This last run through the rotation has been very, very ugly for Boston.
8/24 - Fister: 5.1 ip, 9 h, 3 r, 3 er, 0 bb, 9 k, 1 first inning run (Sox win, 5-4)
8/25 - Pomeranz: 2.0 ip, 7 h, 5 r, 5 er, 1 bb, 0 k, 1 first inning run, 4 second inning runs (Sox lose, 6-4)
8/26 - Sale: 5.0 ip, 8 h, 5 r, 5 er, 2 bb, 8 k, 1 first inning run (Sox lose 9-4)
8/27 - Porcello: 5.2 ip, 7 h, 5 r, 5 er, 2 bb, 8 k, 3 first inning runs (Sox win 10-7)
8/28 - Rodriguez: 1.2 ip, 6 h, 5 r, 5 er, 2 bb, 2 k, 3 first inning runs, 2 second inning runs (Sox lose 12-2)
That's a combined line of: 19.2 ip, 37 h, 23 r, 23 er, 7 bb, 27 k, 10.53 era, 2.24 whip, 12.4 k/9
And 9 first inning runs allowed, plus 6 second inning runs allowed. 15 runs given up in the first two innings in these five games.
It's actually amazing the Sox won 2 of these 5 games.
Time for the rotation to shake it off and get good again.