# 🎙️ Episode 91: Red Sox Digest LIVE! - Red Sox Continue To Sink In AL - Lose 2 of 3 To Pathetic Astros!

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Podcast: [Red Sox Digest Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/red-sox-digest-podcast-7420185)
Published: 2026-05-04T11:11:26+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4091

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Watch the full episode below 👇Episode SummaryThe Red Sox somehow managed to turn a winnable Astros series into another Fenway crime scene, winning Friday’s opener before dropping the next two games and falling to 13–21. Jim, Nick, John, and Thayer break down the weekend’s offensive disaster, including seven total runs in three games, six double plays, and 29 runners left on base — because apparently this lineup treats scoring like it violates team policy.Nick compares this mess to the cursed 2012 Red Sox and argues this version might actually be worse. John tries to find a few positives — Jarren Duran, Roman Anthony, Willson Contreras, and the staff holding Yordan Alvarez down — before the conversation collapses back into the obvious: this offense is broken, the clubhouse sounds miserable, and the roster has no real leadership. Thayer frames the entire team as a group of baseball toddlers, complete with naps, bad fundamentals, and no adult supervision.The guys also dig into Ranger Suarez leaving with a hamstring issue, the rotation dropping like flies, Yoshida’s strange role under Chad Tracy, Caleb Durbin’s offensive black hole, the upcoming Tigers series, and whether the Red Sox should become sellers before Craig Breslow gets the chance to make things even weirder.Takeaways* The Red Sox won Game 1 against Houston, then immediately remembered they are the Red Sox and lost the next two.* Boston scored only seven runs in the entire three-game series and left 29 runners on base.* The offense hit .107 with a .492 OPS in the series, which is less “bad stretch” and more “somebody unplugged the bats.”* Jarren Duran was one of the few bright spots, going 4-for-13 with two home runs and looking comfortable in the leadoff spot.* Roman Anthony showed signs of progress offensively…

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