Article: Red Sox Week in Review: Limping into the Postseason

[Maddie Landis]

Weekly Snapshot

Record Last Week: 3-3 (Overall 85-71)

Runs Scored Last Week: 29

Runs Surrendered Last Week: 28

Standings

2nd in the AL East

5.0 GB 1st Place

Currently hold the 2nd WC Spot

Scores

Game 150 (9/16) | ATH 2, BOS 1

Game 151 (9/17) | ATH 4, BOS 5

Game 152 (9/18) | ATH 5, BOS 3

Game 153 (9/19) | BOS 11, TBR 7

Game 154 (9/20) | BOS 6, TBR 3

Game 155 (9/21) |BOS 3, TBR 7

TL;DR Breakdown/Highlights

A’s series: In Game 1, the Red Sox’s pitching put together a strong performance, but the team’s offense (0-7 with RISP) didn’t come through. Connelly Early threw 5.1 shutout innings and recorded 7 strikeouts.

https://x.com/pitchingninja/status/1968110610278912300?s=42

Game 2, the A’s and Red Sox engaged in a cat-and-mouse game. Lucas Giolito yielded 4 earned runs across 4.1 innings. The Red Sox’s bullpen came in early and, to their credit, held the A’s to 4 runs. Trevor Story tied the game in the 5th with an RBI single. Pinch-hitter Nick Sogard walked the game off, bringing home Nate Eaton from 3rd.

https://x.com/MLB/status/1968501052065398880

Bryan Bello took the mound in the final game of the series. The A’s got to work quickly and scored 3 runs off him in the top of the first inning. Masataka Yoshida, Trevor Story, and David Hamilton drove in the Red Sox’s 3 runs of the game.

Rays series: On Friday night, Garrett Crochet was knocked around a bit. Carson Williams and Yandy Díaz hit home runs off him early in the game. The Red Sox held a narrow lead until the 8th inning, scoring 7 runs to put the score at 11-3. Chris Murphy came in to close the game. Everson Pereira hit a grand slam to cut the team’s lead down to 4 runs. Fortunately, he got out of the jam. 

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Game 2, Kyle Harrison made his debut as a starter. He looked solid, yielding 1 earned run and recording 5 strikeouts across 6.0 innings. After Trevor Story hit a go-ahead single in the top of the 9th, the Red Sox took the lead and won 6-3.

https://x.com/welcomeMLB/status/1969576683054514427

Things went awry in the final game of the series. The Rays scored 3 runs off Connelly Early in the bottom of the first. (These were the only earned runs scored against Early in the game.) Through the eighth inning, the Rays held a narrow 1-run lead until they drove in 3 more runs off Payton Tolle. The Rays avoided a sweep, winning 7-3.

https://x.com/RaysBaseball/status/1969949031116804514

Random Stats

• Red Sox starters’ ERA (5.25) ranks 25th in the 1st inning. 
• Trevor Story has posted a .324 BA, .881 OPS, and 141 wRC+ in September. 
• Masataka Yoshida led the team in RBIs (6) between September 14th and September 22nd. 
• 8/14 of pitchers on the Red Sox’s roster are left-handed pitchers.

Website Highlights

• Two Years Later, the Chris Sale-Vaughn Grissom Trade Continues to Haunt Craig Breslow by Nick John
• Nate Eaton's Emergence Has Helped Salvage Red Sox's Lineup In September by Alex Mayes
• Red Sox Catchers Are Stepping Up When They're Needed Most by Brandon Glick
• Three Internal Names to Watch When the Red Sox Begin Their GM Search by Alex Mayes

Looking Ahead

September 23rd: Red Sox (Giolito) @ Blue Jays (Gausman): 7:07 pm EDT

September 24th: Red Sox (Crochet) @ Blue Jays (Scherzer): 7:07 pm EDT

September 25th: Red Sox (Bello) @ Blue Jays (Bieber): 7:07 pm EDT

September 26th: Tigers @ Red Sox: 7:10 pm EDT

September 27th: Tigers @ Red Sox: 4:10 pm EDT

September 28th: Tigers @ Red Sox: 3:05 pm EDT

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[mvp 78]

3rd in the AL East! 

Things went awry in the final game of the series. - That's putting it kindly. That game really went off the rails and showed some of the worst of Red Sox baseball. Bad situational hitting. Bad fielding. 

[Kimmi]

Limping into the postseason sums it up pretty well.  The good news is, we are still in control of our destiny.  The bad news is, our remaining 5 games are no cake walk.

 

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, Kimmi said:

Limping into the postseason sums it up pretty well.  The good news is, we are still in control of our destiny.  The bad news is, our remaining 5 games are no cake walk.

 

Kimmi already calling for a rainout that won't be rescheduled! 🤔

[Kimmi]

11 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Kimmi already calling for a rainout that won't be rescheduled! 🤔

Yikes.  How did that happen?