Joe Kelly, reliever, continues to masquerade as a starter. And he's not fooling opposing lineups.
The Red Sox returned to Fenway and to the loss column Tuesday night thanks to one of the few consistent truths of this season: Joe Kelly cannot be trusted in the starting rotation.
So that's certainly the downside to the night. Kelly wasn't even good once through the order tonight. The first two batters reached base with singles off of Kelly's off-speed offerings, and when that left him either unable or unwilling to locate his secondary pitches in the strike zone, they attacked the fastball.