Let’s try this again.
The Red Sox are running out of chances, but they’ll get at least two more this weekend.
A win over the Houston Astros today or tomorrow, or a loss by the New York Yankees to the Toronto Blue Jays, will clinch the American League East title and give the Sox the champagne celebration they’ve been chasing all week.
Drew Pomeranz takes the mound for the Red Sox on a day when he was supposed to rest, but the Red Sox can’t afford to sit their No. 2 starter with the division slipping away.