Twins 6, Red Sox 0: The play wasn’t as bad as the score, it was much worse

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 14: Carlos Narváez #75 of the Boston Red Sox is late with the tag on Byron Buxton #25 of the Minnesota Twins who scored from second base on a single off the bat of Luke Keaschall in the first inning at Target Field on April 14, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images) | Getty Images For the third time on this road trip, the Red Sox entered a game with a seemingly large pitching advantage and lost. They got shut down by Dustin May last Friday, watched Garrett Crochet get bombarded while matched up against Bailey Ober yesterday, and saw Sonny Gray get thoroughly outpitched by Mick Abel tonight.

On an evening where the Sox needed both length and effectiveness from their starter, they got neither. Gray lasted just four innings and allowed five earned runs. Oh, and as bad as he was, it easily could have been worse as he narrowly wiggled out of a bases loaded jam in the third.

Meanwhile, the bats were going up against a guy with a 6. 19 ERA in 52. 1 career innings entering tonight.

They scored zero runs and struck out ten times. If this is what things look like when matchups are favorable on paper, what type of horror show are we in for when this butter knife offense starts running into the teeth of real rotations? Although I guess in some ways it can’t get any worse.