‘Horrible night’: Alex Cora sounds off after Red Sox make 5 errors in 11-1 loss

The White Sox put the hurt on the Red Sox on Friday night winning - Bulk of the damage however was self-inflicted Visiting a group that entered the series - on an eight-game losing streak and ranked last in the majors in runs hits and OPS and with the worst batting average in the American League the Red Sox managed to look like the less-complete squad Boston made five errors adding to their MLB-leading total and helping the White Sox who only scored double-digit runs twice all last season put double digits on the scoreboard for the first time this year It was club s first five-error event since August We gotta clean that up manager Alex Cora informed reporters postgame This was a bad night defensively A bad night overall We didn t hit we didn t play defense we didn t pitch It s a horrible night we know it Cora noted moments later It s a horrible night in every aspect of the event In the midst of playing games in days to begin the season and after going to extra innings three times in their last six games the Red Sox badly needed starter Sean Newcomb to go deep on Friday night to give their bullpen a break But hurt by a diamond that didn t defend the left-hander only lasted four innings He gave up six runs on six hits two walks and struck out six on pitches for strikes Only two of his runs were earned Overall Red Sox pitchers Josh Winckowski and Brennan Bernardino pitched the rest of the way were only charged with five earned runs Friday night unraveled in the fourth when Triston Casas bobbled what should have been an inning-ending double play ball With his error Omar Narvaez was safe the inning continued Newcomb responded with a strikeout-looking to Jacob Amaya then gave up three consecutive hits and four runs to balloon Chicago s lead to - Just a play that s got to be made Casas stated reporters and it s an unrealistic thing to do to point at one play in the challenge and say That s why we lost but that s a pretty clear one with that specific one It pretty much changed the unit of the match for the worst The Boston bats had their chances before and after the championship got out of hand In fact they ve had more chances than nearly every club this season entering the contest with an American League-leading plate appearances with runners in scoring position second to the Chicago Cubs and MLB-leading at-bats Yet on Friday night they continued wasting opportunities going for with runners in scoring position and leaving nine men on base they already ranked third-worst in the latter metric They made White Sox starter Davis Martin look like Cy Young he only needed pitches to go six innings and hold Boston to one earned run Blake Sabol s sacrifice fly on six hits one walk and six strikeouts The Red Sox who arrived in Chicago with the bulk strikeouts in the majors punched out times It s tough when you re not scoring runs to play bad defense Casas explained After the chaos of the fourth inning the Red Sox deflated They went in order in the fifth and sixth Alex Bregman ground out with the bases loaded in the seventh Buoyed by a rare blowout opportunity the White Sox piled on their guests in every workable way They were for in stolen-base attempts against catcher Blake Sabol who was for trying to throw out runners in Triple-A before the Red Sox called him up earlier this week Adding insult to injury was Chase Meidroth one of the prospects the Red Sox sent to Chicago in the Garrett Crochet bargain Making his big-league debut on Friday night last year s MiLB walks leader indicated his former organization exactly what they were missing turning a key double play and reaching base four times According to Stats Perform Meidroth is the first athlete to collect a hit and three walks in his debut since Larry Walker of the Montreal Expos on Aug The Red Sox have lost four of their last five and fall to - They ve made errors their the bulk in the first games of a season since They have time to right the ship But they need to do so speedily It s execution now Cora reported It s not about probable and this and that we have to execute