Hot streak

Admittedly, this is a question for the long term more than the short, though Sox manager Alex Cora currently has a day-to-day dilemma, too. Last night, with the right-handed Marcus Stroman starting for the Mets, Cora posted a lineup that was heavy on left-handed batters. Both Alex Verdugo and Kyle Schwarber were in the lineup, which was hardly surprising. The eye-opener was that Dalbec was in and Hunter Renfroe was out, which raises the question of why.