Red Sox 4, Phillies 5: A tough end to the first half

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Nick Pivetta was searching for revenge on Sunday, his first time going up against his former team. Although things looked good early on, the Phillies started to get to him as the game went on and the Red Sox found themselves in a 5-1 hole after just two and a half innings. The bullpen did its job, to their credit, coming out for five scoreless innings after Pivetta left, but the offense came up just short of the comeback, giving the Red Sox their fourth loss in five games to close out the first half.

The first half has been very good for the Red Sox, and they are certainly playing at a level much beyond what most of us expected. That said, they were heading…