Red Sox World Series: Five reasons why Game 3 was lost

We can boil it down to five key reasons why the Boston Red Sox came up short in an 18-inning marathon in Game 3 of the World Series.

Every loss hurts when the stakes are this high. When that loss comes at the end of a lengthy extra-innings game it almost feels like two losses. It leaves us with a pit in our stomachs wondering where it all went wrong. In the case of Game 3 of the World Series, there are a handful of reasons we can point to for the Boston Red Sox coming up short.

At seven hours and 20 minutes, Game 3’s 18-inning marathon stands as the longest postseason game in major league history. That’s a lot of baseball, which means there were plenty of opportunities for pivotal moments.…