As Steve Pearce stretched for the throw from Eduardo Nunez, the Red Sox lead, which at the start of the inning stood at 4-1, was on the verge of being erased. How did the bottom of the ninth inning get to this point after a relatively sleepy eighth-and-a-half innings?
Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect the top of the ninth inning to keep the Red Sox lead at 4-1 heading to the bottom half of the inning.
Boston closer Craig Kimbrel was not exactly lights out against the Yankees this ALDS. In game 2 he earned the save but not before allowing the Yankees to close the gap to one run on an Aaron Judge home run.