The Red Sox first baseman told fans they “better book a ticket. Game 5 will be back here,” even though they suffered back-to-back losses at home.
That’s a tall order from Ramirez, who was 0 for 4 in Game 2.
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The odds also aren’t in the team’s favor — only 12 percent of teams that started 0-2 in a best-of-five playoff have surged back to win the series. That’s only eight teams, dating to 1969.
However, anything is possible and the Red Sox will try their best to make David Ortiz’s last season before his retirement one for the record books.
