Red Sox shuffle lineup, drop struggling Trevor Story to fifth
Alex Cora os hopeful that moving Trevor Story down some in the Red Sox' batting order will help get the shortstop going at the plate.
BOSTON — With his Red Sox team having lost seven of its previous eight games and his offense ranked 27th in runs scored, manager Alex Cora rearranged his batting order for Monday’s game with the Milwaukee Brewers. Trevor Story (. 119, 17 strikeouts in 42 at-bats) who had hit second in each of the team’s first nine games , was moved to fifth in the order with Masataka Yoshida elevated to Story’s second spot.
“We’ll see if it works,” said Cora. “Just mix it up. Hopefully, a different spot allows you to unlock it and relax...
Regardless of where we hit, we’ve got to make sure we slow it down. We’ve been talking about swinging a lot, not chasing. This (Brewers team) is a good pitching staff and they’re very aggressive in the zone.
Hopefully, be on time and put good swings on it. ” Cora said he was motivated to introduce the change based on Sunday’s game. Story had an infield hit in five plate appearances with two strikeouts while Yoshida was 3-for-4 with three RBIs.