The Red Sox were able to snap their five-game losing streak on Wednesday, grabbing a 4-1 victory in Detroit against the Tigers to even up a three-game series. It was the opposite of a changing of the tides, and the Red Sox now enter a seemingly must-win series this weekend. The new relievers acquired at the deadline, Hansel Robles and Austin Davis, combined to let the game get away. The offense did mostly nothing all day long, and when they did do things it only led to greater disappointment with runners left on base. If they could get a win on Thursday, suddenly they’d have won a series and got back to within a half-game in the division. While it’s seemed like the worst-case scenario has been playing out for the Red Sox in realtime as all we can do is sit and watch, a win on Wednesday night coupled with a great start from Eduardo Rodriguez seemed like it could be a start of the changing of the tides.
