The Red Sox kept pounding the Yankees, to the point that New York used catcher Austin Romine as a pitcher in the ninth inning. Brock Holt especially did not let up, as he hit for the cycle, homering in the top of the ninth off Romine to cap off his historic night.
The Boston Red Sox infielder became the first player in MLB history to hit for the cycle in a postseason game.
He completed the feat in the ninth inning of the Red Sox’s 16-1 Game 3 rout of the rival New York Yankees, hitting a two-run homer off Austin Romine – a catcher who was called on to throw the final inning of the blowout.
“You get a little antsy when a position player is on the mound. I told everyone, ‘Get me up. I need a home run for a cycle,’” Holt said. “I scooted up in the box a little bit, and I was going to be swinging at anything and try to hook anything. Obviously, you don’t expect to hit a home run, but I was trying to. I was trying to hit a home run. That’s probably the first time I’ve ever tried to do that. I rounded the bases, and seeing everyone going nuts in the dugout was a pretty cool moment for me.”
I always thought Brock Holt would be a great name for a TV detective show, especially a Quinn Martin production. Just imagine Hank Simms saying his name.
There was some controversy about Luis Severino‘s warmup, but the Severino and the Yankees insisted his routine was normal:
Said Rothschild: “I think that’s a little bit blown out of proportion. In the playoffs, the routine is always [different] because of introductions and everything. He does a lot inside and he comes out a little bit later than most starters but … he did the routine that he normally does and he actually warmed up pretty well.”
Rothschild added: “The problem occurred in the third inning, not in the first inning, so if there was a difference in his warm-ups, he’d already thrown 44 pitches when all this stuff happened.”
It appeared that no Yankees pitcher could get the Red Sox out Monday night.
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