COMMENTARY
Stop me if this reminds you of anything, but the Red Sox on Monday night raced into command position, slowly frittered it away, then made every play they needed to pull it from the fire at the end.
Totally out of character, right?
“Old school baseball right there. Fundamental baseball,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora on the single, sac bunt, infield single, sac fly combo that clinched a 6-5 win and dismissed the reigning AL champion Rays in Game 4 at Fenway Park. “We won the ALDS playing good, fundamental baseball.