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Washington Nationals at Boston Red Sox

Final
Fenway Park79°, Clear32,000

Recap

Player of the gameRanger SuarezBOS6.0ip 5h 3er 8k

Willson Contreras plays for the Red Sox. But he is playing for Venezuela, his native country that was ravaged by earthquakes last Wednesday. When Contreras mashed a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning in Monday night’s 6-3 win against the Nationals at Fenway Park, he let out every kind of emotion he had. Contreras flipped his bat high into the air as his Statcast-projected 421-foot blast off Nats righty Miles Mikolas soared over everything in left-center field. The first baseman then slapped his helmet with both hands and screamed “Venezuela” to his teammates as he headed past the home dugout to first base. By the time he sat on the bench, Contreras started crying. It lasted for several minutes, and many of his teammates and coaches gave him soulful hugs. What was Contreras feeling in those moments? “\[I was thinking about\

Team stats

7Hits9
1Home runs2
2Walks1
12Strikeouts4
0Stolen bases1
116Pitches thrown140
4Pitching strikeouts12

Box score

BattersABRHRBIHRBBSO
Jose TenaPH-DH1000001
Andres ChaparroDH2110010
Keibert RuizC3110000
Luis Garcia Jr.1B3010010
James WoodLF4111102
CJ AbramsSS4012002
Jorbit VivasPH1000001
Daylen LilePH1000000
Curtis Mead3B4020002
Nasim Nunez2B3000001
Dylan CrewsRF4000001
Jacob YoungCF3000002
Totals333731212
PitchersIPHRERBBSOHR
Zak KentP1.0000110
Miles MikolasP7.0966032