Of the 13 position players currently on the Red Sox active roster, only Masataka Yoshida has a “k” appear anywhere in their name. However, if you peruse the Red Sox box score on a daily basis, you’ll find no such shortage when it comes to that letter.
Tonight, the Red Sox struck out 12 times in a listless loss to a dominant Cristopher Sanchez, who threw a complete game and is becoming a force in the frightening top half of the Phillies rotation. So on one hand, the Red Sox ran into an excellent starting pitcher and caught him on a night where they probably weren’t going to beat him anyway.