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Boston bats have suddenly gone silent

July 3rd, 2012 9:02 AM
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  • Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz reacts after popping out against the Oakland Athletics. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE

    • After a torrid hot streak that began in the middle of June in which the Red Sox won 9 of 11 games while averaging over 7 runs per contest, the Boston bats have suddenly gone ice cold on their current West Coast trip. In the five games ince heading to Seattle last week beginning with a showdown against 2010 AL Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez, the Sox have managed to score more than two runs just once and have thus dropped three of their last five.

    The streak began when King Felix tossed his best game of the season last Thursday night, a complete game shutout that the Mariners won 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth. Though they rebounded for five runs the next night, the Sox hitters haven’t been able to play up to the lofty standard that they set for themselves during the season’s first three month. For the year as a team they are still hitting .268 (3rd in the AL) with 407 runs scored (2nd), but they’ve batted just .215 with 10 runs on this current road trip.

    That being said, while the current slump is not good, it’s certainly not panic time yet. Five games in the grand scheme of things is nothing, and Bobby Valentine is convinced that all it means is that the bats are due to break out in a big way in the coming days. They’ll have a great opportunity to do so on Wednesday night against the A’s and Bartolo Colon, who is coming off a stint on the DL and against whom hitters are batting .283 this season.

    It’s only five games, but the Red Sox offense has vanished on the road trip.

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