They’re putting balls in play and eating innings. The Red Sox are working counts and drawing walks. Perfection can occasionally dazzle - the Red Sox have hit three grand slams in the past two games - but mostly, it grunts and grinds.We just have to do a better job of watching what our pitchers do and getting ahead in the count.” Read Ken Rosenthal's full piece. And of course, they have the ultimate guy (Alex Cora) as their manager, who … he’s just very good at it. “We have to re-evaluate and see if they’re seeing things that are maybe tipping the scales a little bit in their favor," he said. Astros pitching coach Brent Strom will look with his staff to determine if his guys are tipping their pitches.I loved it personally." Read Jen McCaffrey's full story. We talk about making baseball fun, we talk about baseball growing and more people coming to watch the sport, you need things like that. “It’s just the way baseball should trend moving forward. Eduardo Rodriguez said he would apologize to Carlos Correa for mimicking his "it's my time" celebration at the end of the sixth, saying, "that's not something I normally do, and it was just part of the game." But Correa took no offense.The Astros bullpen has accounted for 62 of the pitching staff's 78 outs in the series. Astros manager Dusty Baker compared Houston's starting pitching woes to the movie “Groundhog Day,” describing it as a reoccurring nightmare.We were very aggressive in a lot of aspects, so tonight is one of those that you feel good about.” Read more in Steve Buckley's column. We pitched well, played great defense, we ran the bases. Red Sox manager Alex Cora on his team's dominant win: “Today was as close as we’ve been to a perfect game, to be honest with you.(Photo of Kyle Schwarber and Hunter Renfroe: Maddie Meyer / Getty Images) Insiders’ picks for the MLB League Championship Series: Coaches, players and scouts make their predictions. Whenever the Red Sox have something to celebrate, they turn to their own cake boss, Bekah Eovaldi (McCaffrey).With the Astros’ pitching plans in tatters, what’s their blueprint for these next three games in Boston? (Kalpan).From plug-and-play to mix-and-match, Red Sox bullpen has been transformed (Jennings).Pranks, bananas and a $1 million bet: The Kiké Hernández experience in 16 stories (Stephen J.Underdogs no more, Red Sox play with a chip on their shoulder they developed back in April (Buckley).With a ‘Do your job’ mentality echoing the Patriot Way, Red Sox having their moment in Boston (Steve Buckley).The Astros could ill afford José Urquidy’s Game 3 blowup, and now they turn to Zack Greinke (and Cristian Javier) for Game 4 (Jake Kaplan).Eduardo Rodriguez impresses in six-inning start, but Alex Cora still wants humility from Red Sox (Jen McCaffrey).Astros pitchers got crushed again by the Red Sox in Game 3 - could they unknowingly be tipping pitches? (Ken Rosenthal).For Red Sox, little things adding up to big moments: ‘It’s relentless’ (Chad Jennings).Red Sox take 2-1 series lead over Astros behind Kyle Schwarber's grand slam.Martinez and Rafael Devers each homered to power the Red Sox while Eduardo Rodriguez went six innings, striking out seven and walking none. Kyle Schwarber hit a grand slam and Christian Arroyo, J.D. The Boston Red Sox dominated the Houston Astros on Monday night, notching a 12-3 victory to take a 2-1 lead in the American League Championship Series.
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