Red Sox Digging Deep After Rough Start

It's April 6th, welcome to Boston Red Sox News today, AI Power Coverage of Your Squad.

I'm Corey with the story.

The Boston Red Sox is sitting at a two-win, seven-loss start, having dropped their first

three series right out of the gate.

That's the worst series skid since a rough West Coast trip back in 2019.

Manager Alex Cora knows the American League East won't wait around, so his squad's grabbing

shovels to climb out quick.

Here this week, things hit rot bottom with a sweep in Houston, getting out score 23-7.

The home opener win against San Diego got wiped out by two close losses.

Now, starting pitching that's supposed to be their strength after big offseason moves

is letting them down hard team ERA at 5.19.

27th in the league.

Meanwhile, the bullpen's getting overworked because starters aren't going deep, averaging

just 4.81 innings per outing.

They've got a solid setup with guys like Justin Slayton and Garrett Whitlock ahead of

closer a road as Chapman, but relievers like Greg Weissert are struggling early.

On offense, Wilear Abreu is carrying the load with three homers and a 1.301 OPS, but

stars like Roman Anthony, Wilson Contreras and Caleb Durbin are ice cold.

Team scoring just three runs per game, 26th in baseball with a batting average of 226.

The real test comes this week against the 7-2 brewers, baseball's hottest team.

Winning that series could spark everything before road trips to St. Louis and Minnesota.

How they bounce back from this hole will define the whole season.