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- Updated: July 31, 2016
ANAHEIM — Amid a difficult stretch of seven losses in their last nine games, which continued with Saturday night’s 5-2 defeat to the Angels, the Red Sox have frequently failed to take advantage of their opportunities on offense.
For a team that still leads the Major Leagues in several key hitting categories, this has been unusual.
“Once again, we had multiple guys on in multiple innings,” said Red Sox manager John Farrell. “It’s been all or nothing.”
With Hector Santiago throwing 104 pitches through the first four innings, it seemed like the game was going exactly as the Red Sox wanted. Their plan is always to grind the opposing pitcher into the ground, and they were executing the blueprint.
But Bryce Brentz struck out twice with the bases loaded in the first three innings. In a loss to the Tigers on Monday, Brentz struck out with the bases loaded and nobody out.
“The first one, I just wanted to see one for timing purposes,” said Brentz. “After that, I was just trying to keep him up the middle. Then he dotted a couple and there were some I disagreed with. I …
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