{"id":22772,"date":"2025-05-13T03:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/22772\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T03:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:53:12","slug":"alex-cora-to-consider-this-after-rough-tanner-houck-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/22772\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Cora To Consider This After Rough Tanner Houck Outing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The look on Tanner Houck\u2019s face in the Boston Red Sox dugout following his outing Monday night against the Detroit Tigers said it all.<\/p>\n<p>Houck looked despondent as he lived through another nightmare performance on the mound <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401695516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">in an ugly 14-2 loss<\/a> at Comerica Park.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran righthander got shellacked once again this season. Houck gave up nine runs in the third inning alone and 11 total as he lasted just 2 1\/3 innings while also allowing three walks and striking out none.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably the most lost I\u2019ve ever been,\u201d Houck told reporters, per NESN. \u201cAnd just not getting the job done, which weighs on me heavily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Houck hasn\u2019t been the same pitcher since making his first All-Star appearance last season. This is the second time this season he\u2019s surrendered double-digit runs in less than three innings of work, doing so a month ago against the Tampa Bay Rays. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Houck\u2019s ERA is now up to 8.04 through nine starts, raising questions of if Houck stays in the rotation going forward.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll talk about it, of course,\u201d Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters, per NESN. \u201cHe had that good one in Toronto. The last one was OK, right? And today, there were a lot of pitches in the middle of the zone. On the split, it was up. They put some good swings on it. The slider, he wasn\u2019t able to get it across home plate and down in the zone to lefties. Just one of those. We\u2019ll have to take a look at it and see what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers got to Houck right away even before the abysmal nine-run third. Just four pitches into the game, Houck had let up a single to Kerry Carpenter and a two-run home run to Glebyer Torres.<\/p>\n<p>The rough outing has Houck searching for answers that he can\u2019t seem to consistently find. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I knew, I would do it,\u201d Houck said.<\/p>\n<p>But Houck will continue trying to find solutions to his pitching problems. It all depends now if that\u2019s still as a starter or possibility in a different role. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it never stops,\u201d Houck said. \u201cIt\u2019s why you play the full 162, and you know, trying to do my part whenever I\u2019m out there. Just didn\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s Picks<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/05\/how-red-sox-clubhouse-reacted-to-recent-rafael-devers-saga\/\" class=\"featured-articles__link\" data-analytics-datalayer-category-type=\"MutlipleArticle_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rafael_Devers.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tHow Red Sox Clubhouse Reacted To Recent Rafael Devers Saga<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Greg Dudek<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 Min Read\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/05\/red-sox-utility-man-makes-admission-about-role-after-call-up\/\" class=\"featured-articles__link\" data-analytics-datalayer-category-type=\"MutlipleArticle_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Nick_Sogard-270x270.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tRed Sox Utility Man Makes Admission About Role After Call Up<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Greg Dudek<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 Min Read\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are more notes from Monday\u2019s Red Sox-Tigers game:<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Newcomb saved the bullpen by throwing the final 5 2\/3 innings of relief to make sure Cora didn\u2019t have to use any other relievers after Houck\u2019s short outing. Newcomb allowed three runs (two earned) on nine hits with no walks and four strikeouts. The 31-year-old lefty threw 68 of his 98 for strikes in his unsung performance out of the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a tough role. It\u2019s really tough,\u201d Cora said. \u201cJust to go out there and give us enough. He did at home and we won the series. So hopefully, him going out there and doing what he did, puts us in a good spot to win the series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wilyer Abreu had an up and down night. He was charged with an error in the third inning when he misplayed a single from Riley Greene as he overcharged a bounding ball. The ball rolled all the way to the fence, allowing Greene to scamper around for a Little League home run. Abreu did hit his 11th homer of the season in the sixth inning, which is just four shy of his total from last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a situation that I\u2019m trying to be aggressive,\u201d Abreu told reporters through translator Daveson Perez about his error, per NESN. \u201cJust unfortunately, wasn\u2019t able to come up with the ball.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Red Sox and Tigers will meet back at Comerica Park on Tuesday with Brayan Bello taking the mound for Boston. Keider Montero will get the start for Detroit. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. ET and you can catch complete coverage of the game on NESN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The look on Tanner Houck\u2019s face in the Boston Red Sox dugout following his outing Monday night against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,4,89,696,2543,4913],"class_list":{"0":"post-22772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-bostonredsox","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-red-sox","14":"tag-red-sox-notes","15":"tag-redsox","16":"tag-tanner-houck"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}