PHOENIX — Nathan Eovaldi was a World Series legend once before, and he hated it.
Five years before he scraped and clawed through six scoreless innings in a 5–0 Game 5 to deliver the Rangers their first title in their 62-year franchise history, he scraped and clawed through six two-run innings for the Red Sox, who would win that 2018 championship in five games. The game went 18 innings, the longest in the history of the Fall Classic, and Eovaldi’s 97 pitches in relief saved the bullpen. Teammate Rick Porcello wept as he watched it.
But what Eovaldi remembers is that he gave up the winning run.
