Stick a fork in the Red Sox. They’re done. The advantage the Red Sox had was to play even late into the game and let the bullpen take over.
Chris Sale had to be on his game, win two and hope someone else (Pomeranz?) could win one. Sale was the mediocre pitcher he was in his last eleven season starts (4-4, 4.04)
Jim Kaat did a good job of explaining what’s wrong with Sale. Due to fatigue he has dropped his elbow and his hand flattening out his pitches.
i predicted on July 1 the Sox would win their division and get flattened in the playoffs. I’m not rooting for it. But it was easy to see very early.
The upside to getting flattened could be maybe Farrell gets fired. He’s never been a good in game manager. I figured he was a player’s manager. But with so many players finishing below their abilities he’s either lost them, can’t motivate them or both.