“It seems like there was a team that was prepared for the other one and the other one wasn’t prepared for them,” Cora said. “That goes from top all the way to the bottom. That wasn’t a good night for us. I’ll take the blame because it seemed like our team wasn’t ready to go.”

Rafael Devers will not be filling in at third base for the Boston Red Sox while Alex Bregman is away from the team, according to Alex Cora.