BALTIMORE -- A few years ago, when Don Orsillo was still doing play-by-play of Boston Red Sox games on television, he often got good-natured grief from wisecracking second baseman Dustin Pedroia for not having a signature, over-the-top home run call.
This season, Orsillo wouldn’t need one.
Through 16 games, the Red Sox have hit a grand total of seven home runs -- or as many as Houston’s George Springer and Oakland’s Khris Davis and one less than Milwaukee’s Eric Thames have produced on their own. No other team in the majors has fewer than 10 homers, and 21 teams have at least 15.