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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 13:17:27 GMT -5
Red Sox in the 2nd throwing it around, kicking the ball around sweet jesus , what a disaster
Boos getting louder
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 13:35:49 GMT -5
Cordero can't play LF either enough all ready DFA him
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 13:53:16 GMT -5
Bello getting smacked around in the 4th
lots of empty seats today....mmmmm
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 14:16:59 GMT -5
Sawawurma starts up the 5th with a balk another member if the Gas Can gang that is infuriating to watch some traffic now on the bases and that single thru Jeter Downs makes it 6-2 Jays
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 14:20:09 GMT -5
Jansen with a soft liner to 3rd and Downs hits Chapman in the back with the ball 7-2 Jays
and a Jeter Downs bobble at 3rd loads the bases up
keystone cops level stuff here.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 14:24:30 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Vlad with a soft liner to 1B Sawawurma runs out to cover 1B misses and and flops around missing the tag
even the empty seats are booing
8-2 Jays
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 14:28:03 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 2m This afternoon looks the same.
It's genuinely embarrassing. #RedSox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 19:10:03 GMT -5
Tapia, Blue Jays take advantage of Boston blunders for sweep AP
BOSTON (AP) The Boston fans who drove out to see David Ortiz inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday earned an added bonus for their troubles: They didn't have to watch the Red Sox post another stinker against another AL East opponent.
Before the former Boston slugger could even step up to the microphone in Cooperstown, the team he led to three World Series championships had already fallen behind 5-0 and was on its way to an 8-4 loss and a three-game sweep by the Toronto Blue Jays.
''The brand of baseball we're playing is awful,'' manager Alex Cora said after the Red Sox lost their fifth straight game and their ninth in 10 tries to fall to .500 for the season.
''We're not catching the ball. We're not putting in good at-bats, We're not throwing strikes. It's bad. It's really bad right now,'' Cora said. ''But we're talented. And we can turn around quick, and it starts tomorrow.''
Two days after Raimel Tapia hit an inside-the-park grand slam in a record-setting 28-5 Blue Jays victory, he had a bases-loaded triple in the first to spot Toronto to a 5-0 lead off top Boston prospect Brayan Bello (0-2) - one of five players in the Red Sox lineup who started the season in the minors.
Tapia had three hits and drove in four runs, giving him 10 RBIs for the series, and Vladimir Guerrero had four hits for the Blue Jays. Toronto also took advantage of three errors and a series of other blunders by Boston, which has not won a series against an AL East opponent in 12 tries this season and is just a half-game ahead of last-place Baltimore in the division.
On Sunday, the Red Sox kicked the ball around the outfield, fumbled it in the infield, threw it into a baserunner's back, missed tags and missed bases and generally played like the minor leaguers that half of them were on opening day.
''Defensively we have taken a step back the last 14 days,'' Cora said. ''We were really good defensively early on. ... It seems like right now the game speeds at one point in the game, and it looks horrible.''
Tim Mayza (4-0) earned the win as the most effective reliever after inducing a double play in the seventh. Toronto starter Ross Stripling allowed two runs in four innings before reliever Trevor Richards gave up two more, when Jarren Duran tripled and scored in the fifth, then Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a solo homer in the sixth to make it 8-4.
But the biggest cheer of the day was when a clip from Ortiz's acceptance speech was played on the scoreboard.
The Red Sox could have used him. Instead, the lineup was missing ailing All-Stars J.D. Martinez and Rafael Devers and top offseason acquisition Trevor Story, with the bottom five in the batting order all hitting worse than .220.
Wilting in the 98-degree heat and already trailing 5-1, the Red Sox were booed by the home crowd in the second inning, after George Springer stole second base and took third when Christian Vazquez's throw went into the outfield and was kicked around there by left fielder Franchy Cordero.
Bello allowed five runs on nine hits and two walks, striking out two in four innings; he has yet to make it into the fifth in any of his three major league starts. But this time he was hurt by some bad luck and some bad defense.
Toronto loaded the bases in the first inning on two softly hit balls - one that bounced off third base - and a walk, then Cavan Biggio connected for a two-run single off third baseman Jeter Downs that was also booted by Cordero. Tapia made it 5-0 on a bases-loaded triple to the right-center gap.
''The baseball was in their favor today,'' Bello said ''I just needed to keep working, keep learning and be ready for my next start.''
The Blue Jays added three more in the fifth, which began when Hirokazu Sawamura walked leadoff batter Teoscar Hernandez when the Red Sox reliever put his fingers to his mouth with a 2-1 count after being warned, resulting in two automatic balls.
Hernandez came around to score on Tapia's single, and another run scored when Downs threw the ball into the back of a baserunner heading home; Downs also muffed a routine grounder. The final run scored when pitcher Sawamura covered first on a dribbler to the right side of the infield but overran the bag.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: Martinez was available to pinch hit despite back spasms and could return to the lineup on Monday night. ... Story took swings as he recovers from a bruised right hand. INF/OF Kike Hernandez reported progress as he works his way back from a right hip flexor strain.
UP NEXT:
Blue Jays: Off on Monday, host Cardinals on Tuesday, with RHP Jose Berrios (7-4) facing St. Louis RHP Andre Pallante (3-4).
