I don’t really know how I’m supposed to sum up this game, so I’m not even going to try. It was a wild night at the Trop, with the top prospect in baseball, Wander Franco, shining in his debut but the Red Sox still managing to pull out a bananas victory. It had a little bit of everything and, yeah, just read below.
This was a big game for the Red Sox on a couple of levels. The first one is obvious. They entered the day leading the American League East by a half-game over these Rays, and they were getting set for their first of three against Tampa.