Tonight, the Red Sox made three errors in one inning, failed to record a hit with runners in scoring position, and struck out 14 times. They stunk!
Despite this, there was actually a decent portion of the game where it felt like they might somehow pull it out. Going into the bottom of the seventh, Cutter Crawford had retired ten Reds in a row after giving up three solo home runs early, and was holding the score close at 3-2. Then, the avalanche of errors happened!
Enmanuel Valdez, who continues to prove he’s a massive liability defensively at second base, derailed Crawford’s streak of retired batters when he made an error to lead off the bottom of the seventh.