"It wasn't a good day for us."

Those were the words of Alex Cora following Thursday afternoon's 5-3 loss to the We're-Not-From-Sacramento-What-Are-You-Talking-About Athletics at Fenway Park, though they weren't delivered for the reason you might think.

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You might think that the walls are closing in, chests are getting tight and hearts are pounding inside the Boston clubhouse. But Cora? He'll tell you he and everyone else in uniform remains cool as a cucumber.

"The days are the same," Cora said nonchalantly on Thursday. "Nothing changes. The preparation is the same, and we just keep rolling."

That's the message.

Here's the reality.

That loss, combined with a Guardians win, shrunk Boston's lead over Cleveland to

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