Its bad enough the Boston Red Sox offense is among the worst in the league, but what makes things worse is when potential free agent targets that the front office "showed no interest" in are the ones that beat you. For seven innings Ranger Suarez and the Boston bullpen matched zeroes with Jesus Luzardo and theirs. Then in the top of the eighth, old pal Kyle Schwarber smacked a 2 run home run to put Philly ahead. The Phillies got another run and survived a Wilyer Abreu rbi to lock down the game. The Phillies had won it 3-1.
After a long rain delay, Suarez got the ball in the top of the first inning and Trea Turner beat out a grounder to third to sta....but wait! Sox manager Chad Tracy challenged that Turner was out, and replays showed he was. Kyle Schwarber struck out swinging and Bryce Harper lined out to first to end the inning. Luzardo got the ball in the bottom of the first and Jarren Duran lined out to center to start. Andruw Monasterio struck out swinging and Wilyer Abreu grounded out to first to end the inning.
Adolis Garcia grounded out to second to start the top of the second and Alec Bohm watched strike three go by. Brandon Marsh grounded out to short to end the inning. Willson Contreras flied out to center to start the bottom of the second and Ceddanne Rafaela struck out swinging. Trevor Story grounded out to third to end the inning.
JT Realmuto struck out swinging to start the top of the third and Felix Reyes grounded out to third. Edmundo Sosa took strike three to end the inning. The Sox blew a rally in the bottom of the third as Carlos Narvaez doubled to center to start. Caleb Durbin dropped down a bunt to move Carlos to third but Isiah Kiner-Falefa got booed as he struck out swinging. Duran got booed as he grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
Turner grounded out to short to start the top of the fourth and Schwarber struck out swinging. Harper walked but Garcia forced him at second to end the inning. Monasterio flied out to center to start the bottom of the fourth but Abreu got a base hit to left. Naturally Abreu got picked off and sure enough, Contreras doubled to left that would have scored him. Also typical with a runner in scoring position, Rafaela flied out to center to end the inning.
Bohm got a base hit to left to start the top of the fifth but Marsh struck out swinging. Realmuto and Reyes stroked back to back base hits but Sosa struck out swinging. Turner was rung up for strike three to end the inning. Story struck out swinging to start the bottom of the fifth and Narvaez grounded out. Durbin was hit with a pitch and Kiner walked to once again put a runner in scoring position. Naturally Duran popped up to short to a chorus of boos to end the inning.
Schwarber lined out to right to start the top of the sixth but Harper got a base hit to right. All of a sudden Chad Tracy came out of the dugout and pulled Suarez after just 76 pitches to another chorus of boos. He allowed just four hits and a walk in 5 1/3 innings before he was yanked. Justin "Incinerator" Slaten came in and Garcia struck out swinging. Bohm got a base hit to left to move Harper to third but Marsh lined out to center to end the inning.
Monasterio doubled to left to start the bottom of the sixth and naturally with a runner in scoring position, Abreu just grounded out to second. Monasterio did make it to third but once again with a runner in scoring position, Contreras hit a grounder to short. Rafaela completed the trifecta with a grounder to short to end the inning.
Garrett "The Lock" Whitlock came in to pitch the top of the seventh and Realmuto struck out swinging to start. Bryson Stott pinch hit for Reyes and popped up to first. Sosa struck out swinging to end the inning. Brad Keller came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Story popped up to first to start. Narvaez struck out swinging but somehow Durbin doubled to left. Marcelo Mayer pinch hit for Kiner and naturally with a runner in scoring position, struck out swinging to end the inning.
Tyler Samaniego came in to crap his pants in the top of the eighth as Turner got a base hit to right. Naturally Schwarber hit a home run all the way to Waltham to put the Phillies up for good. Harper grounded out to first and Zack Kelly came in to face Garcia. Garcia took strike three but Story booted a grounder by Bohm to keep the inning going. Marsh got a base hit to center and Realmuto was plunked to load the bases. It looked like Stott grounded out to third to end the inning but the Phillies challenged he was safe. Sure enough, the call was overturned amd Bohm scored. Justin Crawford pinch hit for Sosa and forced Stott at second to end the inning with the Phillies up 3-0.
The Sox answered in the bottom of the eighth with Jose Alvarado on the mound. Duran popped up to third but Monasterio doubled to center. Abreu got a base hit to center to score Andruw and bring the tying run to the plate. Contreras popped up to first but Rafaela was hit with a pitch. Naturally with 2 men on Story struck out swinging to end the inning with the Sox down 3-1.
Ryan Watson came in to pitch the top of the ninth and Turner struck out swinging to start. Schwarber went down hacking and Harper flied out to center to end the inning. Jhoan Duran came in to close out the bottom of the ninth and Mickey Gasper pinch hit for Narvaez. Gasper took strike three and Masataka Yoshida pinch hit for Durbin. Yoshida walked to bring the tying run to the plate but Mayer struck out swinging. Yoshida took second on defense indifference but Duran struck out swinging to end the game. The Phillies had won it 3-1.
Jackass of the Night is Tyler Samaniego. He allowed the 2 run homer to Schwarber to put Philly up for good.
The Good:
Ranger Suarez tossed 5 1/3 shutout innings allowing 4 hits and a walk while striking out 8.
Justin Slaten got the final 2 outs of the sixth inning.
Garrett Whitlock pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
Ryan Watson pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
Andruw Monasterio was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
Wilyer Abreu was 2 for 4 with an rbi.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa walked in two plate appearances.
Caleb Durbin was 1 for 1 with a hit by pitch.
Mastaka Yoshida walked as a pinch hitter.
Carlos Narvaez was 1 for 3.
The Bad:
Mickey Gasper struck out as a pinch hitter.
Jarren Duran was 0 for 5 with a strikeout.
Trevor Story was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts and an error.
Marcelo Mayer was 0 for 2 with 2 strikeouts.
Zack Kelly allowed a run in the eighth inning
The Ugly:
Willson Contreras was just 1 for 4.
Ceddanne Rafaela was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but was hit with a pitch.
Final Thoughts:
Sox GM Craig Breslow is under fire for what's happened this season but one move he DIDN'T make is coming back to bite him. Kyle Schwarber was a free agent after the 2025 season but the Sox showed no interest. Well Schwarber has 18 home runs this year so far and the Sox will be lucky if anyone gets to 18 home runs this season. Scoring 1 run off 7 hits is pathetic and the Sox have been completely inept pretty much all season. When 6 of your 9 starting players are hitting under .240, you're not going to win too many games. Its a shame because Suarez and most of the bullpen pitched well too. They're going to have to win every game 3-2 and that's not going to happen. The loss dropped the Sox to 18-25, good for last place in the AL East. The Sox now travel to Atlanta for a three game set with the Braves beginning tomorrow night. Connelly Early goes for the Sox against Spencer Strider of Atlanta. The game begins at 7:10 PM at Truist Park.
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