Here are the takeaways as the Red Sox won their sixth consecutive game 6-3 over the Mets to hold off the Yankees and the Blue Jays in the American League wild card race.
The Big Picture
The Red Sox missed a golden opportunity to jump on top early with the bases loaded with nobody out in the third. But Xander Bogaerts grounded into a bizarre 5-2-3 double play, and Rafael Devers popped out to keep the team off the board.
The Mets loaded the bases themselves with nobody out in the top of the fourth, but they managed only two runs after Kiké Hernández threw Pete Alonso out at the plate (the decision to send Alonso home was so bad, the NESN broadcast noted that the third-base coach was visibly upset with himself after the inning).