Red Sox demolished by Guardians in bullpen game gone awry

It’s one game out of 162, but Wednesday night was about at bad as it gets.

With no healthy starting pitchers they could trust ready and available, the Red Sox attempted to piece together a bullpen game for the series finale against the Cleveland Guardians. But the plan fell to pieces almost immediately amid a disastrous six-run second inning, which featured five hits, two errors and put the club in an early seven-run hole.

It didn’t get any better the rest of the way. Final score: Guardians 8, Red Sox 1.

Things got off to an inauspicious start when opener Brennan Bernardino failed to finish the top of the first. The left-hander allowed a leadoff double to Steven Kwan, who advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a ground out by Jose Ramirez.

Bernardino then wal

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