I have not figured out this whole DVR thing yet. Righty and I ended up missing the last at-bat of this game because I only extended the game’s recording by a half hour instead of…thirty-two minutes? You know, back in my day, the VCR would’ve run until the tape ran out! I feel crotchety.

Anyway, the main reason for my recording confusion was a rain delay that moved the start time of this one from 6:10 to 6:40. By about 6:44, the Blue Jays had scored their first run of the night, after a single by Jose Reyes, a stolen base, and a single by Devon Travis. Joe Kelly responded by throwing three straight fastballs off the mark to Josh Donaldson, putting him behind in the count 3-0. Though Kelly would battle back to get two strikes, Donaldson ended up walking and, eventually, getting knocked in along with Travis on a two-out double by Russell Martin.

In the Red Sox’ half of the first, Mookie Betts also got on to lead off, but tried to match Reyes by stealing second, and instead got caught by an absolutely perfect throw by Martin. Dustin Pedroia walked on the very next pitch, and got moved over to third by a David Ortiz double. Pablo Sandoval knocked in both baserunners when he had the green light on a 3-0 count, taking a high fastball on the outer part of the plate to the opposite field, where it bounced off the Sox’ loss total (still 9) and into the left fielder’s glove.

In the second and third, Kelly did this: Strikeout, strikeout, strikeout, home run (on an 0-2 count), strikeout, strikeout, strikeout. So that’s…you know. Something. He also gave up consecutive walks and a single to start the 4th, letting the leadoff man (Martin) score to go down 5-2.

In the bottom of the inning, though, Sandoval shortened the lead by a run, hitting his second homer in as many games, this one into the visitor’s bullpen (does the cop in the home bullpen put his arms in the air like that for every home run now? Or did he always do that? Or is it just a coincidence this one time? I know you come here for the big questions).

In the bottom of the fifth, after a quick, two-strikeout inning from Kelly, Betts hit a double off the Monster with two outs. Pedroia then followed this up with a Baltimore Chop off of home plate. Upon catching the ball, Aaron Sanchez was struck with delusions of grandeur and attempted to throw out Pedroia at first even though he was basically on top of the bag at the time of the throw. Sanchez put so much extra gas on the throw that he sailed it over Edwin Encarnacion’s head, sending Mookie Betts home to narrow the lead to one run, 5-4.

Alexi Ogando came in to relieve Kelly and pitched excellently in the seventh and eighth innings, including a CRUCIAL strikeout of Jose Reyes with one out and Kevin Pillar (no relation) on third base after a leadoff double.

Betts, continuing an excellent night, led off the eighth inning with a single, moved to second on a Pedroia single, went to third on a Roberto Osuna wild pitch, and tied the game on a Hanley Ramirez “sacrifice fly” that was a bases-clearing double in an alternate universe. Watch Hanley pimp this thing. Make that an alternate universe bases-clearing single.

With the game tied, Koji Uehara came in and shut the door in the ninth, striking out two and getting the third man to pop out to Holt at third (Pablo left the game with neck soreness in the 6th inning after making this great diving play).

In the 9th, Holt struck out to lead off (he goes 0-4 right after I pick him up in fantasy baseball, obviously). But Xander Bogaerts singled, and so did Hanigan, setting the stage for Mookie Betts with one out and a runner in scoring position. Okay, it actually ended up being two runners in scoring position by the time the ball was put in play because of a wild pitch. But guess what? I didn’t get to watch this at-bat because I’m technologically stunted. Let’s watch it together, shall we?

Glorious.