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Farrell searching for answers to ‘pen woes
- Updated: June 3, 2016
BALTIMORE — The Red Sox averaged just under seven runs per game on their seven-game road trip, but returned to Boston with a 3-4 record. This isn’t a case, though, where the Red Sox’s scoring average was inflated from their wins. In fact, the Red Sox averaged 7.5 runs in their four losses.
“Our guys, up and down the lineup, are contributing and yet the inability to locate consistently is the difference,” manager John Farrell said after Thursday night’s 12-7 loss to the Orioles. “We come through seven games in difficult environments on the road … they’re hard-fought games, but the inability to control our side of the inning on defense, particularly from the mound, that showed up here repeatedly.”
The latest offensive night gone to waste was Thursday, when the Sox took a 5-4 lead with a five-run sixth inning before relinquishing the lead. This came on the heels of a 13-9 loss Wednesday. Sixteen runs in two games and no wins to show for it. It is a …
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