I’m not going to lie: I was worried after the conclusion of this afternoon’s resumed game. The Sox had lost three straight games to two losing teams, one of which is historically bad while the other is historically disappointing. It would have been extremely in character for the 2023 Red Sox to enter yet another prolonged slump immediately after a hot stretch that enabled them to finally climb out of the AL East basement.
But the bats didn’t let it happen.
The slow burn of Triston Casas’s adjustment to big league baseball has ignited into an explosion.