a World Series game after Jacoby Ellsbury in 2007 and Wally Moses in 1946, scoring three times in the hosts' triumph.
"We were able to execute," Benintendi said. "For the most part we were able to do what we wanted to do. We were able to get on the board early and often." The Red Sox seek a ninth title overall, the first since 2013 and fourth in 15 seasons, while the Dodgers, who fell one win shy of last year's crown, chase their seventh World Series trophy but first since 1988.
Windy and rain-drenched Fenway Park had the coldest conditions the Dodgers had endured all year, but they twice rallied to equalize until Nunez broke open the back and forth contest.
"From the first at-bat, we put pressure on them. That's what we do," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. "We attacked pitches in the middle of the strike zone and we did an outstanding job offensively."
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