{"id":213,"date":"2026-05-13T08:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=213"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:03:31","slug":"in-a-disturbing-trend-red-sox-again-lacking-in-offensive-punch-scoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"In a disturbing trend, Red Sox again lacking in offensive punch, scoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>The 2012 Red Sox managed by Bobby Valentine were ready for the season to end in July, but still finished fifth in the American League in runs scored.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=211\">\u2018I couldn\u2019t get in my own house\u2019: Man fights to change R.I.\u2019s abandoned property law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The 2023 team that finished 23 games out of first place and got chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom fired led the league in doubles and scored 34 more runs than the league average.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As bad as it has been \u2014 and it\u2019s been plenty bad in some seasons \u2014 the Red Sox have always managed to hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Until now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tuesday night\u2019s 2-1 loss against the Phillies marked the 11th time in 41 games the Sox were held to one or fewer runs. The Sox have hit the fewest home runs in the American League, only 29, and scored the second-fewest runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox are on pace to score 620 runs, which would be their fewest over a full season since scoring 599 in 1992. They\u2019re also on pace for only 115 home runs, 71 fewer than last year.<\/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>With Roman Anthony on the injured list with a sprained finger and Willson Contreras unavailable because of a bruised right hand, the Sox had recent Triple-A call-up Mickey Gasper batting second and Masataka Yoshida hitting cleanup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Interim manager Chad Tracy, who is gamely trying to row a boat with one oar, said before the game that it just seemed logical because Gasper was 3 for 4 with two doubles on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI like the at-bats,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve told you guys about him before. I know he\u2019s capable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yoshida has four home runs over 256 at-bats the last two years. Four home runs is a good week for Aaron Judge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But this is where the Sox are. Chief baseball office Craig Breslow built a roster that doesn\u2019t take advantage of Fenway Park and lacks power. The Sox have scored only 57 runs in 20 home games \u2014 18 in the last 10. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Phillies starter Zack Wheeler, one of the best in the game, faced only 19 batters through six innings and didn\u2019t allow a runner beyond first base until the seventh, when the Sox finally scored.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox left five runners stranded over the last three innings, going 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=210\">Vance to deliver remarks on administration\u2019s anti-fraud efforts during visit to Bangor, Maine, on Thursday<\/a><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Red Sox find runs hard to come by in loss to Zack Wheeler and Phillies<\/div>\n<p><span>The Sox needed one big swing to change their night and it never came. Wilyer Abreu came close with a 374-foot shot to right field in the seventh inning. But that\u2019s the wrong part of the park and Adolis Garc\u00eda was there to make the catch.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Wilyer, the crowd, the dugout&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone at Fenway thought this one was gone \ud83d\ude2d pic.twitter.com\/wsqIJR1moy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NESN (@NESN) May 13, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The many Phillies fans in the sellout crowd of 36,795 were thrilled. The Red Sox fans were crushed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat can change the game right there and completely flip the whole night on its head,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cBut comes up a little short.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That\u2019s the trouble with trying to win with pitching and defense. You still need to score at least a few runs. Otherwise, it\u2019s a grind.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t feel good right now&#8230; all we can do is keep pushing&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Trevor Story on the Red Sox 2-1 loss to the Phillies \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d presented by @WBMasonCo pic.twitter.com\/IRb2dEIQ5e<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NESN (@NESN) May 13, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Trevor Story, who singled in the seventh and drew a walk in the ninth, has seen it before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve talked about it last year, and pretty much every year,\u201d he said. \u201cThe best teams here play well at home, and we have to find a way to do that and just kind of reverse what we got going,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cEasier said than done, but we\u2019re putting in the work, and we\u2019re confident that we can do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Contreras will likely return to the lineup on Wednesday and Anthony is making some progress. But Contreras averaged 20 home runs for the Cubs and Cardinals from 2021-25 and Anthony is a 21-year-old who ended last season on the injured list and went back on after 30 games this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have guys that are hitting the ball hard,\u201d Story said. \u201cWe just got to get in the air a little bit. It\u2019s not as simple as it sounds \u2026 Hitting the ball hard is the first step.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=208\">Wu: Fidelity returning to office 5 days a week is \u2018great news\u2019 for downtown Boston<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday night\u2019s 2-1 loss against the Phillies marked the 11th time in 41 games the Red Sox were held to one or fewer runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In a disturbing trend, Red Sox again lacking in offensive punch, scoring - 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