It was fast, it was never close, and it was glorious.<\/p>\n
For the second time in as many Brayan Bello outings this year, a dicey first inning turned into a no-doubt win for the\u00a0Red Sox, as the team pummeled the Guardians in a brisk affair on getaway day despite off-days for Triston Casas and Wilyer Abreu against Cleveland lefty Logan Allen. No matter, as lefty-killer Rob Refsnyder started a scoring barrage with a homer (because of course he did) against the southpaw and the rout continued from there.<\/p>\n
The kid was nails after a shaky first, at least until he flagged in the sixth, by which time the game was well decided anyway.<\/p>\n
How do you follow up an iconic steal of home? By going 4-6 (and telling a nasty fan in the front row to get lost).<\/p>\n
Great, great game from Campbell, who scored the second run on a heads-up sac fly chance and went 2-2 with 3 walks, 3 runs and a stolen base.<\/p>\n
The big boy went 2-6\u00a0with a solo homer, which we love to see.<\/p>\n
Another Sox\u00a0with a homer, Rafaela went 2-4 with 5 \u2014 count\u2019em 5 \u2014 RBIs.<\/p>\n
As noted above, he set the tone with a second-inning dong that eerily resembled Rajai Davis\u2019\u00a0World Series-tying blast against the\u00a0Cubs\u00a0in the same ballpark.<\/p>\n
I wasn\u2019t sure what to choose but as I wrote \u201cPlay of the Game\u201d the broadcast, as if reading my mind, chose its own, a double-steal that worked to perfection:<\/p>\n