There was a baseball game tonight. I watched it in its entirety, and I’m still not quite sure what to say about it. Was it a masterclass in pitching, or a display of incompetent hitting?
For nine innings, the game remained scoreless. The Red Sox had very few baserunners and scoring opportunities. Their biggest threat came in the sixth inning when Ceddane Rafaela led off with a double. Jarren Duran and Rafael Devers followed him up by striking out. Alex Bregman was hit by a pitch to add traffic to the bases, but Kristian Campbell was rung up on a pitch well below the zone, killing the rally.