![]() ![]() He gave up a season-high nine hits while allowing four runs for just the second time since the middle of May. James Paxton, one of the soon-to-be free agents the Red Sox chose not to trade at the deadline, had one of his worst starts of the year on Friday. Sweep the three-game set - not out of the question considering the Red Sox were 7-0 against the Jays this season - and they would have control of a playoff spot with that soft schedule ahead, and Trevor Story and Chris Sale just days away from rejoining the team.īut in ways both predictable and unusual, the weekend series went relentlessly from bad to worse. Simply win the series - Cora’s go-to standard for success - and the Red Sox would be within a game with their next 10 against the beatable Royals, Tigers and Nationals. The Red Sox entered this series only two games behind the Blue Jays. Tom Caron (blue checkmark redacted) August 6, 2023 This year it’s the Jays pushing Sox to the brink again, our scoring them 25-8 over three games and pushing them 5 games out of Wild Card. Last year the Sox hit rock bottom in late July against the Blue Jays, a Toronto sweep at Fenway featuring a 28-5 win by the Jays. 500, suddenly are nipping at the Red Sox’s heels. The Angels, who are struggling simply to stay above. The Red Sox have fallen to five games behind the Blue Jays in the wild-card race, and two other teams - the Yankees and Mariners - have jumped ahead of them in the standings. Whatever happens next is going to be either inevitable or a miracle. Such across-the-board dominance didn’t leave much for the Red Sox to cling to.Īt the trade deadline, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom called the Red Sox “underdogs,” but after this weekend they’re more like longshots. “They pitched better than us, played better defense, ran the bases better, and hit.” With the Red Sox already trailing by double digits in the middle of the fifth inning, a couple got engaged atop the Green Monster as the Fenway Park sound system blared, “We found love in a hopeless place.” The Red Sox didn’t have enough pitching, didn’t score nearly enough runs, and lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 13-1. The final straw - both of the weekend and perhaps the season - came on Sunday afternoon. All of it squandered in a three-game sweep that was both emotionally charged and statistically devastating. ![]()
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