Paul bracket: 2017 Red Sox defeat 2017 Reds in six games

Game 1: Red Sox 9, Reds 8, 10 innings
WP: Boyer (1-0)
LP: Storen (0-1)
HR: Benintendi (1), Duvall (1), Mesaraco (1), Turner (1), Moreland (1), Bogaerts (1), Votto (1)

Game 2: Reds 8, Red Sox 4
WP: Feldman (1-0)
LP: Porcello (0-1)
HR: Gennett (1), Schebler (1), Bogaerts (2), Duvall (2)

Game 3: Red Sox 14, Reds 2
WP: Pomeranz (1-0)
LP: Bailey (0-1)
HR: Moreland (2), Votto (2)

Game 4: Reds 3, Red Sox 0
WP: Romero (1-0)
LP: E Rodriguez (0-1)
Save: Inglesias (1)

Game 5: Red Sox 8, Reds 1
WP: Sale (1-0)
LP: Adleman (0-1)
HR: Bradley (1), Benintendi 2 (3)

Game 6: Red Sox 5, Reds 4
WP: Porcello (1-1)
LP: Feldman (1-1)
Save: Kimbrel (1)
HR: Devers (1), Vazquez (1), Peraza (1), Suarez (1)

The two teams combined for 20 homers over the six games, with only Game Four lacking multiple long balls.

Home runs certainly dominated the opener at Fenway Park. The Red Sox led 7-1 after four innings with ace Chris Sale working, but Adam Duvall's homer in the six narrowed the margin to 8-4 and drove Sale from the game. The Reds got three solo homers in the eighth to tie the game, but got no more. Consecutive singles in the bottom of the 10 by Mitch Moreland, Sandy Leon and Jackie Bradly Jr. gave the Sox with win.

Scott Feldman allowed two runs in Game Two as the Reds evened the series. Zach Cozart hit a bases-loaded triple in the fifth to bust the game open. Scooter Gennett homered, doubled, scored twice and drove in a pair for Cincinnati.

The series shifted to Cincy and Great American Ballpark, and the Red Sox feasted on Homer Bailey. Their nine-run third featured five walks and five singles, plus a double. Mitch Moreland homered and drew three walks for Boston; he scored twice and drove in three. Drew Pomeranz allowed two hits in seven innings but walked five.

Sal Romero shut down the Red Sox in Game Four, throwing seven scoreless innings while scattering six hits. Scott Schebler doubled in two runs in in the third to give Cincinnati a 3-0 lead, and Romero, Drew Storen and Rafael Ingelsias held that lead the rest of the way.

Andrew Benintendi homered twice in Game Five to power another Red Sox rout. He drove in five runs. Bradley also hit a three-run homer. Sale allowed two hits and a run in the first inning and just three harmless singles in his next six innings while striking out eight.

The Sox put the series away back in Fenway with a 5-4 win powered by Rafeal Dever's three-run homer in the fourth. Rick Porcello went seven innings for the win, allowing three runs non seven hits and retiring the final seven men he faced.

Player of the Series: Andrew Benintendi

Player availability: The Red Sox bullpen will be fully rested for the start of Round 2. Porcello cannot start without penalty until Game Three.

Projected rotation: Sale-Pomeranz-Porcello-uncertain-(Sale)-(Pomeranz)-(Porcello). Fourth starter for the Sox will fluctuate.