What is there to be said about this weekend that hasn’t already been said? The Red Sox really just couldn’t get swept. They obviously wanted to take the series, but as long as they won at least one game they’d still lead the division by the time they headed to Detroit for their next series. They got swept. The pitching was solid in this one, with Nick Pivetta keeping them in the game and the bullpen combining for 3 1⁄3 scoreless innings, but the offense did nothing. They got some baserunners, but the performance with men on the bags was once again underwhelming, and it led to a 3-2 loss, which in turn kept them in second place leaving town.
Red Sox 2, Rays 3: A fitting end to a worst-case weekend
