The Red Sox (67-59) — or, rather, Rafael Devers and the Red Sox*, the name by which the team will hereafter be known — can keep proving big naysaying idiots like me (who basically have declared the season over), well, dead wrong by sweeping away the similarly surging Phillies (64-60) starting with tonight’s game against Aaron Nola at 7:10 p.m. at Fenway Park.
By now you’ve seen Bryce Harper’s mammoth walk-off winner against the Cubs from a few days ago, and despite all that good cheer and handsomeness the Phillies have lost two in a row and have their best pitcher on the mound and need this game every bit as much as the Sox.