The Boston Red Sox are a disaster right now. A complete and utter disaster.
Heading into Sunday’s game with the Blue Jays, Boston had lost five in a row and were looking to avoid their second straight sweep at the hands of an AL East rival.
Eduardo Rodriguez held Toronto scoreless through the first three innings, but the floodgates opened in the fourth. The Jays put a total of ten runs on the board in the fourth and fifth innings, and two of those runs directly came about because of blunders by the Red Sox.
First, in the fourth, Dustin Pedroia lost a pop-up hit by Kevin Pillar in the sun, allowing Chris Colabello to score.
WHAT IS THAT BIG FIERY THING IN THE SKY?! pic.twitter.com/nWwYXHVXD8
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) June 14, 2015
Then, in the fifth, Pedroia, Xander Bogaerts, Rusney Castillo, *and* Alejandro de Aza all lost a Colabello pop-up in the sun, allowing Colabello to reach and Edwin Encarnacion to score.
Only three teams in baseball had a worse record than the Red Sox at the beginning of the day on Sunday – the Athletics, Brewers, and Phillies. That’s not great company, especially considering how high expectations were for Boston coming into the 2015 season.
