COMMENTARY
Sometimes, sports surprise you. And sometimes, Chris Sale throws his first shutout as a member of the Red Sox against a 19-40 Royals team that was dispatched in largely short order: 8-3, 8-0, and 7-5 on Thursday, when Ryan Weber got them just four outs and six relievers cleaned up the mess.
“We got 27 [outs], we had the lead, and we move on,” said Alex Cora after Thursday’s finale, and whose team smacked 23 balls in excess of 100 mph in the three games, including Eduardo Nunez’s three-run, pinch-hit blast on Tuesday, J.