TAMPA — Manager Alex Cora speaks a lot about the importance of taking care of his players. But what does he do to take care of and relax his coaches, specifically hitting coach Pete Fatse right now when the offense is struggling so badly? Fatse has come under scrutiny among some Red Sox fans on social media. " You have conversations," Cora said before Boston’s game against the Rays here at George M.
Steinbrenner Field on Tuesday. “It’s part of the process. As long as the process is where it’s supposed to be, the results will happen.
And we know that. We talk about it the other day — the line was moving, runners in scoring position. At one point we’re gonna get a hit with men in scoring position.
We’re gonna start hitting the ball out of the ballpark." The Red Sox have scored 78 runs in 18 games, an average of 4.3 runs per game.
But 31 of those runs (39.7%) came in two games against the Cardinals . Boston has scored 47 runs in its other 16 games, an average of 2.
9 runs per game. “That’s been the message — conviction behind the plan," Cora said. “And if we do that, we are gonna be good.
With Pete, he understands how it works. And my job, our job, is to cancel the noise, and I think I took care of that yesterday.” Cora is referring to his remarks after Boston got blown out 16-1 here Monday .
Cora said last night, “I’ll take the blame because it seemed like our team wasn’t ready to go.” Cora also mentioned Tuesday that it’s not just about Bosto.
