The MLB postseason opened with fireworks on both coasts. In the Bronx, Boston’s Garrett Crochet authored one of the great playoff pitching performances of the decade, throwing 117 pitches with 11 strikeouts over 7 2/3 innings in a 3-1 Red Sox win over the Yankees. The only blemish came on an Anthony Volpe solo homer, but Crochet slammed the door from there, retiring 17 straight hitters at one point. Masataka Yoshida’s two-run single broke the game open in the seventh, and Boston now sits one win away from advancing to the ALDS.
Out west, Shohei Ohtani wasted no time reminding everyone why he’s about to claim another MVP. Facing Reds flamethrower Hunter Greene, Ohtani blasted a Statcast-era record 117.7 mph line-drive homer off a 100 mph fastball — the hardest such postseason homer ever tracked. He added a 454-foot moonshot later, finishing with two home runs as the Dodgers rolled to a 10-5 Game 1 win. Teoscar Hernández also homered twice, marking just the second time in franchise postseason history that two players went deep multiple times in the same game.
Crochet’s dominance set the tone in New York, and Ohtani’s power show lit up Los Angeles. If the rest of October looks like this, we’re in for a memorable ride.
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