Alex Cora said the Brewers were 'a lot better' than his Red Sox.
, the Boston Red Sox were swept by Milwaukee in the three-game series. Even though the scoreboard says that the Red Sox were outscored by just six runs, manager Alex Cora doesn't believe Wednesday's game—or the series—was particularly close.
"We didn't play well today," Cora said after the game. "The score was the score but we walked the leadoff guy, we didn't cover first, we dropped a fly ball to left, we got thrown out at third, we made the play at the end. The score will say that it was a good baseball game but we didn't play well today." One of Boston's most egregious errors on Wednesday occurred in the bottom of the 10th inning with the Red Sox clinging to a one-run lead. Facing Red Sox reliever Justin Slaten with runners on first and third and no outs, Brewers left fielder Isaac Collins grounded a ball to rookie second baseman Kristian Campbell, who threw home in an attempt to prevent a run from scoring. But theand the Red Sox ended up not making a single out on the play. It was one of three errors in the game for Boston. The Brewers won the game on a sacrifice fly in the next at-bat.and have plummeted to fourth place in the American League East. It's a shocking stretch for a team that brought in marquee players this offseason and was projected to be among the contenders in the AL. "We got to be better and that's the bottom line," Cora said. "Especially in the fundamentals...They ran the bases better than us, they played good defense, obviously, they pitched. But the little things. Man on second, no outs, they move guys over. I think we did a good job today in that aspect but overall, as far as fundamentals and clean baseball, they were a lot better than us."Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia. When he's not writing, he enjoys reading, exercising and spending time with his family, including his three-legged cat Willow, who, unfortunately, is an Eagles fan.
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