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For the Red Sox yesterday was rather like the Matrix trilogy. It started off incredibly with a sensational ring ceremony but fell off rather precipitously in the ninth inning. The Red Sox have yet to test out the new replay system. John Farrell could have used it to his advantage when Khris Davis supposedly reached third safely on Scooter Gennett’s sacrifice bunt. Tim Timmons didn’t have the optimum angle of the play and called Davis safe even as the runner popped off the base momentarily while Will Middlebrooks was still applying the tag. Crew chief Tim Welkie didn’t call for a review, which he is empowered to do from the seventh inning forward. If Davis had been called out as he should have been, perhaps the Brewers wouldn’t have scored four runs in the ninth. In that scenario, Edward Mujica wouldn’t have had to cope with runners on first and third and none out in front of the intense Fenway crowd. Instead Mujica allowed four runs to score while compiling just two outs. The Red Sox failed to get a man on base with the final three outs, so Red Sox Nation wouldn’t be hearing “Dirty Water” on a day...
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