The Boston Red Sox suffered a major blow last week when Roman Anthony suffered an oblique strain. With Anthony expected to miss four to six weeks , the Red Sox will be without one of their best players for a while.

Not surprisingly, his teammates have struggled without him. Boston is 1-3 with a minus-13 run differential in four games since Anthony went down, matching its longest losing streak since late June (shortly after Rafael Devers was traded).

The Red Sox’s lineup has struggled without Anthony, especially against starting pitching. In their last four games, all four starting pitchers they’ve faced have thrown six innings of one-run ball against them .

That’s even more concerning given that two of the pitchers who did so — Eduardo Rodriguez and Brandon Pfaadt — have ERAs over f

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