Red Sox Stumble Out of the Gate

With a rebuilt roster and young team, the growing pains are inevitable.  On opening weekend, the Red Sox visited the A's home turf at Hartford Crossing in Medford, New Jersey.  Coincidentally (or not?), this field was where their playoff run was ended by the A's last season.

Bret Binder was the opening day starter and pitched well before having to leave early due to participate in an important political debate in West Chester, PA (read more here and here).

The revamped pitching staff couldn't stop the bleeding, and the bats couldn't get going as the Sox got swept by the defending champion A's 13-4 and 9-4.

There's nowhere to go but up!  Here are the standings after the Week 1 action.

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Philadelphia A's	2	0	1.000	-
Mayfair Fighting Irish	1	1	.500	1
Red Sox	0	2	.000	2
Aston Angels	0	2	.000	2
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Philadelphia Colt .45s	2	0	1.000	-
Philadelphia Muckdogs	2	0	1.000	-
Philadelphia Comets	1	1	.500	1
Quad County Brawlers	0	2	.000	2

Next week, the Red Sox come home to Latshaw McCarthy in Norristown to take one of the oldest franchises in the league, the Philadelphia Comets.  First pitch is at 10am on Sunday.  See you there!


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