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Boston’s first three hitters within the lineup on Wednesday went 0-for-9 with 9 strikeouts towards Rays starter Drew Rasmussen.
The Boston Pink Sox’ listless lineup made historical past for all the improper causes on Wednesday afternoon.
Throughout Boston’s eventual 7-5 loss to the Rays, the highest of the Pink Sox lineup had few solutions for Tampa starter Drew Rasmussen, with Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Wilyer Abreu going 0-for-9 with 9 strikeouts towards the righty.
Based on NESN announcer Dave O’Brien, Wednesday marked the primary time since 1901 that an MLB membership’s first three hitters all struck out of their first three at-bats of a sport.
In complete, Rasmussen pitched seven scoreless innings towards Boston — ending the sport with 13 strikeouts and simply two hits allowed.
“It’s robust since you’ve gotta beat guys like that,” Pink Sox interim supervisor Chad Tracy mentioned postgame of Rasmussen, per MassLive’s Christopher Smith. “You watched him early, particularly these first few innings, sort of placing the ball the place he wished and good velocity up on the prime. And we expanded the zone a little bit bit.”
Although Rafaela ultimately slugged a three-run house run within the eighth inning to drag Boston again into the sport, it was all for naught — because the Pink Sox’s banged-up bullpen faltered once more en path to a collection sweep by the hands of Tampa.
Boston now sits 12 video games underneath .500 with a file of 27-39, with a horrid lineup standing close to the highest of the Pink Sox’ points up to now this season.
To date this season, the Pink Sox rank final in MLB in house runs (52), twenty ninth in runs scored (258), and twenty seventh in slugging share (.376).
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