BOSTON — Chaim Bloom insisted this week that how the Red Sox perform leading up to Aug. 2 would only go so far into determining his approach at the trade deadline. The standings matter, but they weren’t everything to the chief baseball officer’s plans.
But if the Red Sox are trying to convince the front office to invest in them in these games, they’re having a hard time doing so. It’s even harder with a depleted roster.
A night after Xander Bogaerts’ heroics led them to victory, the Red Sox couldn’t recapture the magic and continue the momentum. Solid pitching performances from Austin Davis and Brayan Bello weren’t enough, as the Red Sox’ bats — as they’ve tended to do recently — went silent again in a 4-1 loss to the Brewers, their 18th loss of July, on Friday night at Fenway Park.
