Recap - Kinsler drives in 3 as Sox triumph
Jim Monaghan
Content Coordinator
Ian Kinsler drove in three runs to help put the Red Sox back in the "W" column with an 8-2 win over the Braves in Atlanta on Monday afternoon.
Boston was held hitless until the top of the fifth inning. With one out the Sox got consecutive doubles from Eduardo Nunez, Kinsler (pictured), and Christian Vazquez to take a 2-0 lead. Mookie Betts made it 3-0 with a run-scoring single.
Atlanta chipped away with single runs in the sixth and seventh innings on a solo home run by Ozzie Albies and an RBI ground out by Dansby Swanson.
Nathan Eovaldi started but went just 3.1 innings in the no-decision outing. He only allowed two hits but walked four and seemed to be in constant trouble.
Boston added a pair of runs in the eighth on a two-RBI single by Kinsler and put the game out of reach in the ninth on a Xander Bogaerts double that drove in a pair, and a sacrifice fly by Nunez.
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth in a non-save situation, one of eight pitchers used by Alex Cora. Brandon Workman was the winner in relief.
Andrew Benintendi and Kinsler led the offense with two hits apiece.
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Content Coordinator
Ian Kinsler drove in three runs to help put the Red Sox back in the "W" column with an 8-2 win over the Braves in Atlanta on Monday afternoon.
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Atlanta chipped away with single runs in the sixth and seventh innings on a solo home run by Ozzie Albies and an RBI ground out by Dansby Swanson.
Nathan Eovaldi started but went just 3.1 innings in the no-decision outing. He only allowed two hits but walked four and seemed to be in constant trouble.
Boston added a pair of runs in the eighth on a two-RBI single by Kinsler and put the game out of reach in the ninth on a Xander Bogaerts double that drove in a pair, and a sacrifice fly by Nunez.
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth in a non-save situation, one of eight pitchers used by Alex Cora. Brandon Workman was the winner in relief.
Andrew Benintendi and Kinsler led the offense with two hits apiece.
Click here to find more by Jim Monaghan on Red Sox Life. Follow him on twitter - @Monaghan21.
