The article critiques the Boston Red Sox for their poor offensive performance against a series of unimpressive starting pitchers, implying a significant weakness in their batting lineup. They faced seven pitchers, many considered subpar, yet could secure only two wins and scored minimal runs. This struggle occurs despite favorable pitching from opponents, with the article suggesting that the team's inability to hit even mediocre pitching raises alarms regarding their overall competitiveness in the league, especially following the absence of key player Alex Bregman.
Tonight, the starter they failed to hit was Aaron Civale, who has a fastball so ordinary it could stay in its own lane and get passed on the interstate in certain parts of this country.
Most teams probably go at least 5-2 in a stretch like this - And if they get the pitching the Red Sox just did over the last week where they've held opponents to five or fewer runs in all seven games, they might even go 7-0 if they're a serious contender.
If you go through all the game logs every MLB team, you'd be hard pressed to find a softer stretch of seven starters than this.
These are pitchers who routinely give up crooked numbers to minor league lineups, so I can't stress enough how alarming it is that the Sox are struggling through this stretch of starters.
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