Red Sox vs. Astros – Game 6: “A Tie Game Until the Red Sox Remembered Who They Are”

Boston shows signs of life, then hands Houston the usual backbreaking inning and calls it a night

For about five minutes, this actually looked promising.

The Red Sox scored in the first. They tied it in the second. Garrett Crochet was missing bats. Houston wasn’t exactly steamrolling anybody early. It was 2-2, and for a brief moment, you could almost trick yourself into thinking Boston might avoid getting swept.

Then the fifth inning happened.

And just…