An epic Story: 3 homers, 4 hits, 7 RBIs, 1 steal

2 years ago
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BOSTON — Trevor Story’s slow start is now officially a thing of the past. Boston’s prized free-agent acquisition had a monster game Thursday night at Fenway Park, unloading for three homers, seven RBIs and a stolen base.

Story’s heroics pushed the Red Sox to a 12-6 victory over the Mariners.

It was the second three-homer game of Story’s career and the 35th in Red Sox history.

The first home run went a Statcast-projected 402 feet to center field. The other two went over everything in left field and onto Lansdowne Street. The last shot came with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and blew open a game that the Red Sox trailed 4-0 in the top of the second.

This was easily the best all-around game of the season for Story, who went 4-for-4 and scored five times.

On Monday, Story had a breakout moment, unloading for a game-tying homer (his first at Fenway), leading the Red Sox to a big 6-3 win over the Astros.

On Thursday, Story had something much more significant. He had a breakout night.

Story’s all-around prowess became more evident by this nugget: He is the first Red Sox player to have multiple homers and a stolen base in one game at Fenway since John Valentin on Aug. 10, 1995.