With Houston on the Rise, the Red Sox Are on the Ropes — Again
The New York Times
A blowout win in Game 5 sends this series back to Houston, decidedly in the Astros’ favor. The resilient Red Sox may have finally met their match.
BOSTON — No one has been able to drive the 2021 Boston Red Sox into extinction, yet. The Yankees tried and failed. Tampa Bay had its chances, but could not do it, either. It almost happened much earlier, during the final weekend of the regular season in Washington, D.C., but Boston survived.
Now it is the Houston Astros’ turn. With one more win they can end Boston’s bumpy, unexpected ride across their seven-month season, as the Red Sox sit, once again, on the precipice of doom.
On Wednesday, Houston pounded the suddenly slumping and sloppy Sox, 9-1, in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series in front of a somber crowd at Fenway Park, grabbing a three-to-two advantage.
