Ducksnort

Hoo boy. I really don't have the time to thoroughly answer this question. All you need to do is look at the lineups he was screwing around with for the first 2 months of the season. And I would actually argue it's more with pitchers than with the hitters. Exhibit A: Intentionally walking Trea Turner with a 1-2 count to get to Max Muncy. Got national attention. Easy case of manager losing the game. Look, I wasn't totally against TLR when he was hired. I wasn't "thrilled," but I wasn't against it. Hell he even got us to the playoffs last year. But if you've watched most Sox games this season, and have a good sense of modern-day baseball, I'm not sure how one doesn't question TLR's decision-making. Lately, I think someone up front has been up his ass, because his lineups have been actually making sense.

Sure. But the obsession with this manager with handedness, no matter who the hitter is, is a little ridiculous, don't you think?

That was a great comeback after yesterday's debacle. Baseball sure is a strange game.

Him and TA at the top of the lineup followed by Abreu, Robert, Pollock and Burger should score us plenty of runs the rest of the way. Forget Moncada, Grandal and Jimenez. We can score without them.

This game is the perfect example on how handedness should not be the primary decision-maker when it comes to matchups

Another DH LOL

If anything, Mendick has earned the starting 2B job, and at the very least Burger is the DH. I also think Seby's bat is valuable enough to where they should try to keep him on the roster but idk how that would work.

Air Yordan lol

Now it's on Cueto and the bullpen. This game is far from over. Houston offense can come back in a heartbeat. Don't let up!

YES! Holy shit this is so nice.

Lets go Robert shut this down make it 8-0

Ohhh!! Shades of the great Tony Grafanino

That was a nice slider...

As long as he's hitting it out, that's fine. But when you get horrible slumps with Grandal and Moncada, they have to change the approach. Looking the other way seems to work more often than not...

Well, this might be the first game JV loses against the Sox since 2014. On another note I hope the Sox continue to hit the opposite field the rest of the season. Grandal, Eloy and Moncada should be taking notes...

Damn. Would've been real nice to get that 5th run in.

I saw him trying to stretch a single into a double the other day (which he did, barely) and that was the first time I saw how slow that dude is. He was strugglin big time halfway to second. Makes you really appreciate how well Abreu runs as a first baseman.

That'll work!

Sure would be nice for Abreu to hit one into the crawford boxes rn

Yeah wonder why he didn't get there.

True. But especially to Robert.

Nice! I can't believe they didn't try to get him to chase.

Good slider here gets Luis

This ump has been very good

Yeah I thought Robert should have had that. Nice luck from the Brantley double play. Sox could use some more of that ol' l.u.c.k.