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Red Sox remaining schedule offers plenty of opportunities, plus 5 takeaways vs. Pirates

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Red Sox manager Alex Cora often talks about the importance of winning a series during the regular season, and by beating the Pirates on Wednesday, the Red Sox clinched a series victory.
Far too often this season, that hasn’t been the case — the Red Sox started 0-10-1 in their first 11 series facing the American League East before finally beating the Orioles in a one-off game to get in the win column. Since, they beat the Yankees twice in three attempts. Wednesday’s 8-3 victory clinched another series against the Pirates — admittedly not an AL East opponent, but a win nonetheless with one more game remaining on Thursday.
After Thursday, things get interesting in the Red Sox’s pursuit of the wild card. Currently, they are four games behind the Blue Jays for the final wild-card slot, with the Twins, Orioles and White Sox all in between them.
Per Tankathon, the Red Sox have the ninth-most difficult strength-of-schedule remaining (as measured by opponent winning percentage). That’s largely because they face their wild-card opposition so many times — 10 games against the Orioles, nine against the Rays, six against the Yankees, six against the Blue Jays and three against the Twins.

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