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The Red Sox built a 3-0 lead on Luis Severino
(0-1) through three innings and led 4-0 when Benintendi stepped
in against Lance Lynn.
Benintendi broke it open when he ripped a 2-2 fastball just
inside fair territory and down the right field line.
The ball caromed off the corner of the wall before right fielder
Aaron Judge could field it as Christian Vazquez, Jackie Bradley
Jr. and Mookie Betts scored.
Following Benintendi's hit, the Red Sox extended the lead on a
single to left by Steve Pearce off Chad Green. Holt, who had
singled to lead off the inning, then lined a sharp triple to
right that followed the same trajectory as Benintendi's double
and made it 10-0.
Holt went 4-for-6 and finished off his cycle with a two-run
homer off Yankees backup catcher Austin Romine in the ninth.
After the game, Holt said he wasn't aware he had made history
with the cycle.
"Is that the first one ever?" he said on TBS television. "That's
pretty special. To do it here at Yankee Stadium, special night
and a good night all around for the Red Sox. Hopefully, we can
carry this over."
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said he was happy to see Holt get a
chance, then take advantage of it.
"Last year was a tough one for him as far as being healthy and
the whole thing that went on with him, but when healthy, he can
help you out," Cora said. "Tonight was a great night for him."
Boston matched its record for most runs during a postseason
inning. The Red Sox produced their fourth seven-run inning in a
postseason game and first since Game 1 of the 2007 World Series
against the Colorado Rockies.
J.D. Martinez added an RBI single in the seventh off Jonathan
Holder, and Holt hit an RBI double in the eighth off Stephen
Tarpley. Boston scored its 13th run when Ian Kinsler trotted in
on an eighth-inning wild pitch, then took a 14-1 lead on Betts'
base hit later in the inning as visiting fans began chanting
"Let's Go Red Sox."
The Red Sox pounded out 18 hits and scored their most runs in a
road playoff game.
Before the big inning, Boston took a 3-0 lead on Vazquez's
infield hit off Severino's glove in the second before getting
two runs in the third on a sacrifice fly by Martinez and an RBI
groundout by Rafael Devers.
Former Yankee Nathan Eovaldi (0-1) shined in his first career
postseason start, allowing one run on five hits in seven
innings. He struck out five without issuing a walk.
Severino's velocity appeared to be down a tick in the opening
innings, and he allowed six runs on seven hits in three-plus
innings. He was lifted in the fourth after allowing singles to
Holt and Vazquez and a walk to Bradley.
Asked about not taking Severino from the game sooner, New York
manager Aaron Boone said he was trying to preserve his bullpen.
"You also understand with feeling like Dellin (Betances) is a
little short tonight and not probably having him in a
multiple-inning situation and down three there, you're trying to
kind of steal every out, and then once you get to Bradley,
knowing it's a bunting situation probably, we just kind of stuck
with him, and then hoping Lynn for those righties at the top
that didn't work out well, and that inning snowballs on us,"
Boone said. "But that was the thinking behind it."
According to announcer Ron Darling on the TBS telecast, Severino
did not begin warming up until 7:32 p.m. ET, only 10 minutes
before he threw his first pitch.
After the game, Severino took issue with Darling's comment.
"Whatever this guy is saying, I don't know where it's coming
from," he said. "If my pitching coach said that to you, you
could believe it. But not whatever (Darling) said. He's not
always in the bullpen. How he knows what time I go out? I came
out 20 minutes before the game like I usually do, so I don't
know why he says that."
Yankees manager Aaron Boone also disputed Darling: "No, he got
his normal pitches routine, faced his couple hitters down there.
So no, no issue with that."
New York, which scored its lone run on a groundout by Didi
Gregorius in the fourth inning, saw its seven-game home
postseason streak snapped.
--Field Level Media
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