Sorry, Astros. There’s a new Killer B’s in town: Mookie Betts. Jackie Bradley Jr. Andrew Benintendi.
All three Red Sox outfielders made pivotal, game-changing plays in the later innings of Wednesday’s four-and-a-half-hour Game 4 at Minute Maid Park. Betts with his arm. Bradley (again) with his bat. And, of course, Benintendi with his glove. The left fielder’s diving catch with the bases loaded to rob Alex Bregman and save another shaky (albeit two-inning) Craig Kimbrel performance sealed the 8-6 win.
And now the Red Sox are within a game of the World Series.