I’ve run out of ways to talk about how bad this Red Sox offense is, which doesn’t seem great considering it’s May 6, and the season started late. But it’s where we are. After getting dominated by Shohei Ohtani on Thursday, they looked only marginally better against Vince Velasquez on Friday. Nathan Eovaldi wasn’t great, but was able to grind through a five-inning outing to keep Boston in the game, but the offense had no inclination to pick up the slack. It’s a day that ends in Y.
More robust game notes below.
The Red Sox were coming off perhaps their worst offensive performance in a year full of bad ones on Thursday, but it was at least a bit excusable given they were facing Shohei Ohtani, who Alex Cora said pitched better than any pitcher he’s seen face this team since he started managing here in 2018.