The Red Sox's dismal start to the abbreviated 2020 season continued on Tuesday, with an 8-3 loss to the Mets. It was Boston's fourth consecutive loss. As gamethreader mjg13x said: "It's going to be a long sprint."
How bad has this first week been? After Opening Day's 13-2 win (which has already become a hazy memory), Boston has lost 2-7, 4-7, 4-7, and 3-8. Only once before have the Red Sox begun a season by giving up 7+ runs in four of their first five games. That was in 1901, when those five games were the only five games the team had ever played.