LOS ANGELES — The dugout was dead, the bats hushed, and the concern was growing that, perhaps, a Game that had featured twice the innings might have, in a feeling, showcased double the losses for the Red Sox. With their pitching strategy ripped up, Rich Hill locking down their lineup along with Yasiel Puig doing his bat-dropping, arm-raising, bicep-kissing dance around the basepaths, a Boston ballclub that had dominated the first two games of the World Series was in serious danger of seeing its edge removed.
\nHowever, the relentlessness that colored 108 regular-season wins and a steady run via a daunting American League playoff picture remains together with the Red Sox, and it carried them at a Game 4 on Saturday night in Dodger Stadium. Scoring all nine of the runs from the seventh inning on, with four RBIs from Steve Pearce, the short-on-sleep-but-long-on-life Sox deflated and defeated the Dodgers, 9-6, and are back into a commanding and mathematically momentous position within this best-of-seven set.<\/p>\n