Mookie Betts 2 HR Lead Red Sox; Eddy Alvarez Shines As White Sox Paste Brewers, 16-1

Players of the Day for Sunday, March 25, 2018

Grapefruit League

Betts: 2-2, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Boston took over first place in the Grapefruit League on Saturday and continued their hold of a 1/2-game lead over Houston with a 6-1 triumph over the Twins on Sunday.

Mookie Betts led off the game with a solo homer, walked and scored in the second inning, then added a two-run belt in the fourth, going 2-for-2 with three RBI and three runs in Boston's win.

Betts, who batted .264 with 24 home runs and 102 RBI in 2017, is having a strong Spring, batting .340 with three home runs and eight RBI.

Cactus League

Losing a bit of their grip on first place, the Milwaukee Brewers were blasted by the White Sox, 16-1, as Chicago knocked out 19 hits against a parade of 10 Brewer hurlers.

The home-standing Sox scored multiple runs in five separate innings, building a 10-0 lead before Milwaukee scored its only run of the game in the sixth.

Non-roster player, Eddy Alvarez, stroked a two-run homer in the fourth inning and singled in four at-bats, driving in four runs on the day.

The Brewers lead in the Cactus League fell to just one game over the Indians and Cubs. The White Sox are 16-12, 2 1/2 games off the pace.