The Boston Red Sox have fallen and they can’t get up. They are buried in last place in the American League East with a 29-43 record, and while there is more than half the season remaining, they appear to be a very poor team.
Their biggest problem is that they are brutal at Fenway Park. As the Red Sox approach the midway point of the season, they are 12-25 while playing in front of the Green Monster. They are almost respectable when playing on the road with a 17-18 record, but there is little doubt that the Red Sox lack talent and struggle to compete with their divisional opponents.
Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray, one of the few bright spots on the team, admits the Red Sox are not a good team at this point. “It’s very frustrating, we’re not good,” Gray said. “We’re just not a good team right now. That’s just a fact. We’re not giving up, there’s definitely no give-up.”
They dropped a 4-3 decision to the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday afternoon, and the Canadian team left Fenway Park with a sweep of their three-game series. The Red Sox had tied the game in the eighth inning with a pair of home runs from Isaiah Kiner-Falefa and Caleb Durbin, but the Blue Jays regained the lead in the top of the ninth courtesy of a brutal Red Sox fielding miscue.
With two outs and a runner on first base, closer Aroldis Chapman induced Brandon Valenzuela to hit a foul pop up between home and third base. However, neither catcher Connor Wong nor Durbin played the ball adequately and the ball fell to the ground. Valenzuela took advantage of the mistake when he hit a wind-aided fly ball off the wall in left. That allowed Ernie Clement to score the winning run.
When the Red Sox went quietly in the bottom of the ninth, the team had yet another home loss.
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