What a weirdly perfectly executed 9th inning by Alex Cora.

Someone prone to over-managing and not having things work out, his tinkering in the whole inning worked out to perfection. After Romy Gonzalez—himself a pinch hitter for Rob Refsnyder who came out of the game after missing a diving catch—got on with a base hit, Nate Eaton—who came in to play right field—drew a walk to set up a great two-on, one out jam. Ceddanne clearly looked frustrated at the dish wih his weak pop out. Then, not Connor Wong, but pinch hitter Nick Sogard comes up as clutch as can be with a two-run double to the left-field wall. Even after that, not Masataka Yoshida, but pinch hitter Carlos Narvaez singled Sogard home to give the Sox a three-run cushion. Aroldis Chapman was Aroldis Chapman, throwing in an extra st

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