NEW YORK — With two outs and the score tied at 3-3 in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s Game 2, Masataka Yoshida legged out an infield single, loading the bases and giving Trevor Story an opportunity to blow the game open.

But had Nate Eaton been sent home on the play, the Red Sox likely could have taken the lead right then and there.

Eaton being held at third became a hot topic following the game, with much of the postgame analysis suggesting that if the speedy outfielder had been sent, he could have scored easily.

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That is likely true, but Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Thursday afternoon that while it might have seemed obvious from the replays, making a split second decision like that in real time isn’t as easy as it looks.

“It’s the hardest job in baseball, besides

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