Entering the bottom of the ninth of Game 4, the Red Sox found themselves in a similar spot to Game 3.
The team’s bats had gone cold after scoring in the early innings, as all five of their runs up to that point were scored in the third. And just like in Game 3, the Red Sox bullpen blew the lead, allowing the Rays to tie it up in the eighth on back-to-back nights.
While it took a home run to score the winning run in Game 3, the Red Sox knew they didn’t need to take that approach to win Game 4.