{"id":60333,"date":"2025-05-28T06:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T06:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/60333\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T06:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T06:30:10","slug":"troubling-trend-rears-head-in-walk-off-loss-to-brewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/60333\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubling Trend Rears Head In Walk-Off Loss To Brewers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Red Sox left no room for error Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n

They needed all the extra wiggle room, too.<\/p>\n

So while Aroldis Chapman blew a save opportunity in the bottom of the ninth inning and Liam Hendriks surrendered a walk-off grand slam to Christian Yelich an inning later, it was Boston\u2019s continued offensive struggles that really plagued it in a 5-1 loss to the Brewers<\/a> in 10 innings at American Family Field.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox pushed their only run across on a heads-up running play by Ceddanne Rafaela when he scored on a wild pitch in the sixth inning. Other than that, it was a bunch of goose eggs for Boston\u2019s offense as the Red Sox have scored a mere five runs across their four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at the scores, we got to hit. At one point, we got to hit,\u201d Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters, per NESN. \u201cBut they\u2019re good baseball games. Today was good. The ones against Baltimore, too. You go back to the Mets (series). That\u2019s the way I see it. That\u2019s my job, right? Try to keep positive. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe know where we\u2019re at. We\u2019re not winning games, but are we playing bad baseball? I don\u2019t know, man. That\u2019s for others to tell us. But I think we\u2019re doing some good things. We need to be better in others. I think offensively we have to pick it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The losing streak for the Red Sox coincides with Alex Bregman hitting the injured list<\/a>. Boston is batting just .213 over the last four games with 32 strikeouts while going 3-for-30 with runners in scoring position and 33 runners left on base.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox had their chances to put runs on the scoreboard Tuesday, but yet again couldn\u2019t capitalize when runners got on. The Red Sox left eight runners on base and went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position. The biggest culprit of that was Trevor Story, who went 0-for-3 in such situations. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe got to be better,\u201d Cora said. \u201cThe margin for error \u2014 it is hard to win games 1-0. We didn\u2019t do a good job with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Here are more notes from Tuesday\u2019s Red Sox-Brewers game:<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Red Sox opted to not give Richard Fitts a second rehab outing and instead put him back on a big-league mound for the first time since April 12. The 25-year-old righthander, who was on the injured list due to a right pectoral strain, could only give the Red Sox three innings as his pitch count wasn\u2019t built up yet. He was effective, allowing no runs and two hits while walking one and striking out two.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Fitts\u2019 short outing meant plenty of work for the Red Sox bullpen and they were tremendous until Chapman and Hendriks. Brennan Bernardino, Greg Weissert, Justin Wilson and Justin Slaten combined to pitch five scoreless innings in which they allowed just one hit. It was the first blown save of Chapman\u2019s season, but it sure came at a bad time for the Red Sox.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pitched extremely well,\u201d Cora said. \u201cEven Chapman. \u2026 They put some good at-bats later on. They do the little things. They move guys over, they run the bases extremely weak. Just a tough one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Marcelo Mayer was the only Red Sox batter to collect two hits. The 22-year-old infielder is batting .333 just four games into his big-league career. Mayer did run into an out on the basepaths when he tried to tag up on a fly ball to go from second to third in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Red Sox have six walk-off losses on the season, which is tied for the major-league lead.<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Red Sox wrap up their three-game set with the Brewers with a matinee affair Wednesday. First pitch from American Family Field is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET. Brayan Bello and Freddy Peralta will get the starts on the mound for Boston and Milwaukee, respectively. You can catch complete coverage of the game on NESN.<\/p>\n

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