Red Sox Notes: Alex Cora Hoped For Storybook Jamie Westbrook Moment

Alex Cora envisioned a scenario in which Jamie Westbrook would be at the plate with the game on the line. The Boston Red Sox manager, knowing what the Detroit Tigers had to work with in their bullpen, really thought there was a chance the 11-year minor leaguer could have a storybook moment in his MLB debut. “I was visualizing that the previous inning,” Cora told reporters after Boston's 8-4 loss in extra innings, as seen on NESN.