There wasn’t much going on across MLB on Thursday — the Yankees thankfully had the day off, and most of the league was on the couch alongside them. There were just three games scheduled that had playoff significance for the AL, and that number dropped to two after the Tigers-Guardians game got rained out. So, let’s give some rare extended time to our friends the Mariners and our archrivals the Red Sox, starting with the latter.
Washington Nationals (55-67) 10, Boston Red Sox (63-58) 7
This game was a very standard affair for four innings, and then got really wacky for a couple of frames.