There’s no way around it: things are just not going well for the Boston Red Sox.
Pitching was known to have question marks due to not having Chris Sale, David Price, Rick Porcello and now Eduardo Rodriguez. But the defense has made a lot of mouthfuls of late that left fans scratching their heads.
Michael Chavis shot the blame for Tuesday’s loss due to one foul, while Jose Peraza made a mistake on Monday and Kevin Pillar lost a flyball in the second inning of Wednesday’s game.
“He thought it was better hit, turned around and lost it,” manager Ron Roenicke told reporters of Pillar’s abuse during his postgame Zoom press conference.
The misdemeanor, on paper, looks piled up. But even that department did not have the best season.
And now Boston finds itself with a 6-12 record after a 9-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.
Roenicke did not understand words after the match.
“Things are not going well,” he told reporters. “That’s all there is to it. We don’t get breaks and weird things happen. ”
That’s definitely one way to explain it.
Here are some other notes from Wednesday’s Red Sox Rays game:
– JD Martinez was a bright spot in the Red Sox lineup.
The designated hitter launched a grand slam into the Green Monster in the eighth to give Boston a little life for the first time in the game, making the score 8-5.
SEEEEEEEEE YAAAAAAAAAA 👋@Red socks | @ JDMartinez28 | https://t.co/8YcZCoVAmi pic.twitter.com/vkf1XmMTbM
– NESN (@NESN) August 13, 2020
Ryan Weber, who was called up to replace Andrew Benintendi after the outfielder was placed on the injured list on Wednesday, placed for the most part well.
The right-hander threw six innings of relief and gave up one deserved run on five hits with four strikeouts. Weber’s performances as a starter were not so good, so Roenicke is considering keeping Weber in the bullshit.
“(He) Looks good in relief, maybe it’s better that we have him in long relief,” Roenicke said. ‘Great job by him, that’s the man we saw in spring training. Hopefully, with that outing, we should definitely gain some confidence and we’ll see what happens. ”
Speaking of Benintendi, it sounds like the outside planner will miss more than 10 days because he is nursing a rib injury.
‘… He’s going to be a while. It will probably be more than the 10 days we are talking about, ”Roenicke said.
– Jonathan Araúz continued to be a bright spot in Boston’s top nine.
The 22-year-old rode in the team’s first run with a bases-laden single in the eighth.
Araúz now has a hit in six of his last seven at-bats.
The Red Sox will turn to Kyle Hart on Thursday – who will make his Major League Baseball debut – against the Tampa Bay Rays in hopes of directing the ship.
First pitch from Fenway Park is set for 4.30pm ET.
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