Red Sox series win over Indians provides last glimmer of hope

The Boston Red Sox have limited time left to make a run at October, but a series win over Cleveland could put them on the right track.

The Boston Red Sox went 3-12 from July 28th up until August 12th. However, provided a second wind, Boston was able to take 2 of 3 games from red-hot Cleveland and once again spark thoughts of October baseball.

With the amount of heavy frustration that’s been tossed upon Red Sox Nation in this 2019 season, it’s likely that not many fans have much hope left for this year’s edition of Boston’s favorite ballclub.

Coming into the season fresh off a World Series championship where the bullpen was a serious issue last year, Dave Dombrowski failed to address it halfway through this season, after watching it only continue to diminish in talent.

Although, through the last handful of games, Alex Cora has been managing like it’s the World Series with all-hands-on-deck with arms coming out of the bullpen left and right to lock down games. Much needed wins were picked up in the middle game and the latter contest of the 3-game series with the Indians at Progressive Field this early this week.

Many pessimists were quick to say that Carlos Santana drilled the final nail in the Red Sox coffin after a walk-off home run in the tenth inning on Monday night, but a great response from a surprisingly rather resilient Sox bunch made things a bit more interesting at the hands of the surging Indians.

Now, with the lineup full of moxie, Boston returns home to Fenway Park in search of some revenge with their division foe, the Baltimore Orioles, who were able to take 2 of 3 from Boston in their own right a couple of weeks back to add insult to injury.