This offense is still killing me.

I wrote yesterday about the tropes of the 2011 season and how it ended and while this series in general was helpful, a win on Sunday night would have been. No dice on that one. Even with a Guardians loss to shrink the magic number to five, early and eager opportunities did this Red Sox team in against the Rays.

Bases loaded, top of the first, Joe Boyle looking like a deer in the headlights on the bump, the perfect opportunity to do damage early. Nathaniel Lowe strikes out. Boyle regains control and shuts down the Sox with nine total strikeouts. A late send by Kyle Hudson for Romy Gonzalez in the fourth inning, who ends up getting nailed at the dish. Instead of two on-none out, it’s one on-one out, and while a run was scored, it could have been more. Lowe

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