The Boston Red Sox have been swept by the Texas Rangers, losing 3-1 on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees swept the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday also, beating them 6-4. Since the start of the second half, the Red Sox have lost five of six games, while the Yankees have won all of their six games, going ahead of the Red Sox in the AL East division by two games. In this slump, the Red Sox big bats have been slumping. Jason Bay, who is in the top of most batting categories in the AL, is the among the slumping players, along with J.D. Drew.
The start that the Red Sox have had in the second half is not good but they are nowhere close to being out of the division race. The Yankees have been playing great baseball at the start of the second half, but they will come back to normal and start losing some games. The Red Sox have to start hitting and start pitching better because the Tampa Bay Rays are behind them and can catch them as well.
Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield has been put on the disabled list as well. This isn't good news because he has been a very reliable pitcher. Jon Lester hasn't been reliable like they thought he would be this year. Josh Beckett, in my opinion, has been an overrated pitcher and you don't know if you'll get an excellent game from him, or if you'll get a pitcher who doesn't have much control and starts walking people. The Yankees have shown they can get reliable pitching from A.J. Burnett and C.C. Sabathia has come on strong since his terrible April. This will be an interesting AL East race between the Red Sox, Yankees and even the Rays.
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