Not saying that they shouldn’t have bunted, only what the results of a successful bunt would have been. Bogaerts may have driven in the run, but he had struck out in a similar situation a couple innings earlier, albeit against Jansen.
More than likely they walk both of them. So what does Bogaerts do? He struck out the previous time in with a chance to win it (albeit against Jansen). We know JDM grounded out weakly to end the inning.
Umm, he managed the pen to 6 scoreless innings until Neck Tat took the mound.
There is a lot of blame to go around in this one. Bogie’s error cost 3 runs. Leaving the winning run on 2nd in 3 straight innings. Base running blunders. Cora’s bullpen management isn’t one of them.
Huge advantage for the Dodgers from here forward. Sox have Walden and Neck Tat left in the pen; not great choices and the bad guys have 3-4-5 coming up.
I’ll say it again; the Dodgers are really good at fouling off tough pitches. You may get them eventually, but they are going to make you work to do it.