June 26, 2004
Out Hit, But Not Out Scored
The Red Sox offense, on the surface, had a pretty good day vs. the Phillies. They belted 14 hits, including three doubles. They had hits in every inning but the 9th; but no more than 2 hits in any inning until the 8th. The Phillies, with 13 hits, also took advantage of four Red Sox errors to score five unearned runs.
This points to a discussion heard on Boston sports radio the other day. What's the use of getting on base if you just stay on base? The Red Sox had a .375 OBA today. Most days that's going to lead to a lot of runs. Why aren't the Sox scoring more?
If you look at the Red Sox stats by lineup slot, you see a tremendous fall off in power from the 4th slot to the fifth. The five, six and seven hitters combined have a slugging percentage in the low .400's. It's not a lack of clutch hitting that's hurting the Red Sox; it's an inability in prime RBI slots of the Sox to generate the extra-base hits that move runners along.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Adrian Beltre, anyone??
Great point, David...