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The Red Sox are proving to be the masters of the comeback games. They even surprised me. I had them written of at 0-5 in the top of the fifth. The next time I looked they back in the locker rooms celebrating another comeback win.

This win will have one of two effects. It will obviously bolster their confidence whilst making the Rays even more determined to finish them off or it will demoralize the Rays, be the turning point of the playoffs.

The Rays have been full of confidence and there is no reason to think that one game will undo all of that. However, if the Red Sox do pull off another victory, it will make for a classic final game of the playoffs. This comeback was all the more remarkable since not only did they win the game and close the series to 2-3, they did it from a position of being five down and little time left. To their credit, rather than look at the -7 on the scoreboard, they looked at what they could do to win - then did it.

There has been plenty of talk about the Red Sox and these playoffs, a lot of it negative. Now the talk is turning positive and why not? History is actually on their side to win again. They have only lost one must win playoff match out of the last eight - that’s a record I am sure the Devil Rays will want to quash.

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