Creeping within a game-and-a-half of the Royals for the final playoff spot, and tied in the loss column, the Boston Red Sox sent Brayan Bello to the mound against Seth Lugo on Tuesday night. It was Lugo’s second chance to face the Red Sox on the season, after allowing five runs and ten hits in five innings at Fenway in July. Lugo didn’t fare much better this time around, though some of it was not his fault.
Boston got the pitch count up early against Lugo, which they’ve done a great job of doing against several of the better starting pitchers in the league.