Red Sox: 3 bizarre plays from a wild series finale with Astros
By Sean Penney
The Red Sox won a wild finish to their series with the Astros
For the second time this season, the Boston Red Sox won the finale of their series with the Houston Astros to avoid a sweep. Setting the trend of winning the final game in the series may bode well if these teams meet in the playoffs but dropping five out of seven games to one of the top American League contenders is hardly ideal. The Red Sox must be pleased to know they are done with the Astros for a while.
Perhaps these clubs will face off again in the postseason but if his was their last meeting of 2021, at least it was a memorable one.
Boston came out on top in a 12-8 slugfest that was a back-and-forth affair much closer than the final score indicates. This game had everything – offensive fireworks, clutch hits, stellar defensive plays. It also had its fair share of baffling blunders, bizarre moments and a bit of controversy. A streaker ran out on to the field at one point and that wasn’t even the craziest thing that happened during this game.
Red Sox fans will gratefully take the victory but not without looking back on this game and thinking, “Wait, did that really just happen?”