Red Sox Win AL Division; Braves, Giants Take 2-1 Game Leads

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Published on October 12 2021 6:03 am
Last Updated on October 12 2021 6:03 am

The Boston Red Sox won their AL Division Series 3 games to Monday night with a 6-5 win, their second walkoff victory in a row over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Kike Hernandez drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning to send the Red Sox to the AL Championship Series.

They’ll play the winner of the other ALDS between the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox, which Houston leads 2 games to 1. Game 4 of their matchup was rained out Monday. 
 

Braves, Giants Claim Victories

In the NLDS games, the Atlanta Braves shut out the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 to take a 2 games to 1 lead.

All the scoring came from Joc Pederson, who hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning.

The San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 on an Evan Longoria fifth-inning homer to take a 2 games to 1 lead over the defending World Series champs.


Major League Baseball

Monday, October 11 Scoreboard

Division Series

Boston 6, Tampa Bay 5 (ALDS) -- Boston wins series 3-1

Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 0 (NLDS) -- Atlanta leads series 2-1

San Francisco 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 -- San Francisco leads series 2-1

Houston at Chicago White Sox, postponed

 

Tuesday, October 12 Schedule (All Times Central)

Houston at Chicago White Sox, 1:07 p.m.

ALDS -- Game 4 makeup from Oct. 11 -- Houston leads series 2-1

Milwaukee at Altanta, 4:15 p.m.

NLDS -- Game 4, Atlanta leads series 2-1

San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers, 8:07 p.m.

NLDS -- Game 4, San Francisco leads series 2-1