Two weeks ago, the Red Sox were riding high. Tonight they can fall into a second-place tie with a loss and a Yankees win, but Nate Eovaldi looks to do against Tampa Bay what he couldn’t do last time out—keep a sinking Sox team afloat (7:10 p.m., NESN).
The whiplash of this losing spell is real, and has real consequences. Winning the division, a 50/50 proposition at the All-Star break, is now a pipe dream. The Sox have gone 10-14 since the Midsummer Classic, with Matt Barnes, All Star, pointing the way to the bottom.