Four Runs, Zero Backbone

Boston blows another lead, finishes the series with a thud, and limps to a 2–7 start that already feels terminal.

Final Score: Padres 8, Red Sox 6

There’s losing baseball games… and then there’s whatever the Red Sox are doing right now.

A 4-0 lead at Fenway. Early offense. Crowd alive. Pitcher cruising. For about 30 minutes, this actually looked like a real team. And then—like clockwork—the entire thing fell apart in the most predictable, lifeless, “of course this ha…