Look, folks: that game sucked. It was a tough back-and-forth affair that the soft under belly of the bullpen couldn’t close, the type of gnawing loss you’ll still remember in January.
But that game was also awesome. It’s late July. An utterly charming Red Sox team has forced themselves into the postseason race. And now we get to watch West Coast thrillers against the most famed team in the baseball.
The Red Sox lost tonight, but they’ll win again soon enough.
Here are the moments that mattered:
Bottom 2
With the seats still half-empty (note: insert totally original LA traffic joke here), Gavin Lux absolutely demolished a poorly located heater.