The most striking thing about Sunday’s game in Toronto was how much it felt like one the Red Sox have been winning all season.
Not in the sense that teams win games they lead 7-2, or 8-4, or 8-6 with two outs in the eighth and their All-Star closer on the mound — though to be clear, they do win those games, overwhelmingly.
I’m talking about how, for most of this year, they’ve been the unkillable movie monster. Eight times this season, the Red Sox have won a game in which their starter didn’t record an out in the fifth.