Botch's job is to close games..... whether he has a 1-run lead or a 3 or 4-run lead. He didn't do it today. He's barely been doing it at all this season..... a couple of games notwithstanding. The 1-2-3 9th on 05/18 stands out as Botch's crowning achievement at this moment.
When Botch gets a save and 1-2 runs score in, say, a 3-run Sox lead, the Botch Backers say "a save is a save." When Botch blows a 1-run lead, the Botch Backers say "the offense was anemic and didn't score enough runs."
Face it. Botch blows and, if this team has postseason aspirations, I don't want to even glance at one Billy Botch in the 9th inning of a Sox 1, 2, or 3 (hell 4!) run lead.