Red Sox Fall to Tigers, Cora's Lineup Under Scrutiny

0:00It's April 19th. You're listening to Boston Red Sox News today. AI-powered coverage of your team. I'm Cory with the story. Boston Red Sox dropped a 4-to-1 decision to the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park. Alex Kora packed a line-up with right-handed bats against lefty Tarek Skubal chasing that platoon edge. But Skubal shut him down, fanning 10 Red Sox over six innings while allowing just one run in Detroit's win. The Sox said he left these like Masataka Yoshida and Jaren Duran from the start. And even after Skubal exited, Kora left them benched, no pinch hit. Moves. Boston scraped together that lone run but couldn't build on it, marking their second straight low output game. Brian Bellow's rough patch kept rolling as he lasted four innings, surrendering four runs on five hits plus three walks and four strikeouts. Meanwhile, the bullpen locked it in with five scoreless frames, but the early damage proved too much to overcome. Looking ahead, Sunday brings another lefty test in Houston's Framber Valdez with Boston's own A South Pole Garrett Crochet taking the hill.

1:07Crochet's itching to shake off a brutal start against the twins last time out. Kora's lineup calls will be under the microscope expect some fresh wrinkles as these teams clash again.