BOSTON — The Red Sox are guaranteed at least two playoff games after clinching their wild card berth Friday night. Alex Cora thinks they have a reasonably good shot to play many more than they’re guaranteed.
The Red Sox entered their final game of the regular season knowing they’ll be the road team in Game 1 of a Wild Card series that will begin in either New York, Toronto or Cleveland on Tuesday at either 1:08 p.m. or 6:08 p.m. ET. Boston will throw ace Garrett Crochet on Tuesday. That Boston can throw a Cy Young candidate in the first game of a best-of-three — something few other teams can do — is one reason Cora thinks the Red Sox might go all the way.
“We’ve got a chance,” Cora said before Sunday’s game. “Offensively, we’re doing a lot of good things. The bullpen is a lot better than