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Lucas Giolito Had Brutally Honest, NSFW Review of His Terrible Start vs. Angels

Giolito didn't last two innings against Los Angeles on Wednesday | David Butler II-Imagn Images

The Boston Red Sox enjoyed an exciting win on Wednesday, with Ceddanne Rafaela hitting a comically short walk-off home run around the Pesky Pole to take down the Los Angeles Angels, 11-9. But they were only in need of those late-game heroics to begin with thanks to a particularly brutal start from Lucas Giolito.

Giolito, who was signed by the Red Sox in 2024 but didn't make his first start for Boston until this season due to UCL surgery, got absolutely rocked from the moment he stepped on the mound. He lasted 1.2 innings against the Angels and gave up eight hits along with seven runs in the process. The Red Sox have already been dealing with struggles from starters to go deep into ballgames recently, and were forced to lean on the bullpen for almost the entire game.

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