“He was good after the first inning,” manager Alex Cora said. “The first inning they put the ball in play. Seems like we made some adjustments or game-planning wise. They got three or four hits on the split, their lefties, and they scored four.”

Alex Cora’s 1,000th career game as Red Sox manager began with a bang, and ended with a whimper as his team lost 4-3 at the top of Saturday’s doubleheader with the Cleveland Guardians. The rotation hasn’t managed to pitch a scoreless first since last Saturday,