The offense did mostly nothing all day long, and when they did do things it only led to greater disappointment with runners left on base. If they could get a win on Thursday, suddenly they’d have won a series and got back to within a half-game in the division.
While it’s seemed like the worst-case scenario has been playing out for the Red Sox in realtime as all we can do is sit and watch, a win on Wednesday night coupled with a great start from Eduardo Rodriguez seemed like it could be a start of the changing of the tides.