BOSTON --This is postseason baseball. You hope for your stars to carry the team and produce plenty of decisive plays, but you know that any game -- any series -- could come down to one of the unlikeliest of contributors getting a key out or critical hit.
The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 5-4 in Game 1 of this highly anticipated Division Series between two 100-win teams and their stars delivered. Chris Sale took a 5-0 lead into the sixth and finished with eight strikeouts in 5 u2153 innings.