The Sox were playing TRANSCENDENTAL baseball, with a 17-2 record, and easily beat Oakland in Friday night’s contest…
And then the bottom fell out.
OK, I am being a bit dramatic, but holy buckets, THEY GOT NO-HIT???? Really??? By Sean Manaea, a guy who has faced the Sox 3 times prior, and they’ve beaten the snot of of him, with a 13.50 ERA and a 1-2 record. Yeah, I would say this one pretty much came out of nowhere.
I could not even remember the last time the Sox were no hit–so I had to look it up: April 22, 1993–almost 25 years to the day, when Seattle’s Chris Bosio walked the 1st 2 Red Sox batters of his outing, and then got 27 consecutive outs…
Then they lost again on Sunday, and while it would easy to blame David Price, the fact that he didn’t give up that 3-run shot until 2 outs into the EIGHTH inning (he has given up 1 run prior to that), Add to that the fact the Sox couldn’t muster more than a run in 9 inning (but then again, they could not even muster up a HIT in the previous game), I think we’ll give him a pass on this one.