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The new and improved (or old and just as good depending on where you set the standard) Rick Porcello takes the mound for the Red Sox Friday night as they attempt to play spoiler against--wait, no, beating the Blue Jays means helping the Yankees and...and...dammit.
So this is a conundrum, but not a new one. We've faced this before, the race is still close, and .500 isn't really all that possible anymore. Here, then, are the priorities, in order:
- Rick Porcello being as good as he has been since returning to action.
- Jackie Bradley Jr. remembering how to hit. (And, seriously, where's that day off?)
- Everyone else who will play in 2016 doing reasonably well.
- Losing the game
How do we achieve this?
Ryan Cook for the seventh, eighth, and ninth.
Get it done, Red Sox.
First pitch is at 7:07 p.m. ET with broadcasts on NESN and WEEI.
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