Red Sox Fall to Giants 3-1 Snapping 4-game Win Streak
The Boston Red Sox fell to the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Thursday afternoon, May 2nd, snapping their 4-game winning streak. The Red Sox concluded the homestand with a 4-2 record. They had gone 6-21 in their previous 27 home games.
The Red Sox pitchers still lead Major League Baseball with a 2.58 ERA and the starting pitchers lead Major League Baseball with a 2.03 ERA.
Josh Winckowski started for the Red Sox and went 4.1 innings, allowing 2 hits including a solo home run to Car Yastrzemski's grandson, Mike, in the 3rd inning.
Naoyuki Uwasawa made his major league debut in relief for Boston, retiring all 6 batters he faced in the 8th and 9th innings, striking out 1.
Rafael Devers extened his hitting streak to 8 games, with a leadoff single in the 2nd innings.
Boston is now 18-14, in 3rd place in the AL East, 2.5 games behind the 1st place Baltimore Orioles and 1.5 games behind the 2nd place New York Yankees.
The Red Sox begin a 5 game road trip on Friday, May 3rd, with 3 games against the Minnesota Twins and then 2 games against the Atlanta Braves. Friday night's pregame begins at 7:10 p.m. with the 1st pitch at 8:10 p.m. on AM 1370 WDEA.