Red Sox Week in Review: Home Follies and Road Wins

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Boston Red Sox Weekly Snapshot

Record Last Week: 3-3

Runs Scored Last Week: 37

Runs Surrendered Last Week: 26

Standings:

5th in AL East

12 GB First Place

Transactions:

05/28/26: Red Sox recalled LHP Tyler Samaniego from Worcester Red Sox.

05/28/26: Red Sox placed RHP Garrett Whitlock on the 15-day injured list retroactive to May 25, 2026. Left knee inflammation.

Scores:

Game 52 (05/26): BOS 6, ATL 7

Game 53 (05/27): BOS 8, ATL 0

Game 54 (05/28): BOS 2, ATL 10

Game 55 (05/29): BOS 3, CLE 4

Game 56 (05/30): BOS 9, CLE 1

Game 57 (05/31): BOS 9, CLE 4

Series Breakdown/Highlights

Braves Series: The home woes continued for the Red Sox against the Braves. As of this writing, the Sox are 9-19 at home and they tend to play the most uninspired version of baseball at Fenway Park this season. It’s unfortunate, because the team got after the top of the rotation in the first two games of this series. They hung three earned runs on Spencer Strider and tagged elite reliever Raisel Iglesias for two runs later in the game. Those two runs are the only earned runs he’s given up on the season so far. Unfortunately, the Braves managed to take advantage of Tyron Guerrero’s two-inning relief stint and the Sox were unable to mount a comeback in the bottom of the ninth inning.

In game two, the Sox tagged Bryce Elder for five earned runs over 3 ⅓ innings while they held the best offense in baseball scoreless. They didn’t flinch in front of two of the best starters that the National League has to offer.

In game three, though, there was a different story. Old friend Chris Sale was slightly better than rookie Payton Tolle through the first five innings, but the Sox’s bullpen just absolutely melted. Danny Coulombe, Greg Weissert, Jovani Moran, and Ryan Watson combined to give up eight earned runs while the calls to either demote or DFA both Coulombe and Weissert have grown louder and louder. It’s a shame Boston couldn’t string two wins together in games one and two because both were winnable against a team that is in a different stratosphere from the Red Sox.

Guardians Series: The Red Sox traveled to Cleveland for a date with the AL Central leaders, though by the end of the series, they looked like the better team. Game one was closer than it should have been after opener Tyler Samaniego gave up four earned runs in the first, but Brayan Bello continued to show his dominance as a bulk-reliever by tossing seven scoreless innings. The Red Sox scored three runs off starter Slade Cecconi but defensive lapses were the name of the game early on and the team couldn’t get over that combined with the buzzsaw that is the back of Cleveland’s bullpen.

Games two and three saw drastically different offenses than game one. The Sox scored 18 combined runs over those two games while the starting pitching was a bit of a mixed bag, thanks to Ranger Suarez. Sonny Gray tossed six innings of seven strikeout, one-run baseball. Justin Slaten worked more than one inning and kept his velocity up during the outing while striking out two. Ranger Suarez looked visibly upset during the third game, especially after Masataka Yoshida lost a ball in the sun in left field. He settled through five innings but he hasn’t looked as sharp as the Red Sox have needed him to be as of late. The two biggest news stories to come out of this series have to be the fact that Jarren Duran has been red hot to close out the month of May and Caleb Durbin seems to have figured out his plate approach. If both of them can be even league average hitters, the Red Sox may be onto something.