Red Sox 9, Phillies 8

 

It took 11 innings, but the Red Sox avoided a sweep in Philly.

The game-winning hit was a two-run Carlos Narváez homer to deep left center in the 11th, but a Romy González grand-slam in the 5th brought the Sox back from a 0-5 deficit  to a 6-5 lead (the Jesus Lizard allowed two runs on walks earlier that inning).  The Phillies tied in back up in the eighth, but Trevor Story scored a run in the 10th, only to have only to have Kyle Schwarber tie it back up again in the bottom of that inning. Then came the Narváez homer in the 11th, and it was fortunate that it scored two runs, as the Philles were still able to score one, but only one, run in the bottom of the 11th.

The Red Sox are 2-4 since the All Star Break and are in third place in the AL East, six back from Baltimore and two behind New York. They're tied with Seattle in the Wild Card standings, a game and a half ahead of Tampa Bay and Texas.

They're off today, but on Friday start a weekend home stand against Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, and the Dodgers (those guys). It just never gets easy.