Chaim Bloom tried to keep things light the morning after the Red Sox suffered an ugly extra-inning collapse against the Angels, giving up six runs in the top of the 10th inning.
“Trying not to think about all the gut punches,” the Red Sox’ chief baseball officer joked on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show on Thursday.
Nonetheless, there’s no hiding how disappointing Boston’s baseball team has been at the start of its 2022 campaign.
Wednesday’s loss to Los Angeles seemed like a microcosm of the team’s struggles in a way.
First, after five strong innings from Garrett Whitlock, who’s been one of the best players on the entire squad so far, Jake Diekman blew a save opportunity in the ninth inning.