It's so easy to second guess, and I can only really talk about tonight's game, but I think the wait in the dugout may have harmed Rivera. I know he can do multiple inning saves, but when they showed that shot of him just sitting there, I knew we'd at least tie it up. I don't know why he was brought in in the eighth, especially since there was already a strike on Ellsbury when Rivera was brought in.
Oh well, can't complain.
It's an amazing game to begin the season series.
And it was closer to four hours than three. Could we really have it any other way?