Red Sox 3, Rays 11: Shades of 2020

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Red Sox had the day off on Monday and came back for a nine-inning affair against the Rays on Tuesday, but the pitching forgot to show up. They did get a solid start for this game, which we’ll get to in a minute, but everyone who came after really struggled. The offense, meanwhile, had nothing early before getting going late after the game was out of hand. In other words, it was like seemingly every game last summer. Good times! Here are some notes from the day:

A solid day for Nick Pivetta

This was mostly a day of bad pitching for the Red Sox, but we’ll kick things off by looking at the starter, who had what was all around a fine day. I certainly don’t…