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This was one for the books! After surrendering 1-0 and 2-1 leads, the Red Sox fell behind 4-2 to Houston late in last night's game. Then, semi-miraculously,
The Carmine Hose came back to tie it in the top of the eighth on a solo HR by
David Oritz and an RBI double from the suddenly resurgent
Mike Napoli. Then, of course, the retractable roof fell in—as
Craig Breslow gave up a walk-off HR to diminutive (yet
wicked good)
Jose Altuve. That's all she wrote—in yet another gut-wrenching loss (
this time 5-4). Napoli ended up with a 3-4 night and 2 RBIs, Ortiz was 2-5 with 2 RBIs and
Mookie Betts also had two hits.
Wade Miley actually pitched
extremely well—going six innings and giving up just one earned run. But the bullpen failed again—with
Alexi Ogando,
Junichi Tazawa and Breslow each giving up crushing runs. Boston is now 12 games behind
The Empire and on life-support. This is humiliating. Trades and firings need to happen
soon.
