Locked On Red Sox

The Red Sox lost the series finale, 4-1, to the Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit Sunday afternoon.  Sox won the opener Friday night but lost the next 2 and are back to 3. Games above .500 with 25 games left in the Regular Season.  Sox are 5-9 over their last 14 games.   -----Strong Start: Cooper Criswell made the start in the finale for the Red Sox and on Sunday and he was terrific, retiring all 12 hitters that he faced over the 1st 4 Innings. He struck out 5 and got 4 groundball outs.  Plenty questioning on "Social Media" as to why Criswell was pulled after 4 "perfect" Innings and 52 pitches (35 strikes).#64's Line:  4 IP. 0 H. 0 R. 0 ER. 0 BB. 5 K.    -----2-Out Magic: It took until the 5th Inning, but the Red Sox got on the board 1st.  Brant Hurter struck out the 1st 2 hitters in the 5th, but 3 straight hitters each reached with hits.  Romy Gonzalez got things going with a single.  Gonzalez went 1st to 3rd on a single by Nick Sogard and he scored on a 2-out RBI Single from Jarren Duran.  -----1st Out of