BOSTON — How loud did the Fenway Park crowd get here after Kyle Schwarber blasted a grand slam to put the Red Sox ahead 6-0 in the second inning of Game 3?
“That gave me a headache and I loved it,” Schwarber said. “I loved every second of it. This is what you live for, right? This is it. You know, obviously, we still have steps to where we want to be. But to have the atmosphere like that, we feed off that, and that’s only going to help us be better. And it’s going to help us to where we want to be. But we still got to take it a game at a time.”
The Red Sox won 12-3 over the Astros to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven ALCS.
Schwarber’s grand slam traveled 430 feet to right field. It left his bat at 114 mph.
He got ahead 3-0 in the count and connected on a 93 mph four-seam fastball from Astros right-handed starter José Urquidy.
“I think I’m a really bad 3-0 hitter,” Schwarber said. “I really do. I don’t know if I even have a hit in my career in a 3-0 count. That might be my first one.”
It was just his second career hit, including postseason, with a 3-0 count. He has never had a hit in the regular season (0-for-7) with a 3-0 count.
“We have guys on the pond, let’s be aggressive here,” Schwarber said. “We’re wanting to get after these guys. We want to be aggressive, but be aggressive to our pitch.”
All three of Schwarber’s homers this postseason have come at Fenway Park
“I mean, this feels like everything is right on top of you, right?” Schwarber said. “It just feels like it’s just right on top of you. There’s no foul ground. You look back, and the stands are right there, and it’s straight up. Then I can’t imagine what it’s like being out in the bullpen, right? ... They’re crazy out there, and I love it. I love it.”
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