{"id":2582,"date":"2026-06-13T04:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2026-06-13T04:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:33:15","slug":"red-sox-snap-four-game-skid-by-breaking-out-the-bats-in-support-of-sonny-grays-quality-start-vs-the-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2582","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox snap four-game skid by breaking out the bats in support of Sonny Gray\u2019s quality start vs. the Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>When Sam Kennedy, Red Sox president and CEO, admitted this week that barring a dramatic turnaround the club may have to admit failure on 2026, break up its roster, and sell off pieces at the trade deadline, those in the clubhouse were not surprised or offended or even fazed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2580\">\u2018His ego is out of control.\u2019 The White House UFC fight is another Trump birthday spectacle.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Red Sox players are no dummies. They know how this works. They must play much better, as they did Friday in a 10-1 win over the Rangers, for an extended period. Or the organization\u2019s decision-makers will have to decide to become sellers in the leadup to the Aug. 3 deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That probably would mean sending righthander Sonny Gray, who held Texas to one run in six innings, to another new team. And considering offers for first baseman Willson Contreras, who had three more hits and another homer. And auctioning off closer Aroldis Chapman to the highest bidder. And re-evaluating whether outfielder Jarren Duran is part of the longer-term plan. And listening on Garrett Whitlock, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Connor Wong, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\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>See, it\u2019s not that the Sox have no good players. It\u2019s just that they haven\u2019t become a good team. They are 28-39, last in the AL East. Friday snapped a four-game losing streak and was just their second win in a stretch of seven games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRegardless of if Sam said it or not, the urgency is there. We\u2019re not playing good enough. Don\u2019t blame Sam for saying that,\u201d interim manager Chad Tracy said. \u201c[Players] know when a trade deadline is coming up. They know if the team\u2019s not performing, those things happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Or as injured ace Garrett Crochet put it: \u201cI don\u2019t think we needed that wakeup call. Everyone knows the kind of ball that needs to be played, not only at the big-league level, but here in Boston especially.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kennedy merely acknowledged the obvious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you think about that, you\u2019re just putting stuff in your head that has no meaning to me,\u201d Whitlock said. \u201cSo it\u2019s like one of those things where it\u2019s [chief baseball officer Craig] Breslow. He does all that stuff. So if it happens, it happens, and I\u2019ll go to a new team, and cool. If it doesn\u2019t happen, I\u2019m still here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wilyer Abreu said: \u201cOf course, if we\u2019re losing, that will probably happen. But at the same time, we\u2019ve got to do our jobs and play the game \u2026 and we\u2019ll see what happens at the deadline.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Friday at Fenway Park, at least, was a big success. In the Sox\u2019 highest-scoring home game of the year, nine of their 12 hits went for extra bases.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span>Ceddanne Rafaela and Abreu each had a home run, two doubles, and three RBIs. Contreras finished a triple shy of a cycle, scored twice, and drove in two runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2578\">Garrett Crochet details lat\/shoulder issues, says he\u2019s not likely to return before All-Star break<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>They blew the game open with a four-run rally in the fifth inning. Newly installed leadoff hitter Mickey Gasper, Rafaela, and Abreu hit consecutive doubles off the Green Monster. Contreras\u2019s single yielded a throwing error by third baseman Josh Jung, bringing in another run. Caleb Durbin\u2019s sacrifice fly plated Contreras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s not that cold anymore and \u2026 now the balls are getting to the wall,\u201d Rafaela said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about hitting doubles at Fenway Park; it\u2019s about winning ballgames, doesn\u2019t matter where. The fans want to see us win here and that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Red Sox notebook: Garrett Crochet details lat\/shoulder issues, says he\u2019s not likely to return before All-Star break<\/div>\n<p><span>Contreras was OK after Tracy and head athletic trainer Brandon Henry checked on him at second base following his hit. He stretched his right quad during the conversation, and seemed to be running gingerly when he scored, but remained in the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gray had a funky first inning, allowing singles to three of the first four Rangers batters, including Wyatt Langford\u2019s RBI knock. But he settled in to record 14 consecutive outs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By the end, Gray struck out seven, walked none, and worked around five hits. He lowered his ERA to 3.03.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey jumped him with some early-count hits to start the game, and you\u2019re just watching [and thinking] if he can navigate through it, which he does very well, feel like he\u2019s going to settle in,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cWhich is exactly what he did. He was very good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An early turning point: After the Rangers (34-35) went ahead in the top of the first, the Red Sox scored two in the bottom of the inning to take what turned out to be a permanent lead. The second run came on Contreras\u2019s homer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou give up a run in the first, now you\u2019re going out there pitching in the second with the lead,\u201d Gray said. \u201cThat was huge for the mentals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2577\">John Tortorella\u2019s confidence unshaken as Golden Knights face elimination game in Game 6 of Stanley Cup Final<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sox erupted for 10 runs on 12 hits and homers by Willson Contreras, Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu in opener of three-game set vs. Rangers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2582","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 - 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