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Cole retired the first two batters in the bottom of the first inning before walking Rafael Devers after getting ahead Clay Holmes entered with two on and no one out to face Bogaerts and got him on a check-swing for the first out. The right-hander then got Alex Verdugo to ground into an inning-ending double play to keep it a three-run game.

With two outs in the top of the first, Giancarlo Stanton sent a shot off the Green Monster in left, but stared at it from home plate — apparently thinking it was gone — and was held to a single.

Eovaldi had retired 11 straight until Anthony Rizzo took the right-hander deep with one out in the sixth to cut the deficit to End of 1st: Alex Verdugo pops out to end the inning, but the Red Sox strike first with the homer by Bogaerts.

Red Sox scoring play: Bogaerts launches it feet to dead center for a two-run shot that gives the Red Sox the lead. Red Sox take a lead. End Top 1st: Third-base umpire says Joey Gallo went around for the third out of the inning. First K of the Postseason. Fenway is rockin'. Stanton so close! The MLB playoffs are underway as Nathan Eovaldi's first pitch is grounded to first by Anthony Rizzo for the first out of the inning.

Here are the starting lineups for the two teams. Ready for Battle. SquadUp pic. Red Sox on Tuesday. Matt Vasgersian will be on the call for play-by-play with Alex Rodriguez set to provide analysis and Buster Olney reporting from the sideline.

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Send MSN Feedback. How can we improve? Manager Alex Cora had a quick hook -- Eovaldi was pulled after only 71 pitches -- though it made sense given his numbers the third time through the order. In his start 11 days ago, Eovaldi generated only three swings and misses among 59 pitches.

His splitter and curveball weren't working that night, but they did on Tuesday, and those 71 pitches included 13 swings and misses, more in line with his For his career, Eovaldi now owns a 1. He is well on his way to being one of the best big-game pitchers of his generation. Cole struggled to finish out the regular season and he struggled at Fenway Park this year in general, and the Wild Card Game was more of the same. The Red Sox ambushed Cole for two home runs and three runs total in only two innings plus three batters.

It is tied for the shortest outing of Cole's career. Bogaerts clubbed a two-run home run in the first and Schwarber hit a solo homer leading off the third. Both were well-struck. Bogaerts is only the third righty to hit a home run off Cole's changeup in his career, and the first to do it since The Schwarber home run came on an elevated fastball and he just went up and got it.

Most hitters swing through that pitch or pop it up. Opponents hit. In the Wild Card Game, Red Sox batters went 2 for 6 with a home run, a double, and two walks in two-strike counts. He just couldn't put hitters away like he usually does.

Between three regular season starts and the Wild Card Game, Cole allowed 15 runs and seven home runs in 18 innings at Fenway Park this year. When these two clubs met last weekend, the Yankees rallied twice against Boston's bullpen to complete the sweep. Game 9. Game 8. Game 7. Game 6. Game 5. Game 4. Game 3. Game 2.