BOSTON — The Red Sox entered Game 2 having lost their home-field advantage and in danger of heading to Houston down 2–0. Instead starter David Price kept the game close, and a resurgent Boston offense—highlighted by likely AL MVP Mookie Betts’s two-double night—took down the defending champs. Here are three thoughts on Boston’s 7–5 win.
The Red Sox hadn’t even swapped their jerseys for ALDS CHAMPIONS T-shirts last Tuesday when manager Alex Cora told Price that he would start Game 2 of the ALCS. “That was special,” Price said before Game 1. But given his history as a starter in the postseason—10 starts, nine losses, a 6.