A stunning Red Sox loss to the worst team in baseball. The Rockies finish the game with 8 consecutive hits. Per @Sportradar they are the first team in the live-ball era to have 8+ consecutive PA with a hit, the last of which was a walkoff.
2003 — Red Sox fire Grady Little
2004 — Red Sox win World Series
2012 — Red Sox fire Bobby Valentine
2013 — Red Sox win World Series
2017 — Red Sox fire John Farrell
2018 — Red Sox win World Series
2026 — Red Sox fire Alex Cora
2027 — ??
The Red Sox have played 24 games this season. In 11 of those games, they’ve scored 2 or less runs. It’s happened in 6 of the last 8 games. 5 of 6.
28th in OPS. 26th in Runs. 30th in HR.
I got nothing at this point.
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Tough day for the “schedule” narrative…