Brayan Bello didn’t last long for the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.

After letting Garrett Crochet work 7 2/3 dominant innings in Tuesday’s Game 1 victory, Alex Cora turned to his fresh bullpen early in Game 2. Bello allowed two runs in the opening inning and two singles in the third before Cora pulled his right-handed starter for left-handed reliever Justin Wilson.

Cora explained his aggressive call after the game, per WEEI’s Tom Carroll .

“It was a tough lineup. A bunch of lefties. The at-bats were getting better with the lefties, and we had a bunch of them in the bullpen,” Cora said. “Felt like, at that point, we had to do this. It doesn’t feel good because you want the kid to go out there and get his experience and pitch deep into the game. But I felt like, at that moment, we

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