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Real or Not? Red Sox clinch seeking big answers for October

When you win your 99th game and still have 17 games left on the schedule, many good things have gone your way, and some things go your way even when you don't anticipate they'll go your way. Take the Boston Red Sox in their 7-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. It was 2-1, Blue Jays on top, in the bottom of the seventh when Alex Cora sent Mitch Moreland to the on-deck circle to hit for light-hitting catcher Sandy Leon.

Then Cora pulled back Moreland and sent up Brock Holt, who did this:

The Red Sox added three more runs in the eighth and clinched a playoff spot with the win, celebrating in the clubhouse with a champagne toast.