To call the Red Sox lineup that Alex Cora wrote up on Thursday to face Toronto's Alek Manoah "weak" would be an understatement.
Boston's 4-9 hitters were (with current averages):
Kiké Hernandez .197
Jackie Bradley .161
Christian Arroyo .194
Bobby Dalbec .154
Travis Shaw .000 [0-for-19]
Christian Vázquez .209Trevor Story was at the top of the lineup, where he has batted .207 over seven games (.224 overall).
Not surprisingly, the Red Sox were held to only four hits and lost 1-0.
Boston (8-12, 5.5 GB) now has lost seven of their last nine games.