Moving on quickly, Kimbrel makes quick work of Braves

ATLANTA — As the weary Red Sox filtered into the lobby of their hotel at 5:30 a.m. ET on Monday, nobody felt worse about the situation than closer Craig Kimbrel. It was his misfire with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to Colby Rasmus that led to a game-tying home run in a game that went 12 innings before Boston finally won at Houston.

There was no way Kimbrel was going to keep his teammates at Turner Field any longer than they needed to be on Monday night. The closer stepped on the mound he is most familiar with and finished a 1-0 victory for the Red Sox by putting the Braves away on just 11 pitches.

“I felt like we got in at 6 o’clock this morning because I let us play a few extra innings last night,” Kimbrel said. “It was good to see Rick [Porcello] go out there and pitch such a good game and us to get one run across. That’s all we needed tonight. To be able to get back out …

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