Guided by rookie manager Alex Cora, the Red Sox improved the best record in baseball at 99-46. Boston’s Brock Holt hits a pinch-hit, three-run homer off the Jays’ Ryan Tepera to give the Red Sox the lead in the seventh inning. ( Charles Krupa / The Associated Press )The Red Sox began the night with an eight-game lead over the New York Yankees in teh AL East. Sale has been slowed by inflammation in his left shoulder, and the Red Sox had said they would ease their ace back into action. The Red Sox matched a team record by making it to the post-season three years in a row.

Source: thestar September 12, 2018 02:37 UTC