Red Sox slugger’s 0-for-17 downturn a microcosm of Boston’s streaky
CLEVELAND– Trevor Story had actually been on fire after he began this season 2-for-15.
The Red Sox shortstop was batting.337 with a. 366 on-base percentage,.528 slugging percentage and.894 OPS after a three-hit game Monday versus the White Sox.
However he has actually gone 0-for-17 with nine strikeouts in four games ever since. That consists of an 0-for-5 in the Red Sox’ 5-4 loss to Cleveland in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader.Story is among numerous streaky Red Sox hitters this season.”It becomes part of the season,
“manager Alex Cora said.” It’s 162. And we’re not going to be hot the entire time. We have actually simply got ta keep striving, keep improving and attempt to be a little bit more constant.”
There have actually been a lot of hot and cold stretches from Boston hitters this season. Kristian Campbell, Alex Bregman and Wilyer Abreu have been Boston’s most consistent hitters.But even Abreu– who
has a. 901 OPS– had just 9 hits in his previous 56 at-bats (.161 )before homering in his very first at-bat Saturday.Jarren Duran has actually a. 667 OPS. Rafael Devers has actually a. 697 OPS.
Triston Casas has a. 583 OPS. Ceddanne Rafaela has a. 610 OPS.Boston also has gotten little offense from all three catchers.
Connor Wong went 2-for-23 (.087 batting average )to begin the season before landing on the IL.Devers’homer in the 3rd inning was one favorable development from Video game 1 of the doubleheader.Devers had hits in simply four of his past 45 at-bats(.091 )entering the at-bat. The homer was his hardest hit ball of the season.
It was a 381-foot, 110.9 mph blast to best field and tied the game 4-4 in the 3rd inning
. Cora called it “a fantastic sign.”Boston had a lot of possibilities to connect Video game 1 however went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left 9 guys on base.
The first 2 players reached in the ninth however Boston failed to take advantage. “We didn’t cash in,”Cora said.”We had traffic. We put some excellent at-bats however then we didn’t money in, so we just got ta be much better.”