CLEVELAND — It started to rain on Friday just a few minutes after Alex Cora was asked about the idea of managing his 1,000th regular season game. The drizzle became a downpour and Cora will have to wait until Saturday for his personal odometer to add a digit.

Then-president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski hired Cora following the 2017 season. Cora went on to lead the 2018 Red Sox to a franchise-record 108 regular season wins. Boston went 11-3 that postseason as Cora earned a World Series title in his first season as a big league manager.

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is set to make history, as he is about to become the fifth manager in team history to manage 1,000 games.