Boston Red Sox fans are getting extremely upset with the state of the Red Sox and who can blame them? After scoring just one run in 10 innings last night, they laid another egg today against Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal. The Sox had just 4 hits and 1 measly run against Tarik while Brayan Bello (1-2, 6.75 ERA) continued to regress this season. The Tigers bats got to Bello for four runs in just four innings. The Sox as a team had just 5 total hits and no rbis as the Tigers won this boring game 4-1 at Fenway Park.
Bello got the ball in the top of the first as Kevin McGonigle got a base hit to right to start. Gleyber Torres took strike three but Colt Keith got a base hit off the glove of Andruw Monasterio. Riley Greene walked to load the bases but Spencer Torkelson struck out swinging. Kerry Carpenter walked to score McGonigle to put the Tigers up for good just 6 batters into the game.Wenceel Perez grounded out to second to end the inning with the Tigers up 1-0.
Skubal got the ball in the bottom of the first and Roman Anthony grounded out to second to start. Andruw Monasterio grounded out to third and Willson Contreras struck out swinging.
Javier Baez grounded out to second to start the top of the second and Jake Rogers flied out to center. McGonigle lined out to center to end the inning. Trevor Story struck out swinging to start the bottom of the second and Wilyer Abreu went down hacking as well. Ceddanne Rafaela swung at air to end the inning.
Torres grounded out to short to start the top of the third and Keith grounded out to first. Greene flied out to right to end the inning. Caleb Durbin grounded out to second to start the bottom of the third and Connor Wong struck out swinging. Isiah Kiner-Falefa popped up to short to end the inning.
The Tigers struck again in the top of the fourth and Torkelson took strike three to start. Carpenter hit a home run all the way to New York City to increase the lead. Perez walked, Baez doubled to left and Rogers hit a sac fly to center to score Perez. McGonigle singled to right to score Baez but Torres struck out swinging to end the inning with the Tigers up 4-0. That was it for Bello who got hammered for four runs in four innings off 5 hits and 3 walks.
Anthony walked to start the bottom of the fourth and Monasterio struck out swinging. Contreras struck out swinging and Story went down hacking to end the inning.
Jovani Moran came in to pitch the top of the fifth and Keith grounded out to first. Greene walked but Torkelson took strike three. Carpenter struck out swinging to end the inning. The Sox struck back in the bottom of the fifth as Abreu singled to center to start. Rafaela doubled to center and Durbin walked to load the bases. Unfortunately all Wong could do was bang into a double play to score Abreu. Kiner flied out to center to end the inning with the Sox down 4-1.
Perez flied out to center to start the top of the sixth and Baez grounded out to second. Rogers doubled to center and McGonigle was retired on a squibber in front of the plate to end the inning. The Sox blew a rally in the bottom of the sixth as Anthony singled to center to start. Monasterio singled to right to move Anthony to third but Contreras took strike three. Story struck out swinging and Abreu grounded out to second to end the inning. What a waste.
Torres was retired on a nubber in front of the plate to start the top of the seventh before Dillon Dingler pinch hit for Keith. Dingler flied out to center and Greene struck out swinging to end the inning. Yeoman's effort by Moran to hold the fort for three innings. Tyler Holton came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Rafaela grounded out to short to begin. Durbin took strike three and Wong grounded out to short to end the inning.
Greg Weissert came in to pitch the top of the eighth and Torkelson grounded back to the mound to start. Carpenter singled to left but was forced at second by Perez. Baez grounded out to second to end the inning. Kiner grounded out to third to start the bottom of the third before Anthony struck out swinging. Monasterio lined out to center to end the inning.
Zack Kelly came in to pitch the top of the ninth and Rogers grounded out to second to start. McGonigle lined out to short but Torres singled to right. Dingler flied out to right to end the inning. Old pal Kenley Jansen came in to close out the bottom of the ninth and Contreras got a base hit to left to start. Story forced him at second and Abreu lined out to left. Story took second in defensive indifference and Rafaela popped up to first to end the game. The Tigers had won it 4-1.
Jackass of The Night is Brayan Bello. Not that the offense was going to do much against Skubal but he didn't give the Sox a chance to win by allowing 4 runs in just 4 innings.
The Good:
Roman Anthony was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Jovani Moran tossed 3 scoreless innings.
Greg Weissert pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
Zack Kelly tossed a scoreless ninth inning.
The Bad:
Trevor Story was 0 for 4 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts.
Connor Wong was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa was 0 for 3.
The Ugly:
Andruw Monasterio was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but stole a base.
Willson Contreras was just 1 for 4 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts.
Wilyer Abreu was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but scored a run.
Ceddanne Rafaela was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Caleb Durbin was 0 for 2 with a strikeout but walked.
Final Thoughts:
Not much you can do when the other team's ace is on but you can at least hope your starter can match them. Bello has looked horrible all season long and angry Sox fans are clamoring for the front office to replace Brayan with Peyton Tolle. The Sox starters haven't been giving the Sox a chance to win more often than not but there's not much you can do if you can't score. The Sox hitting coach Pete Fatse is under fire for having one of the worst hitting teams in baseball and manager Alex Cora just isn't seeming to get them to play. We've seen these guys hit last year so what's going on? Hopefully these questions get answered soon because the season is going to hell in a hand basket real quick. The Sox look to bounce back tomorrow afternoon against the Tigers when Garrett Crochet goes for Boston against Framber Valdez of Detroit. The game begins at 4:35 due to bad weather at Fenway Park.
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