Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3

 

A sweep. The Red Sox just got swept on their home field by a sub-.500 team.

This loss was made all the more infuriating because the Sox tied the game up in the bottom of the eighth with a pair of solo homers by Kiner-Falefa and Durbin. But then Chapman uncharacteristically gave up a run in the top of the ninth and then, in the bottom of the inning, the Sox flied, grounded, and popped out. Three up and three down, and the fourth straight loss at Fenway, where they're now 12-25.   

Time to hit the road. The Sox leave Boston for a road trip to Seattle (38-37) and then to the woeful Colorado Rockies (28-47).  Teams they statistically have a chance to beat, especially on the road, where they're at last close to .500 (17-18). But who knows in this accursed season? 

So the question that Red Sox fans across this great nation are now asking themselves: when you cut your wrists, is it better to slice horizontally across the arm to sever more arteries, or vertically along the arm for a longer open cut?