Game 1: Phillies 6, Red Sox 5, 10 innings
WP: Morgan (1-0)
LP: Kimbrel (0-1)
Save: Neris (4)
HR: Hoskins 2 (7), Altherr (2)
Game 2: Red Sox 6, Phillies 3
WP: Porcello (3-2)
LP: Hellickson (1-2)
Save: Kimbrel (4)
HR: Saunders (1), Moreland (4)
Game 3: Phillies 4, Red Sox 3 (13 innings)
WP: Neris (2-0)
LP: Boyer (2-1)
HR: Sandoval (1), Rupp (3), Joseph (3)
Game 4: Phillies 5, Red Sox 1
WP: Eickhoff (1-0)
LP: Price (0-1)
HR: Bradley (3)
Game 5: Red Sox 3, Phillies 1
WP: Sale (4-0)
LP: Pivetta (2-1)
Save: Kimbrel (5)
Game 6: Red Sox 12, Phillies 0
WP: Porcello (4-2)
LP: Hellickson (1-3)
HR: Moreland (5), Benintendi (4)
Game 7: Phillies 7, Red Sox 5
WP: Nola (2-2)
LP: Pomeranz (2-2)
Save: Neris (5)
HR: Hoskins (8), Nunez (1)
The Phillies won their third straight Game Seven to knock off the favored Red Sox. Two of their wins came in extra innings with clutch homers off Boston relief ace Craig Kimbrel.
The first of those came in Game One in Fenway Park. Boston opened a 5-3 lead with four-run fourth, but Rhys Hoskins tied it with a two-run homer in the seventh. Kimbrel entered in the 10th with the score still knotted, but Hoskins led off the inning with his second homer of the game, and the Phillies' Hector Neris protected the lead in the bottom of the inning.
The Red Sox took Game Two with a five-run third inning and 7.1 innings from Rick Porcello, who allowed two runs on nine hits. Mitch Moreland doubled and homered to drive in three runs for Boston, and Andrew Benintendi also doubled in a pair.
Game Three was in Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Ballpark, and it was a doozy. Pedro Sandoval, who took over at third base when Brock Holt was injured, clubbed a two-run homer in the seventh to give Boston a 3-1 lead. Kimbrel struck out the first two men in the ninth, but then Maikel Franco doubled and Cameron Rupp homered to tie the game. Blaine Boyer faced the minimum in the 10th, 11th and 12th innings, but in the bottom of the 13th Hoskins doubled home Odubel Herrera from first base to win it. Adam Morgan pitched five scoreless innings of relief for the Phillies.
Philadelphia scored five runs off David Price in the fifth inning of Game Four, with an error by Jackie Bradley Jr. playing an unlikely role in the disaster. Bradley's homer off winner Jerad Eickoff was the only tally for the Red Sox. Tommy Joseph had three RBIs for the Phillies.
In the first of three elimination games, Chris Sale outdueled Nick Pivetta in Game Five. Sale allowed one unearned run in six innings, leaving for a pinch-hitter (Sandoval, who singled in a run). The Boston bullpen recorded the final six outs on strikeouts.
The Sox romped in their home park in Game Six, scoring 12 runs on 13 hits, six walks and a hit batter to even the series. Porcello went seven innings for the win, surrendering five hits and fanning eight. Moreland and Xander Bogaerts each drove in four runs.
Hoskins hit a two-run homer off Drew Pomeranz in the first inning of Game Seven, but Eduardo Nunez led off the bottom of the inning with a homer of his own off Aaron Nola, and Bogaerts singled home Benintendi later in the inning to even the score. But the Phillies scored single runs in the third and fourth innings and then erupted for three more in the fifth, working through three Red Sox hurlers in the inning. Nola scattered seven hits in 6.2 innings and left with a 7-2 lead. The Phillies bullpen spluttered getting the final seven outs. Moreland doubled home two runs in a three-run eighth, and Neris allowed a single and double in the ninth before retiring Bogaerts on a deep fly ball to end the game and series.
Player of the Series: Rhys Hoskins
Pitcher availability: Phillies bullpen will be fully available for the opener of the fourth round.
Projected rotation: Pivetta-Eickhoff-Nola-Lively-(Pivetta)-(Eickhoff)-(Nola)
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