A Win That Somehow Still Felt Like a Loss

Boston avoids the sweep, but turns a 9–1 cruise into a ninth-inning panic attack

Final Score: Red Sox 9, Twins 5

Congratulations, Red Sox. You won a baseball game.

Now explain to me why it felt like you didn’t.

Because this wasn’t a feel-good bounce-back win. This was a game where the Red Sox jumped out, did everything right for about five innings… and then spent the rest of the night reminding you exactly why nobody trusts them.