Red Sox Offense Vanishes In Second Game Of Series Lose 5 3 Sporting Ne

The Boston Red Sox lose the second game of the series to the Baltimore Orioles 5-3. The amazing offense they had last game just vanished for this one. Kutter Crawford pitched a good game, and as usual the offense didn’t show up for him. He went six and third innings, and got six strikeouts giving up three runs. The Sox were only able to score one run in the fourth, and then two more off a hit and a balk. Otherwise, it was all whiffs, flyouts and pop-ups.

They almost rallied in the ninth, but fell short. The relievers also staggered this game, giving up two more runs after Crawford left the game. They looked so much better yesterday, and now they are back to normal. The Red Sox will host the Orioles for the final time this season and the rubber match tomorrow at 7:10pm EST. Big picture, it’s hard not to be satisfied with the way the Red Sox handled their recent gauntlet. Since the All-Star break, six of the Red Sox’s eight series have come against playoff teams, and they’ll come home Thursday 10 games over .500 with a record of 13-11 over that stretch.

But while the Red Sox have shown they can hold their own against the best, this past road trip also showed they’re far from unbeatable. The Red Sox lost Wednesday’s finale to the Houston Astros 4-1, dropping their second straight series and finishing the road trip with a 2-4 record. Hunter Brown bolstered his Cy Young Award candidacy with another gem, shutting the Red Sox down over 6.2 dominant innings, and the top three batters in Boston’s lineup combined to go 0 for 11. After the Red Sox jumped out to a pair of early leads in the first two games, the Astros wasted no time striking first on Wednesday. Jeremy Peña hit a leadoff home run off Walker Buehler to start the bottom of the first, and from there the Astros worked two walks before Yainer Diaz extended the lead with an RBI... The Red Sox got a run back against Brown in the second on an RBI single by Ceddanne Rafaela, but beyond that offense was hard to come by against the Astros ace.

After a brilliant Game 1 performance by Garrett Crochet (and subsequent escape act by Aroldis Chapman), the Boston Red Sox fell flat in the American League Wild Card, ceding a series lead as they... As feared without rookie sensation Roman Anthony, the offense failed to show up when it mattered most, scoring just three runs apiece in Games 1 and 2 before getting shut out by rookie Cam... Most disturbingly, Boston's power was nowhere to be found in the three-game series, even in the little-league-like dimensions of Yankee Stadium. Trevor Story hit the only Red Sox home run of the series, an ultimately-fruitless solo shot in Game 2 off Carlos Rodón. Unfortunately, that was just a continuation of a frustrating trend for a Boston lineup that experienced a serious power outage in the second half. The Red Sox were 27th in homers in the second half after being 10th in the first half.

They have just one this postseason.Can't win in the postseason in today's game if you don't hit home runs.

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