{"id":119201,"date":"2025-05-21T07:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/119201\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T07:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:30:10","slug":"red-sox-pummeled-fall-back-in-al-east-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/119201\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox pummeled, fall back in AL East standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/83606208007-usatsi-25396638.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/icon-play-alt-white.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pete Rose now eligible for Hall of Fame after years of ineligibility<\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY Sports&#8217; Bob Nightengale discusses Pete Rose now being eligible for the Hall of Fame and what it means for the steroid era players.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Pulse<\/p>\n<p>In reality, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/2025\/05\/09\/rafael-devers-position-red-sox-contract\/83532526007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rafael Devers<\/a> is among the least of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/boston-red-sox\/226\" data-autotag=\"016b555d-957a-436c-a42f-c678fa2c13a2\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Red Sox<\/a>&#8216;s worries.<\/p>\n<p>Devers&#8217; reticence \u2013 or flat-out refusal \u2013 to move to first base after he agreed to a shift to designated hitter created plenty of headlines and prompted owner John Henry to fly to Kansas City and talk it out with his $313.5 million slugger.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the Red Sox, Henry didn&#8217;t pack any pitching reinforcements on the plane.<\/p>\n<p>Since that summit, Devers has been nearly unstoppable \u2013 with 15 hits in 34 at-bats, three homers and 13 RBIs in nine games. But the Red Sox are slowly slipping from shouting distance of the first-place New York Yankees, with 11 losses in their past 17 games to fall six spots in USA TODAY Sports&#8217; power rankings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">ORIOLES FIRE MANAGER: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/columnist\/gabe-lacques\/2025\/05\/17\/brandon-hyde-fired-baltimore-orioles\/83696585007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Hyde survived epic tanking \u2013 then Baltimore failed him<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It might have been 12 losses in 17 games if not for Devers, who saved them with his first career walk-off homer against Atlanta on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later in the series finale, he erased an early deficit 3-0 with a grand slam. But the Red Sox gave up that lead and more, as they&#8217;ve done often lately. In losing five of its last six, Boston has twice given up 10 runs in a game and 14 in another. Their rotation ERA now languishes at 4.28, 22nd in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>And nowadays, that means it doesn&#8217;t much matter how many runs the Red Sox score.<\/p>\n<p>A look at our updated rankings:<\/p>\n<p>1. Los Angeles Dodgers (-)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Feeling the change of the guard: Stalwarts Chris Taylor, Austin Barnes cut as Dalton Rushing steps on the scene.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Detroit Tigers (+2)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tigers win Jackson Jobe&#8217;s first eight starts, setting franchise record.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Edwin Diaz, now 10-for-10 in save chances, ramps his fastball back up to 99 mph.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Almost mathematically eliminated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/mariners\/tickets\/vedder-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vedder Cup<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wilmer Flores, RBI machine, wins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/7Mnzq65Crxc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">epic battle<\/a> against Mason Miller for walk-off walk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PCA vs. the White Sox was no match: 8-for-14, nine RBIs, four extra-base hits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>8. New York Yankees (-1)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jonathan Loaisiga&#8217;s return a nice boost for bullpen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There&#8217;s a new ace in town and his name is Bryan Woo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>10. <strong>Cleveland Guardians<\/strong> (-)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shane Bieber getting closer to a rehab assignment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You win 13 in a row, you jump 14 spots in the standings. Them&#8217;s the rules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>12. St. Louis Cardinals (-)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Started the year 1-10 on the road; just finished 7-2 road trip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Those heavy footsteps you hear? Jac Caglianone is one step from the big leagues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Will be more than halfway done with Dodgers after three-game road set this week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>15. Houston Astros (-1)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thirteen come-from-behind wins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>16. Texas Rangers (+3)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Evan Carter&#8217;s injury woes continue with quad strain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>17. Cincinnati Reds (+3)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Is Will Benson happening? He slams five homers in four games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>18. Atlanta Braves (+3)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They climb over .500, just in time to welcome back Spencer Strider and Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>19. Boston Red Sox (-6)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kristian Campbell sliding to first to create room for Marcelo Mayer would be a helluva fix.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tigers show how far they have to go to be playoff team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"block-0355cf43-c0dd-4c5b-b2fa-ddd2e1953904\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jackson Chourio dropped to sixth in order, promptly strikes out four times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>22. Tampa Bay Rays (-)<\/p>\n<ul id=\"block-cbca2a61-8db1-46e0-9173-4422064ac063\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chandler Simpson survives unsettling slide at home plate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>23. Athletics (-)24. Washington Nationals (-)<\/p>\n<ul id=\"block-46f548fc-1e00-46a7-a674-f4993d5d776d\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Michael Soroka wins first game since July 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>25. Los Angeles Angels (+1)<\/p>\n<ul id=\"block-6da7af0e-5701-464f-b04a-8c4c596f4a14\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First three-game sweep over Dodgers since 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"block-ca980762-9047-4e52-91a4-549f31c5729d\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15-30 record matches 2019 start, when they lost 108 games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>27. Miami Marlins (-)<\/p>\n<ul id=\"block-0fa6e2c6-49b1-43aa-8721-20382f097831\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sandy Alcantara drops his sixth straight decision, a career high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"block-3c23aedc-4fec-4b54-9386-e8e5b94cc754\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shut out in eight of their 32 losses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>29. Chicago White Sox (-)<\/p>\n<ul id=\"block-51f68e99-40e0-44bf-9516-1ee7ff85d5b6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.University of Tampa product Jordan Leasure racking up 12.9 strikeouts per nine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>30. <strong>Colorado Rockies (-)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul id=\"block-2d53b8d4-d0e5-4aaf-affc-274b5ee56d17\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8-38, a pace that would knock the White Sox out of the record books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news \u2014 fast<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/1el9h6z4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pete Rose now eligible for Hall of Fame after years of ineligibility USA TODAY Sports&#8217; Bob Nightengale 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