BOSTON -- To have a happy late-night flight to Baltimore (well, departure time actually turned to early morning), the Red Sox needed to have a launch party at Fenway Park.\n\nThey also needed to have a lockdown performance from the bullpen in the aftermath of
\n\n \n\nFirst, about that launch party. The Sox belted a season-high five homers from five different players.\n\n
\n\n \n\n\"We answered back pretty quick,\" said Price. \"J.D. hit the solo home run in the bottom of the first and we had back-to-back singles in that second inning and Jackie \\[Bradley Jr.\\] with that big, three-run homer.\"\n\nYes, Bradley's three-run homer to center was probably the biggest of the quintet, in that it sliced the deficit to a mere two runs.
\n\n \n\n\"I think it felt different when Jackie hit it out, you know?,\" said
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\n\n \n\nJust to make sure they did, Bogaerts roped a no-doubter that soared into the Monster Seats with two outs in the seventh to at last give the Red Sox their first lead.\n\n\"I told Devers once he hit that home run, I feel like I'm due for one and I might come up clutch later in the game, and I said it and I did it,\" Bogaerts said. \"It's not like I was looking for a home run that specific at-bat, but it worked out perfectly and you probably think I'm a magician now.\"
\n\nMagician or not, that type of swagger Bogaerts expressed in mid-game is what has been missing from the Red Sox this season.\n\n\"Honestly, today, we felt good from the get-go regardless of the score,\" said Cora. \"Obviously we wanted David to go deep and pitch well, but we never felt that we were out of the game. J.D. put a good at-bat and then Jackie did what he did. But honestly, today was a different vibe in the dugout, which was good.\"\n\nThe different vibe might have been nothing more than the sweet sounds of the Red Sox barreling the baseball with the type of authority that had been lacking in recent days.\n\n\"It's always offense,\" said Cora. \"I feel like guys are finding their stride. They're finding their swing. It's hard to create energy when you're not swinging the bat well. Right away J.D. goes deep. Jackie goes deep. Raffy goes deep and that's how you get energy. It's offense. I felt they were putting on good at-bats, good swings from the get-go.\"
\n\nAs impressive as the offense was, the win wouldn't have been possible without the work by six relievers to get the final 23 outs. To end it, Cora turned to an unlikely closer in