It was not looking good.
Rick Porcello coughed up an early 1-0 by giving up a grand slam to a guy named 'Scooter'. But then, as they have so many times before, the Red Sox roared back. Pouncing on a rookie Reds pitcher (who grew up a Yankee fan), Boston answered with four runs of their own for
a 5-4 win. The big blow was by rookie
Rafael Devers—a three run HR to give
The Carmine Hose the lead. Again, the bullpen was elite—most notably
David Price who had another stellar outing (2.2 innings, no earned runs, 4 Ks).
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for the save.
The Evil Empire was pounded 8-1 in
The Great White North, which increased Boston's AL East lead to four games and reduced the Magic Number to clinch the division title to six.
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