{"id":1134,"date":"2026-05-25T04:04:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2026-05-25T04:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:04:38","slug":"the-red-sox-have-lost-their-way-this-season-at-fenway-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1134","title":{"rendered":"The Red Sox have lost their way this season at Fenway Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>For the Red Sox, a familiar pattern is forming in 2026. Hopeful glimmers on the road quickly turn to home gloom at Fenway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1132\">\u2018Not overly tricky\u2019: Why Red Sox have kept Ryan Watson amid recent bullpen churn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The trend continued over the weekend. After the Sox took three straight games in Kansas City, they returned home and offered a demonstration of the surprisingly short distance between sweeper and sweepee in getting broomed by the Twins, a shot to the sternum that left the club gasping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cObviously we were riding high coming in,\u201d said interim Sox manager Chad Tracy. \u201c[So getting swept] is a tough feeling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>On Sunday, Boston\u2019s bullpen blew a one-run lead on the way to a 6-5 loss \u2014 the team\u2019s third straight loss to a Minnesota club that sits in the third AL wild-card spot despite a losing (26-27) record. The Red Sox fell back into last place in the AL East at 22-30, a position that largely reflects their MLB-worst 8-17 mark at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Sox repeatedly flirted with victories over the weekend but could not find a way to break through the quicksand of their home field. Sunday, when a steady rain made parts of the infield look at times like actual quicksand, was no different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Down 6-4 in the bottom of the ninth with two Sox on base and one out, Isiah Kiner-Falefa blasted a ball to left-center. He paused at the plate to admire what he thought was the first walkoff homer of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Instead, the ball clanged off the Wall for a double, with the lead runner scoring easily, but trail runner Connor Wong getting thrown out at the plate. It was the sort of far-away-so-close pivot point that can drive teams, and their fans, to madness. The Sox understand the letdown their performance is producing.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Why Red Sox have kept Ryan Watson amid recent bullpen churn<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cAs a group, we really want to make our fan base proud,\u201d said Kiner-Falefa. \u201cI felt like this series would have been a big swing with our team, the fanbase, getting the belief back and kind of going from there. So to get swept right here, [it] definitely hurts. We feel it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A sense of missed opportunities is forming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox have a long history of claiming one of the foremost home-field advantages in baseball. The park\u2019s sharp angles and lopsided dimensions have often created a stage for Fenway dominance based on the ability of the team to assemble a roster that fits the park, as well as the familiarity of its players in taking advantage of its quirks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1130\">What to know about the White House shooting on Memorial Day weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Jackie Bradley Jr. has taken his circus-catch act to Banana Ball<\/div>\n<p><span>The ability to thrive at Fenway has been a constant of Red Sox teams that reached the postseason. Of the 26 playoff editions in franchise history, all had a home winning percentage of at least .580. Last year, the Sox swam to a 48-33 record and treaded water (41-40) on the road, a formula that spelled a postseason berth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This year, the team has been solid (14-13) on the road but horrendous at home, to an extreme that historically has spelled doom for October ambitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Red Sox have never made the playoffs in a year when they lost 17 of 25 home games. They haven\u2019t had a winning season in a year when they endured an 8-17 (or worse) home stretch since 1991. The last four times they endured such a deep 25-game Fenway rut (2022, 2020, 2014, 2012), they finished last in the AL East. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Already, the Sox have been swept twice at home \u2014 one more than in all of 2025. They\u2019ve lost six of eight home series this season (1-6-1).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a jarring performance, given that mere mediocrity would have positioned them well in the dismal American League. Had the Sox merely been about a .500 team at Fenway, they\u2019d be tied for the fourth-best record in the AL. Instead, they suffered three home series losses in May to sub-.500 teams (Astros, Phillies, and Twins), unable to hold onto any waves they\u2019ve caught on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox did find some encouragement in Sunday\u2019s loss, chiefly in the form of seven extra-base hits, their most in any home game this year. Their two homers also matched a season high at Fenway. (The Sox are one of two teams in baseball, along with the Rangers, not to hit three homers in a single contest in their own ballpark this season.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the club\u2019s overall performance permits little consolation in defeat. There is only a sense that the bottom line results must shift quickly, and dramatically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe know we have to be better,\u201d said Kiner-Falefa. \u201cWe\u2019ve gotta do something. What we\u2019re doing right now is not good enough. 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