Red Sox’s Yu Chang Makes First Hit Count With Go-Ahead Home Run

The Boston Red Sox found themselves in an early 4-0 hole to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, but found themselves just one hit away from taking a lead in the fourth inning.

Then Yu Chang stepped up to the plate.

The presence of Chang likely wasn’t a very intimidating one for the Angels, as he was mired in an 0-for-17 start to the season. In other words, he was due.

Chang absolutely crushed a center-cut Tyler Anderson fastball into the Green Monster seats to give the Red Sox a 5-4 lead.

The bomb brought back memories of his performance in the World Baseball Classic, where the 27-year-old was named MVP of Pool A after going 7-for-16 (.438 batting average) with a .500 on-base percentage, .938 slugging percentage, two home runs, two doubles, eight RBIs, five runs, two walks and two strikeouts.

You can watch the Red Sox attempt to close things out over the Angels at Fenway Park live on NESN.