BOSTON -- Here's your clue that Boston's 3-0 victory over the Angels wasn't a boring slog: it took one fewer minute to complete than the newest entry in the "Fast and Furious" franchise.
"Hobbs and Shaw" checks in at two hours and 17 minutes, but Chris and Sale only needed 2:16 to dispatch the visitors from Anaheim in the fastest Red Sox game of the season. Next on the list was a more disappointing Sale start -- he dropped an 8-0 decision to James Paxton and the Yankees in April in just 2:23.
So what does a baseball person do with themselves when the game ends that quickly?
"Honestly, when I got to the clubhouse I was like, 'What do we do now?'" said manager Alex Cora. "We've got so much time. I can play with my kids at home, finally. Because whenever I get home, they're sleeping. I don't know even know what to do with my life now."
It wasn't the fastest game of the year. That distinction goes to the Mets and Marlins, who completed Miami's 3-0 shutout on May 19 in only one hour and 59 minutes. Thursday's win is tied for the third-fastest game in the American League, however, trailing only a and a Rays-Astros game from March and a Yankees-Orioles game two months later. Both of those were completed in 2:12.
The Red Sox will take this one, especially after Wednesday's suspended game against the Royals was only called after a rain delay of nearly two hours in extra innings.
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"That was fun to watch," Cora said.
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