State of the Sox

A weekly summary of how the Red Sox performed and where they are heading

Photo Credits: NESN

Opponents: Yankees, Blue Jays (A)

Week Record: 2-5

Overall Record: 74-76

Current spot in standings: 5th place in AL East

The week started off with a four game series against the New York Yankees, where two of the games were rained out and we got a pair of double headers.

In game one of the DH on Tuesday, the offense took an early 2-0 lead, when Rafael Devers homered a pitch into right field, and Tristan Casas scored on a wild pitch.

The Yankees stormed back in the sixth with three runs, highlighted by a Gleyber Torres two-run single. The game would end with this score, 3-2.

In game two of the DH, things started off well in the first inning, when Cedanne Rafaela took the first pitch of the night from Carlos Rodon and sent his first home run of his career into the light tower to give the Sox a 1-0 lead.

That was all for the offense in this one, as the Yankees took a 2-1 lead into the ninth and preceded to add on two more runs due to a Torres RBI single and Austin Wells driving in a run on catchers interference, the Yankees ultimately took this one 4-1, sweeping the DH.

In game one of the second set of the DH of the series, the offense took the lead, and extended it.

Wilyer Abreu had an RBI single and Rafaela hit his second home run in as many games to give the Sox a 2-0 lead.

The real gut punch came from Trevor Story when he hit a three-run home run into centerfield to make it a 5-0 game, which would be the final score.

In the night cap, for the fourth time in the series, the Sox scored first with a pair in the first inning.

The Yankees had a much better response this time around with a five-run second inning, highlighted by a Aaron Judge grand slam.

The Sox fought back to tie it, but it was not enough as some late inning heroics from the Yankees allowed for them to take this one by a final of 8-5.

Heading North of the border now, to take on the Toronto Blue Jays in a weekend series, things looked awful and it looked like the team may have given up.

Game one was a snooze fest for the offense as Brayan Bello pitched well, giving up only three runs in six innings, thanks to a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. three-run home run.

That proved to be enough as the Blue Jays shut down the Sox bats and took it 3-0.

In game two of the series, The Sox had a 2-1 lead heading to the bottom of the ninth as Devers had a two-run shot in this one.

John Schrieber came on to get the save and was ultimately unable to do so as he gave up a RBI triple to Daulton Varsho to tie things at 2.

After both teams scored in the 12th inning, to make it 3-3, Whit Merrifield walked it off for the Jays with an RBI single in the 13th to win it 4-3.

In the series finale on Sunday, the Jays had a 2-0 lead in the seventh inning until Pablo Reyes had an RBI single to make it 2-1.

Devers came up in the top of the ninth and tied the game at two with a two out, two strike, opposite field home run off of Eric Swanson.

The excitement would be short lived as Matt Chapman hit an RBI double in the bottom of the innings to bring in Cavan Biggio and walk it off for the second consecutive day, this time by a score of 3-2.

This was a brutal week for the team as it looked like they simply gave up and now find themselves under .500 and in last place.

There were some positives however, as Wilyer Abreu showed he can play at this level and Casas and Devers had fantastic weeks.

The team will look to regroup when they take on the Texas Rangers tonight in the lone star state.

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