The Red Sox return home on something called a “losing streak”—I had to look it up, and trust me when I say it stinks—to face the Phillies behind the seemingly rotation-imperiled Garrett Richards (7:10 p.m., NESN).
If there’s one thing the beat reporters seem sure about this week, it’s that Tanner Houck will be a part of the pitching staff, perhaps even in the rotation, after the All-Star break. If the Sox intend to stick with a five-man operation, this would almost certainly mean Richards, who has struggled even after his post-Spider Tack bottom-dwelling.