Xander Bogaerts Plays Major Role In Red Sox' Series-Clinching Win
BOSTON (CBS) — It was the biggest question asked of John Farrell after the Red Sox lost Game 3: Why didn't the manager
insert Xander Bogaerts into the lineup as a pinch hitter for Stephen Drew in the eighth inning?
Farrell had his reasons — a right-handed reliever ready to enter the game, namely — for sticking with Drew, but the shortstop didn't come through.
In Game 4, Farrell didn't open himself up to such questions, sending Bogaerts to the plate with one out in the seventh inning with the Red Sox trailing 1-0.
