Orioles 4, Red Sox 3

 

My dudes, you got swept by Baltimore? At home? WTF, dudes? Seriously, WTF?

The Red Sox offense, virtually non-existent on Monday, was AWOL most of last night's game, too. No scoring, other than a single run on a balk, until the 9th and that only managed to tie up the game. The weak-ass offense continued through two extra innings. We had to squander Aroldis Chapman in the 10th, only to have Whitlock give up the game-winning run in the 11th. The Sox went down 1-2-3 in the 11th, and lowly Baltimore left Fenway with a two-game road sweep of the Red Sox.

Unacceptable.

That's three losses in a row, 3-2 on this short homestand. Boston falls to third place in the AL East, one game back from the Yankees. The Sox are off today (thank the gods) and then off to the Bronx for a four-game series. Giolito (8-2, 3.63) will start the first game against Luis Gil (1-1, 5.14).  

The Sox enter Yankee Stadium on a 3-7 run, while New York is currently 7-3. I've been a Boston fan since 1975, and these late season collapses are all too familiar to me. I've seen far too many "September Swoons" in my lifetime than I care to remember and they almost always seem to reach their nadir in the Bronx. I'm bored of this tired old script. Let's write a new, different ending for the 2025 season!