The Red Sox played six games this postseason against four pitchers who won Cy Young awards:
Sabathia: 1 CYA, 5 top-5 finishes
Keuchel: 1 CYA, 1 top-5 finish
Verlander: 1 CYA, 6 top-5 finishes
Kershaw: 3 CYA, 7 top-5 finishes
TOTAL: 6 CYA, 19 top-5 finishes
They went 4-1 in those games:
won 4-3 vs Sabathia (3.0 ip, 5 h, 3 r, 3 er, 2 bb, 1 k)
lost 7-2 vs Verlander (6.0 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 2 er, 4 bb, 6 k)
won 8-2 vs Keuchel (5.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 2 er, 2 bb, 0 k)
won 4-1 vs Verlander (6.0 ip, 7 h, 4 r, 4 er, 2 bb, 4 k)
won 8-4 vs Kershaw (4.0 ip, 7 h, 5 r, 5 er, 3 bb, 5 k)
won 5-1 vs Kershaw (7.0 ip, 7 h, 4 r, 4 er, 0 bb, 5 k)
TOTAL: 5-1 vs these four, 31.0 ip, 32 h, 20 r, 20 er, 13 bb, 21 k, 5.81 era, 1.45 whip, 6.10 k/9
In none of these game were Sox' hitters dominated. Yes Verlander beat them 7-2 but that's a good, not *dominant* pitching line. The last three games: 17.0 ip, 21 h, 13 r, 13 er, 5 bb, 14 k, 6.88 era, 2.00 whip, 7.4 k/9 by Verlander and Kershaw against the Sox' lineup.
So among all their other incredibly impressive achievements, there's this. Just taking star pitchers (and we're not even counting Cole, Severino, and Ryu) out to the woodshed. Incredibly impressive.