The Red Sox look to even up their ALDS showdown with the Rays behind Chris Sale tonight in St. Pete (7:02 p.m., FS1).
Last night was a disappointment, but sometimes you just lose a game. In the Shakespearean words of the Sox Outsider, OTM alumnus Matthew Kory, that game was a “huge dud,” and there’s not much point in reliving it. So we pointedly will not do that.
Tonight figures to be much better, because Sale is on the mound and he’s pissed off. Even if he hasn’t been great recently, he’s still Sale, and Rays starter Shane Baz, who has been great, is still a rookie (like last night’s starter, Shane McClanahan, but ignore that).