Holt comes up clutch off bench as Red Sox roll

Holt's 2-run double to center BOSTON -- Red Sox manager Alex Cora has been careful not to divulge his postseason strategies -- be they roster formations or in-game alignments -- until his team officially clinches the American League East.

But as his 102-47 team inched closer to that goal (the magic number is five) on Saturday with a 5-3 victory over the Mets at Fenway Park, Cora offered hints of the way he will deploy his personnel in October.

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When Mets manager Mickey Callaway seemed to back the Red Sox into a corner by issuing an intentional walk to Rafael Devers that sent the light-hitting Sandy Leon (.182 average) to the plate with two outs during the game-turning…