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The comeback came one inning too late

Boston slept through eight innings, woke up just long enough to make everyone believe, and then left Sacramento wondering where those at-bats had been all night.

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James Dalfino
Jul 29, 2026
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If baseball games were only nine minutes long...

The Red Sox would’ve won this thing going away.

Unfortunately...

Major League Baseball stubbornly insists on making them nine innings.

And for roughly the first eight of those innings Tuesday night, Boston’s offense looked like it had accidentally taken the team bus to San Francisco.

The Athletics held off a f…

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