The Red Sox will enter their series with the Yankees under .500. A win tonight will put them one game under while a loss will mean three games under. The winning streak? Gone. A golden opportunity to pick up three wins? Gone.
Fresh off winning the Battle of the Garretts (or as the loser said, Garrit) Whitlock is taking the mound tonight and asked to play the role of stopper. The bullpen has been taxed with extra innings for what seems like a week now. The bats have died. If he can hold the Rockies to 1 or 2 runs in 7 or 8 innings Alex Cora will declare this a holiday in his honor.