Rick Porcello did his job with seven strong innings Tuesday, but it was another quiet night for Boston's bats. All except one, that is...
It was a two-man effort Tuesday night, as Rick Porcello and Mookie Betts teamed up to end Boston's losing streak at four games with a 2-0 victory over Tampa Bay.
Baseball is, in many ways, an individual game played as a team. But the Red Sox really took that to extremes tonight. Looking down the box score for Boston, just about everybody had a bad night. There are six 0-for's with only a handful of walks mixed in for Dustin Pedroia, Allen Craig (who "reached" twice, but managed to run into an out at second on his wall ball hit) and Xander Bogaerts.