The Red Sox dropped yet another series, losing to one of the worst teams in the American League, the Baltimore Orioles. The Sox finished their 10 game road trip 3-and-7, closing out the trip by losing two-out-of-three to the Orioles, in pathetic fashion. The Sox limped through April, going 9-and-13, and started off May by losing 9-5 in Baltimore.  

Nate Eovaldi delivers a pitching during his stellar outing on Saturday night. (Via. Getty Images)

STARTERS:

In game one Rich Hill started off the series on the right note by cruising through 4 innings, only giving up one hit and striking out four. 

In game two of the series the Sox wasted yet another spectacular start by Nate Eovaldi. Eovaldi had a no-hitter going through 5.2 innings before giving up a double to Cedric Mullins. Eovaldi went 7 innings allowing only three hits and no runs. 

In game three of the series Nick Pivetta didn't have a great start. Pivetta failed to reach the 5th inning yet again, going 4.2 innings, allowing six hits and three earned, striking out five. 

Hirokazu Sawamura uncorks a wild throw in the 10th inning Saturday night, leading to the Sox 2-1 loss. (Via. Getty Images)

BULLPEN:

In game one of the series Tanner Houck piggybacked off of Rich Hill's performance by struggling through 3 innings, giving up two hits but walking three. Jake Diekman followed Houck going an inning of work, striking out one and giving up no hits. After Diekman was Hansel Robles who gave the Sox a bit of a heart attack, giving up a solo home run to Ryan Mountcastle and a double in two-thirds of an inning of work, before he was lifted for Matt Strahm. Strahm closed out the 3-1 win for the Sox going one-third of an inning, walking one and striking out another. 

In game two of the series Matt Barnes relieved Eovaldi from his outing and promptly blew the Sox narrow 1-0 lead. Barnes got the first two outs of the inning but then gave up a double to Cedric Mullins followed by a single to Anthony Santander, which allowed Mullins to score and tie the game. Barnes would finish the inning getting Mountcastle to line out. Hirokazu Sawamura would take over in extra innings and completely blow the game. The Sox started the bottom of the 10th by intentionally walking Ryan Mckenna, the Orioles followed up by trying to bunt the runners over when Sawamura threw the ball away into left field allowing the winning run to score. 

In game three of the series the bullpen was horrid. Phillips Valdez headlined the dumpster fire by having his worst outing of the year. Valdez allowed four hits, two walks, and four earned runs in two innings of work which put the game out of reach for the struggling Sox offense. Kevin Plawecki was the Sox best pitcher out of the Sox bullpen going an inning, only allowing a hit and no runs. 

J.D. Martinez celebrates his grand slam in the ninth on Sunday afternoon in the Sox 9-5 loss. (Via. Getty Images)

OFFENSE: 

In game one of the series, the Sox offense was again lifeless for the most part. The Sox picked up three runs in the second inning, two of which came from a Christian Arroyo 2-run-home run. The third run was an unearned run coming after a Christian Vazquez single, the Orioles right fielder committed an error allowing Jackie Bradley Jr. to score. 

In game two of the series, the Sox offense was miserable. The Sox lone run came in the first inning when Trevor Story led the game off with a double, Xander Bogaerts followed him up with an RBI single. After that the Sox offense would only muster up five more hits on the night giving them a total of seven and only scoring the lone run. The Sox left ten men on base and went 1-8 with runners in scoring position, also failing to score in extra innings. 

In game three of the series the Sox offense again was not great. The offense was again quiet for the most part of the day until the 5th inning when Franchy Cordero gave the Sox the lead with a sac fly. The Sox offense would then again go quiet until the 9th inning when they were already down 9-1. In the ninth the Sox would put a four spot on the board from a JD Martinez grand slam, but it was too little too late as that would be the extent of the Sox offense. The Sox had eleven hits but only went 2-10 with RISP and left ten men on base. 

LOOKING AHEAD: 

Well, April was terrible for the Sox, and May did not start much better. This team has been incredibly inconsistent offensively and that needs to change. The Sox are putting way too much pressure on the bullpen, constantly putting them in bad positions, only giving them one to three run leads, which is leading them to disaster. The Sox HAVE to turn things around in May, otherwise they will have probably dug themselves too steep of a hole to get out of. They are already 6-and-a-half games back of the division leading New York Yankees. The Sox must take advantage of the off day on Monday and start back on the right track on Tuesday when Mike Trout, Shoei Ohtani, and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim come to town. The offense has to get on the right track and help this pitching staff out, they are being left out to dry. Look for the Sox to at least win the series against the Angels and get back on the right track.