Oct. 10 Terry Francona postgame interview

TERRY FRANCONA: I wanted to congratulate the Red Sox on their year. That’s quite a team we were fortunate enough to beat. And also to David, that was an honor to be on the field for his last game. I think you can see by the way the fans reacted, their outpouring of affection for him, that was an honor.

Q. I guess once Tomlin got through the fifth, how were you planning the timing of going to the bullpen? Did that play out the way you wanted? TERRY FRANCONA: Josh was throwing the ball so well that I didn’t want to go get him too quick, because he was hitting his spots so well. But when they got to the top of the order, you know, and a home run can tie it or take the lead, especially in this ballpark, some of those right-handers, it’s hard to have Andrew up warming up and not bring him in the game.

So I thought Josh did exactly what he was supposed to do. And I thought we were to the point in the game where if everything played out, we could cover it. It doesn’t guarantee anything, and they certainly made us work for it. But there’s a reason …

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