Bleacher Report · Oct 9, 2021
Red Sox Offense Erupts with 5 HRs in Game 2 to Even ALDS with Rays
You want homers? The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox just gave you homers.
The Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Friday evening, 14-6, evening the ALDS matchup at a game apiece.
It was a wild contest that featured seven homers in total and a postseason-record five dingers for the Red Sox. Five different Boston batters had at least three hits amidst a 20-hit outburst.
It looked like the Rays, who jumped out to an early lead in Game 1, might be off to the races yet again after Jordan Luplow's grand slam put them up 5-2 in the bottom of the first.
But Boston's own barrage of deep balls, including J.D. Martinez's three-run shot, quickly changed the math.