BOSTON — It was only three games, but it’s still noteworthy that the Red Sox , in losing their wildcard series to the New York Yankees last week, managed just one home run in 27 innings.

That one homer was a solo shot off the bat of Trevor Story. Meanwhile, during the regular season, the Red Sox ranked just 15th — right in the middle — in homers with 186.

Story led the team in homers with 25. Wilyer Abreu (22) was the only other player with more than 20.

“It would be fair to look at some of those other teams (still competing in the playoffs) and say that they hit the ball out of the ballpark a little more than we do,” said chief baseball officer Craig Breslow at Monday’s season-ending media availability. “Scoring runs....this is kind of a zero-sum game, right? And it doesn’t really ma

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