BOSTON - After Tuesday’s hot and intense 6-5 win over the Red Sox, manager Kevin Cash acknowledged a number of reasons why he should have kept veteran starter Charlie Morton in the game.
So what — or, if you prefer, what in the world — was he thinking taking him out with two outs in the fifth, a 4-3 lead and only 85 pitches thrown?
In short, matchups.
In detail, preferring to have lefty Adam Kolarek face Sox lefty Andrew Benintendi than Morton, and what was to come based on what moves he expected the Sox to make.