SELECT RED SOX STATS BY INNING

Nelson Cruz has 6 9th inning homeruns. The Red Sox have 2.

In an effort to try and pinpoint when the Red Sox struggles are occurring, I looked at a few select statistics.  Here are my findings.

ERA BY INNING WITH CURRENT MLB RANKING

1st- 4.94 (21)
2nd- 4.43 (23)
3rd- 4.21 (21)
4th- 5.37 (28)
5th- 4.72 (22)
6th- 5.52 (29)
7th- 5.52 (30-last)
8th- 2.85 (9)
9th- 3.73 (23)

extra innings- 4.15 (18th)

9TH INNING OFFENSE

OPS is .538 (worst in league)
24 runs scored (tied for worst)
There are 6 players in MLB who have scored 6 runs in the 9th.
The Red Sox have 22 RBIs and 2 HR
Nelson Cruz has 12 RBIs and 6 HR

9TH INNING OR LATER

3.81 team ERA (24th)
Team has given up 54 runs (4th worst)
Team has scored 31 runs (worst)