About two hours before his team opened its series against the Yankees on Friday, Red Sox manager Alex Cora was asked to describe the state of the team. Garrett Crochet, who will be on the mound Saturday night when the American League East rivals continue their three-game series in New York, is among the exceptions for the Red Sox.

But that doesn’t mean this is a series that the Sox are destined to lose either. Looking at the way the Angels games played out, Boston would have swept or won two games if they