Before the game the Boston Red Sox made a roster move when Matt Strahm was placed on the Covid List. In his place the Sox called up Hiro Sawamura from Worcester to take his place. Talk about re-arranging the chairs on the Titanic.
As for the game, so much for the big May turnaround for the Red Sox. After winning 8 out of 10 against Houston, Seattle and Chicago...the Sox turned back into pumpkins against the worthless Baltimore Orioles. The O's made mincemeat out of the Sox on both sides of the ball as the offense pounded out 14 hits and 10 runs against inept Sox pitching. Meanwhile Tyler Wells allowed just 2 hits and a walk through six shutout innings. The Baltimore bullpen allowed just two hits the rest of the way to get the shutout. JD Martinez' season long on base/rbi streak came to an end, Rich Hill (1-3, 4.85 ERA) got hammered for 6 runs and the season long meltdown of Ryan Brasier and Matt Barnes continued as the O's blanked the Sox 10-0 at Fenway Park. How many runs did the Sox score Dean Wormer?
Hill got the ball in the top of the first inning and Austin Hays was hit with a pitch to start. Trey Mancini tripled into the centerfield triangle to score Hays but was thrown out at home trying to score on a wild pitch. Ryan Mountcastle hit a home run all the way to Detroit to end the game three batters into the game. Anthony Santander flied out to left and Ramon Urias lined out to center to end the inning with the Orioles up for good 2-0.
Wells got the ball in the bottom of the first and Kike Hernandez popped up to second to start. Rafael Devers grounded out to first and JD Martinez popped up to right to end the inning.
Adley Rutschman grounded out to second to start the bottom of the second but Jorge Mateo hit a triple off the centerfield wall that Hernandez fell down trying to grab. Hill caught Ryan McKenna looking at an 89 mph fastball for strike three on the outside corner but Chris Owings walked. Hays swung and missed at strike three on an elevated fastball to end the inning. Xander Bogaerts popped up to Santander to start the bottom of the second and Alex Verdugo popped up to Urias on foul territory. Trevor Story singled off the Monster but Franchy Cordero popped up to right to end the inning.
The Os iced the game in the top of the third as Mancini lined out to center to start. Mountcastle singled in the hole at short but Santander flied out to right. Urias hit a home run all the way to the USS Intrepid deck to ice the game. Rutschman dropped a base hit to left but Mateo took strike three to end the inning with the O's up 4-0.
The Sox failed to respond in the bottom of the third as Christian Vazquez grounded out to first to start. Jackie Bradley Jr and Hernandez both grounded out to short to end the inning.
Hill recovered in the top of the fourth as McKenna struck out swinging to begin. Owings struck out swinging and Hays flied out to left to end the inning. Devers lined out to third to start the bottom of the fourth and Martinez took strike three. Bogaerts doubled to left but Verdugo flied out to center to end the inning.
The O's finished off Hill in the top of the fifth as Mancini walked to start. Mountcastle pounded a ground rule double down the left field line to chase Hill. He got lit up for 6 runs in just 4 plus innings. Hiro Sawamura came in and Santander hit a sac fly to right to score Mancini, moving Mountcastle to third. Urias grounded out to third to score Mountcastle and Rutschman grounded out to short to end the inning with the O's up 6-0.
The Sox rolled over in the bottom of the fifth as Story walked to start. Cordero went down hacking, Vazquez struck out swinging and JBJ hit one up the elevator shaft to end the inning.
Mateo lined out to center to start the top of the sixth and McKenna struck out swinging. Owings popped up to first to end the inning. Hernandez grounded out to short to start the bottom of the sixth and Devers also grounded out to short. Martinez flied out to right to end the inning. Tyler Wells had shutout the Sox for six innings while allowing just two hits, pathetic.
Ryan Brasier came in to take a beating in the top of the seventh as Hays doubled to right to begin, Mancini blooped a base hit over the head of Story that somehow caused umpire Adrian Johnson to pass out. Johnson was hauled off on a gurney and Mountcastle banged into a double play, but Hays scored a run. Santander popped up to third to end the inning but the O's were up by a touchdown 7-0.
Dillon Tate came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Bogaerts took strike three to start. Verdugo grounded out to first and Story took strike three to end the inning.
Bobby Dalbec took over for Devers to begin the top of the eighth and Urias grounded out to short to start. Rutschman doubled to center and Mateo singled off of Brasier to move Adley to third, but McKenna took strike three. Owings flied out to right to end the inning. Joey Krehbel came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth and Cordero lined out to left to start. Vazquez doubled to right but JBJ grounded out to first to move Christian to third. Hernandez hit one up the elevator shaft to end the inning.
Matt Barnes continued his season long misery in the top of the ninth with Christian Arroyo in for Bogaerts. Hays lined out to left but Mancini singled to center. Mountcastle got a base hit up the middle to move Trey to third and Santander hit a home run to the Klingon Homeworld to wrap up the scoring. Urias lined out to right and Rustchman struck out swinging to end the inning with the O's ahead 10-0.
Logan Gillaspie came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth and Dalbec got a base hit to left to start. Martinez lined out to center, Arroyo lined out to right and Verdugo grounded out to second to end the game. The O's had laughed at the Red Sox 10-0.
Jackass of the Night is Rich Hill. Not that the Sox bats were going to do much but allowing 6 runs put the game away early and gave no hope for a comeback.
The Good:
Bobby Dalbec got a hit in his only at-bat.
Xander Bogaerts was 1 for 3.
Trevor Story was 1 for 2 with a walk.
Christian Vazquez was 1 for 3.
Hiro Sawamura pitched 2 scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Kike Hernandez was 0 for 4.
Rafael Devers was 0 for 3.
JD Martinez was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Alex Verdugo was 0 for 4.
Franchy Cordero was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 0 for 3.
Matt Barnes allowed a 3 run home run in the ninth.
The Ugly:
Ryan Brasier allowed a run in 2 innings of work.
Honorable Mention:
Christian Arroyo played short in the top of the ninth.
Final Thoughts:
I thought when the Houston Astros played home run derby against Nathan Eovaldi two weeks ago that the Sox had hit rock bottom. Turns out I was dead wrong, two weeks later the Sox drop 3 out of 5 games to the lowly Orioles eerily familiar to the New York Yankees sweep in April of 2012 that signified how bad the season was going to be. At what point does enough become enough? The offense either gets 10 runs or none and the bullpen blows it more times than it saves it. Not having a closer the first two months of the season got them in this hole and they still can't climb out of it. If this is the end of the core of the Red Sox, Fenway Park is going to be empty by August. Sox GM Chaim Bloom may be forced to deal all four of Boston's impending free agents and coming within two wins of the world series only to be watching the Worcester Red Sox play in Boston less than a year later never should be happening. Maybe the Sox will go on a 10-2 tear in the next two weeks and we'll be laughing about all this but it doesn't look like it. Right now this is a bad team and even the Orioles are becoming more exciting than they are because they have nothing to lose and a fraction of the payroll. The loss dropped the Sox to 23-26, good for fourth place in the AL East. The Sox now welcome another one of the worst teams in baseball, the Cincinnati Reds in for a two game set. Michael Wacha (3-0) gets the ball for Boston tomorrow night against Luis Castillo of the Reds. The game begins at 7:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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