The Boston Red Sox fell to a major-league-worst 2-7 on Sunday, tying the weakest start by way of 9 video games within the franchise’s lengthy historical past.
Some “sell the team” chants could possibly be heard at Fenway Park within the ninth inning of their newest defeat, an 8-6 setback to the San Diego Padres.
Young slugger Roman Anthony mentioned afterward that followers have each proper to be upset.
“This is unacceptable. It’s unacceptable for the fans,” Anthony informed reporters. “It’s unacceptable to the standard that we set for ourselves.”
Boston’s offseason additions have particularly struggled out of the gate.
Offensively, Willson Contreras, Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio and Isiah Kiner-Falefa have mixed to go 8-for-70 on the plate (.114) with a .171 slugging share (one residence run whole) and 20 strikeouts.
Pitching hasn’t been significantly better.
Ranger Suarez, who was signed to a five-year, $130 million deal in free company within the wake of Alex Bregman‘s transfer to the Cubs, could not make it out of the fifth inning Sunday, dropping to 0-2 with an 8.64 ERA throughout his first two begins together with his new team. He was noticed a 4-0 lead by way of three innings however rapidly gave most of it again, with San Diego’s rally boosted by a Manny Machado kicked pickoff attempt.
“He’ll be the first one to say there’s no excuse,” supervisor Alex Cora informed reporters of Suarez. “He was making good pitches. … They made adjustments, started swinging at the first pitch, got their hits and then that happened.”
Anthony mentioned no single particular person is responsible for the early-season woes.
“I think just as a team, we need to be better,” he mentioned. “I need to be better. Everyone in this room understands that they need to be better. And it’s as simple as that. A lot of season left.”
It will not get any simpler. NL Central-leading Milwaukee (7-2) arrives in Boston for the start of a three-game sequence Monday.
“The record is the record,” Cora mentioned, in line with The Boston Globe. “We’ve just got so show up [Monday]. We have another tough team coming in, one of the best teams in baseball. We’ve got to play better.”