Red Sox: Open four-game series against Guardians, with RHP Nick Pivetta (8-7) to face Cleveland RHP Zach Plesac (2-7).
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 19:12:08 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox lose their fifth straight, have been outscored 67-13 during stretch
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022, 6:07 p.m.|Published: Jul. 24, 2022, 5:11 p.m.
Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — The Red Sox have lost five straight and have been outscored 67-13 during the stretch.
The latest defeat came here Sunday. Toronto finished off a three-game sweep with an 8-4 win over Boston at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox (48-48) dropped to .500 for the first time since June 5. They were as many as 11 games over .500 with a 42-31 record June 26.
They dropped to 12-29 (.293 winning percentage) against AL East teams. Boston is 0-11-1 in 12 series against teams in the division.
The Sox also have lost nine of their past 10 games and 13 of their past 16 games. They have a 5-15 record in July.
Red Sox top pitching prospect Brayan Bello made his third big league star. All five runs he allowed came in the first inning. He went 4 innings and gave up nine hits and two walks while striking out two.
He had some bad luck in the first inning. George Springer led off the game with an infield single and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s double went off the third base bag.
But Raimel Tapia’s bases-clearing, three-run triple was crushed. It went 108.3 mph off his bat.
Bello has a 10.50 ERA (12 innings, 14 earned runs) in three starts. Opponents are batting .400 against him.
Jackie Bradley Jr., Jarren Duran and Alex Verdugo each had two hits. Duran tripled and doubled. Bradley homered.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 19:18:33 GMT -5
Do Boston Red Sox feel urgency as trade deadline nears and selling seems realistic? ‘The brand of baseball we’re playing is awful’
Published: Jul. 24, 2022, 6:34 p.m.
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Red Sox manager Alex Cora during the first inning against the Yankees, July 9, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP By
Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — The floundering Red Sox got swept by the Blue Jays here this weekend at Fenway Park.
Their 8-4 loss to Toronto on Sunday marked their fifth straight defeat. They have lost nine of their past 10 games and 13 of their past 16 games.
The trade deadline is Aug. 2, just nine days away.
The Guardians visit Fenway Park for four games this week starting Monday. The Brewers then visit for three games Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Do the Red Sox feel urgency to turn it around this week or else the front office might decide to sell at the trade deadline?
“I buy at the grocery store and don’t sell too many things at home,” manager Alex Cora answered. “We’ve just got to play better. It doesn’t matter, like the trading deadline, whatever. We’re playing .500 baseball. We’re back to neutral. We’re back to where we were April 8 (Opening Day). The brand of baseball we’re playing is awful. We’re not catching the ball. We’re not putting good at-bats. We’re not throwing strikes. It’s bad. It’s really bad right now. But we’re talented. And we can turn it around quick. And it starts tomorrow. We’ve gotta show up tomorrow. We have to show up tomorrow and play good baseball.
“It starts with Nick (Pivetta) on the mound,” Cora added. “Good at-bats. Grind at-bats. Run the bases well. Play good defense. I think defensively we have taken a step back the last 14 days. We were really good defensively early on. We’ve got moving parts (roster turnover because of injuries) but you’ve got to slow it down. Catch the ball. Throw to the right base. Don’t panic out there. It seems like right now the game speeds up at one point of the game and it looks horrible.”
The Red Sox’s recent stretch of bad play has had a lot to do with injuries. Boston has top players, including Rafael Devers, Trevor Story, Chris Sale, Kiké Hernández, Rich Hill, Michael Wacha, Christian Arroyo and Matt Strahm on the IL. J.D. Martinez also missed the Blue Jays series because of back spasms.
The lineup Saturday and Sunday included Jeter Downs at third and Yolmer Sánchez at second base. Both have spent almost the entire season at Triple-A Worcester.
But this is a results-driven business no matter who is out there playing. And the Red Sox haven’t produced results in July. Boston (48-48) dropped to .500 for the first time since June 5. It was as many as 11 games over .500 with a 42-31 record June 26.
Cora’s team dropped to 12-29 (.293 winning percentage) against AL East teams. Boston is 0-11-1 in 12 series against teams in the division.
The Red Sox need to show something in the next seven days or else chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom will have great motive to trade players with expiring contracts.
Martinez, Xander Bogaerts, Nathan Eovaldi, Christian Vázquez, Hernández, Wacha, Hill and Strahm are all eligible for free agency after this season. Bogaerts, who has an opt out after 2022, has the ability to veto any trade.
Boston is 17 ½ games behind the first-place Yankees in the AL East and 3 ½ games behind for the final Wild Card spot.
“We’ve got guys playing different positions but at the end of the day, this is who we have and this is who we are,” Cora said. “I mentioned last year what we did. And one thing we did when we had the COVID situation, we caught the ball. We turned double plays. We were playing clean baseball and gave our pitchers chances to maneuver lineups and the offense to scratch up runs. And right now, we’re not doing that.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 19:21:02 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25
#RedSox are 48-48. They're back down to .500 for the first time since June 5.
Nothing good about this weekend at Fenway Park. All the good Boston karma was in Cooperstown.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 24, 2022 19:33:47 GMT -5
Jason Mastrodonato @jmastrodonato · 5h Red Sox are making a mockery of the game of baseball this weekend. Holy cow. Uncomfy to watch.
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