Hartford Courant (Sunday)

Finish doesn’t sit well

Sour ending in ALCS has Red Sox seeking more

- The Red Sox’s Enrique Hernandez waits for play to resume Friday against the Astros in Game 6 of the ALCS at Minute Maid Park. By Jason Mastrodona­to Boston Herald Turn to Red Sox,

HOUSTON — Once they got through the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series, it would’ve been hard to consider the 2021 Red Sox as anything but a success.

Sure, expectatio­ns change. And to look back at preseason projection­s and consider anything better than a fourthplac­e finish a success would’ve overlooked how well they played for three months early in the season.

And after they blew a lead in the AL East late in the season and had to scratch their way into a wild-card game, it felt like they needed to at least get through the Yankees and Rays in the postseason to make up for blowing the division. Check and check.

The Houston Astros were a stronger opponent that matched up better. And while the Sox’s exciting season came

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