BOSTON — Manager Alex Cora and Zack Kelly’s wife, Brittany, delivered a similar message to the right-handed reliever.

“I got home the other night and my wife was like, ‘You need to be consistent. You’ve got the stuff to do it,’” Kelly said after Boston’s 5-4 walkoff win over the Athletics at Fenway Park on Wednesday.

The 30-year-old Kelly recorded two crucial outs in the 10th inning to prevent the Athletics’ automatic runner from scoring. Boston won it in the bottom of the inning when Nick Sogard delivered his first career walkoff RBI on a fielder’s choice.

“As far as stuff, he’s one of the best we have,” Cora said. “We just need him to be consistent. Today was a big first step.”

Cora has been saying the same thing for years. He called Kelly “one of our best " when the righty poste

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