‘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 - Largest part of the damage however was self-inflicted Visiting a gang 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 unit 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 We gotta clean that up manager Alex Cora stated 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 explained moments later It s a horrible night in every aspect of the encounter Hampered by defensive miscues Sean Newcomb s start only lasted four innings The Red Sox left-hander 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 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 - The Boston bats had their chances before and after the event 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 most of strikeouts in the majors punched out times 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 Adding insult to injury was Chase Meidroth one of the prospects the Red Sox sent to Chicago in the Garrett Crochet business Making his big-league debut on Friday night he 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 contestant to collect a hit and three walks in his debut since Larry Walker of the Montreal Expos on Aug The Red Sox are - 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 rapidly It s execution now Cora explained It s not about prospective and this and that we have to execute