After an exciting but relatively tame 1-0 win last night to clinch the season series over the Yankees, Boston took the series on Saturday afternoon with a 12-1 victory that marked its eighth straight win against the Evil Empire.

Truthfully, after the Red Sox remembered what to do with men on base early in the game, it was as good as over with Garrett Crochet on the mound. He completed seven dominant innings, striking out 11 while allowing only five hits and one earned run on a dinky solo shot by Giancarlo Stanton, which Boston responded to with a home run by Trevor Story to take a 5-1 lead in the top of the fifth. After Story’s third RBI of the day, I figured the Sox were in a pretty good place for the remainder of the afternoon, considering how feeble New York looked against a nasty Croc

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