In great contrast to the month of May, in which the Red Sox scored the second fewest runs of any team in baseball, the Red Sox bats have performed largely as expected in June. Entering today’s game, the Red Sox had scored the seventh most runs in the league this month, but had struggled on account of their pitching, which ranks seventh worst in baseball. However, in a pitching duel with the Rays today, those factors flipped as the ineffectiveness of the Red Sox bats wasted a strong start by Wade Miley.
The matchup of Miley and Rays’ starter Matt Andriese didn’t look like a pitching duel in the making, but it was just that.