MILWAUKEE --- It will be a long time before Boston Red Sox fans know if the offseason signing of Japanese star Masataka Yoshida will pan out. Suffice to say, after his eighth-inning outburst on Sunday, the outlook looks a great deal rosier.
Yoshida hit a go-ahead solo homer in the eighth, then later in the same inning capped a nine-run Boston rally with a 407-foot grand slam to right as the Red Sox beat the Brewers 12-5 on Sunday.
That gave Boston a series win against the first-place Brewers after Milwaukee erased an early three-run lead and carried a 4-3 advantage into the eighth.