Given the way the roster is constructed, I will never feel good about putting anything all that close to 100 percent blame to Ron Roenicke as the manager. As he has pointed out, he can only use the pitchers he has and, well, they’re not very good. Still, he made a curious decision in this game that featured a whole lot of Red Sox pitchers by giving Jeffrey Springs a third inning of work, and that ended up being the difference. That this team doesn’t have enough starters and had to go with a bullpen game is, of course, the real problem, but the managing left a lot to be desired here.
Red Sox 7, Rays 8: A lack of pitching will always catch up to you
