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All in all, the Red Sox overachieved in after finishing with the fourth worst MLB record last year. Boston had a chance against Kendall Graveman in the seventh. Martinez walked with one out and Alex Verdugo singled to right field, putting runners at the corners. Travis Shaw, pinch hitting for Christian Arroyo, struck out swinging on a full-count Garcia brings no hitter into sixth. Astros starter Luis Garcia left Game 2 with a right knee strain after allowing five runs in 1-plus innings.

The righty returned for Game 6 and looked like a completely different pitcher. Framber Valdez and Garcia combined for eight runs seven earned runs , eight hits two homers , six walks and four strikeouts in Games 1 and 2.

It was ruled a double and it put the Astros ahead in the first inning. It was a play he should have made. Astros go ahead on strange play. Alvarez tripled off Josh Taylor to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning. Tanner Houck replaced Taylor and hit Carlos Correa to put runners at the corners with no outs. Kyle Tucker sharply hit a one-hopper to first baseman Kyle Schwarber who tagged out Correa, then stepped on the bag for two outs.

Correa waited at first in case the ball was caught in the air. Eovaldi escapes huge jam in fourth. Alex Bregman led off the bottom of the fourth with a single, then Alvarez followed with a double. The Boston Red Sox appeared to be well on their way to their fifth World Series appearance of the 21st century. After taking a tough loss in Game 1 , the Red Sox lineup continued their offensive explosion from the ALDS, and scored a combined 21 runs over Games 2 and 3 to take a commanding lead over the Houston Astros.

Simply put, Boston had dominated Houston, and it seemed like their pitching staff was on the ropes. Game 4 offered a chance for Boston to essentially put this series to bed. With a win, Boston would have had a chance to win the series in Game 5 , just as they did to Houston back in Instead, Boston faltered, and in the process, they handed this series right back over to Houston. But once manager Alex Cora dipped into the bullpen, he made a series of confusing moves that ended up unraveling the game for the Sox.

It all starts in the sixth inning after Josh Taylor was brought on to relieve Pivetta. After getting the first two outs of the inning, Taylor gave up a single to Game 5 hero Yordan Alvarez. Cora responded by bringing on Adam Ottavino to face Carlos Correa, which worked out perfectly as Ottavino struck out Correa on just four pitches.

The problem was that was all Ottavino did. Cora decided to remove one of their best relivers after just four pitches in a game that they led by just one run. Compounding this awful move was an even worse move, which was bringing in Garrett Whitlock for the seventh inning. Whitlock did his job holding down the fort in the seventh, but then was brought back out for the eighth inning. This immediately backfired when Whitlock gave up a first pitch solo home run to Jose Altuve, allowing Houston to tie the game.

Late in games, you want to keep the opposition on their toes, but Cora failed to do that, and gave Altuve a whole half inning beforehand to prepare for Whitlock.

Eovaldi has a reputation for being an absolute stud out of the bullpen, but this seemed desperate. Eovaldi responded by giving up four runs and turning this one into a laugher. Perez would give up three of his own, paving the path to the Sox demise. This game flipped all the momentum in this series.

They had the lead, and had the guys in their bullpen ready to hold onto the lead. Instead, Cora got cute with his bullpen usage, and it ended up blowing up in his face. It translated over to Game 5, where the Astros walloped the Boston Red Sox for the second night straight.

The problem was the offense got virtually nothing off of Framber Valdez in this one after forcing him out of Game 1 after just 2. Now Houston has all the momentum in their dugout. They are home for the next two games, only needing to win one of them to advance to the World Series. Not to mention, their lineup has finally found their stroke after being nonfactors for the majority of the first three games.

The Boston Red Sox could have been making a push to go to the World Series tonight if they played their cards correctly in Game 4. Instead they blew it, and promptly got blown out by a score of tonight. Boston is down to their final breath right now, and their mishandling of Game 4 will go down as the downfall of their season. Want your voice heard? Join the Chowder And Champions team!

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