The Twitter account @redsoxstats mused recently about the Red Sox winning against the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers but then getting swept by the Oakland Athletics. And to an extent, yeah, the Sox have struggled whether against the Chicago White Sox - expected to be bad - or the nouveau bad teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates that started out so very hot (sure would be nice to get those games as a do-over!).
With the starting rotation (not literally…yet) limping towards the All-Star Break tonight is yet another appearance by an opener.