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While it's clearly no time to panic, the Red Sox
are in the midst of a funk that has seen them: a.) experience their first three-game losing streak since early April
and, b.) watch a division lead quickly dwindle down to just eight games (with thirty-five left to play). Last night, Boston managed only five hits in
a 6-3 loss—their second in a row to
Tito's Tribe.
Nathan Eovaldi went just 5.1 innings and gave up four earned runs—including a sixth-inning HR.
Brandon Workman and
Tyler Thornburg also gave up single runs in the defeat. So, weak hitting, poor starting pitching and a continued shaky bullpen all conspired to deliver the loss. What offense there was was mostly provided by:
Andrew Benintendi (2-4, R) and
Xander Bogaerts (104, R, RBI).
The Carmine Hose are not experiencing a good trend these days—and they face a 15-game winner in
Game Three of the Cleveland series tonight.
