The Pink Sox confirmed precisely why the lineup simply hasn’t been ok all season lengthy. The group made the mistaken type of historical past in Wednesday’s matinee loss because the Tampa Bay Rays accomplished the sweep.
Boston is 12 video games below .500 because the season swirls additional away from the group’s management.
Right here’s three takeaways from Wednesday’s loss.
FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS! (Yikes)
Drew Rasmussen fully carved the Pink Sox lineup from begin to end within the sequence finale. Tampa Bay’s right-hander had thrown the ball effectively(entered with 3.00 ERA in 12 begins) and took it to a brand new stage towards the AL East counterpart.
Rasmussen set a profession excessive with 13 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings with simply two hits allowed. Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu all struck out in every of the primary three turns of the order, marking the primary time the highest three hitters in an MLB lineup have finished that since 1901, per the NESN broadcast.
Boston’s dugout rejoiced when Tampa Bay went to the bullpen to start out the eighth inning. Clearly the Pink Sox discovered a possibility.
Caleb Durbin did hit a 415-foot solo shot for his first dwelling run off of a non-position participant within the eighth inning. Boston’s third baseman is as much as .278 in his final 10 video games and hit one other solo homer within the ninth. Later within the body, Ceddanne Rafaela took an enormous lower towards former teammate Steven Matz for a three-run blast to left area.
Regardless of the late rally, Boston nonetheless struck out a obtrusive 15 instances within the sport.
JAKE BENNETT CAN BE SERVICEABLE
Boston’s No. 6 prospect (MLB Pipeline) returned for his third MLB begin and struck out two within the first inning with 5 swings-and-misses.
Bennett struck out 4 in 5 innings. The 4 earned runs on his line may’ve been lower down had Isiah Kiner-Faleka not misplayed a possible double play ball that ought to’ve ended the starter’s ultimate body.
NOT SO WELCOME BACK TO THE TROP
The Pink Sox really had a good run at Tropicana Area the final season they visited in 2024 at a 4-2 clip.
Boston beforehand went a mixed 2-15 in St. Petersburg in 2022 and 2023. The Pink Sox fell again into these struggles this week and can return for one more conflict with the Rays from Sept. 18-20.
