This was an extremely disappointing end to this series.
So the Red Sox offense is in trouble.
Two games in a row of absolutely ice cold bats against a team they should have taken to town. The Orioles? Who just fired their manager for underperforming beyond belief? This is the team you let gain momentum against you instead of the other way around?
After you get past clean-up, it feels like a streak of guys who either are unproved (sorry Campbell and Mayer) or just not able to pull their weight in the dish. Obviously injuries suck. It goes to show how much this lineup is going to miss Casas for the whole season and Bregman for however long he ends up out. It turned more of the order into a liability instead of a source of strength.
An NL road trip awaits starting in Milwaukee, but it should be a quiet flight to Wisconsin, because this team is starting to stink their season up more than an Epoisses.
Three Studs
Marcelo Mayer (2-for-4, 1 run scored)
The first career hit for Marcelo! A smooth stroke serving a single into left field. Certainly a classy move by Emmanuel River to hand the ball directly to him afterwards. A nice double into the gap was nice to see as well despite it feeling too little, too late.
Abraham Toro (2-for-4, 1 RBI)
Speaking of too little, too late, Abraham Toro does it again in this series against the O’s. Last night, it was his solo shot in the 9th; today it was an RBI single bringing Mayer home.
Jarren Duran (4-for-5)
How can this team not score more runs when your lead-off hitter is setting the table consistenly? Nice day at the dish and with the glove for Jarren.
Three Duds
Walker Buehler (5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K)
Not going 6 frames hurt, he just got the worse of the mistakes taken advantage of against him. Dean Kremer gave up more hits, but Buehler gives up the homer.
David Hamilton (0-for-2, 1 K, error)
So when are we rolling with a combination of Mayer, Story, Campbell and Toro/Sogard more reliably? Luckily his throwing error didn’t result in any runs scored.
Kristian Campbell (0-for-4, 1 K, double play)
The kid has gone cold, despite a strong start to the weekend. It feels like one game on, three games off at the dish for KC, right now.
Play of the Game
The Dylan Carlson homer that kept on curling down the right-field line somehow felt like a backbreaker.