ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Ben Cherington isn't one to say "I told you so." And besides, the former Boston Red Sox general manager wasn't here Friday night to make that claim.
But after Rick Porcello busted the Red Sox's four-game losing streak by tossing a 107-pitch complete game to beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 and became the third 14-game winner in the American League this season, there was a suite filled with team executives, to say nothing of a manager downstairs in the clubhouse, who were more than willing to be Cherington's proxy.