"They've got good arms" – Red Sox manager Alex Cora reflects on ongoing struggles vs White Sox

KEY HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cora acknowledges that Boston's offence struggled against quality arms and brought the White Sox down pitching-wise.
• Red Sox earn a good series win yet again but find themselves in the same spot-as in up-and-down inconsistencies, especially against teams with no-nonsense pitching.
• The team has to be better as it continues through an entire season, according to Cora.

Inconsistent Red Sox performance falls short According to manager Alex Cora , the challenges posed by the Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox have to do with the power of their pitching staff. In a recent series, the Red Sox managed a dominant 10-3 victory, propelled by Trevor Story 's two three-run homers. A subsequent narrow defeat, quite the opposite way-ended in extra innings at 4-3.

This seems to give credence to the difficulties posed by the South Siders on the field with their delivery. Cora remarked, "They've got good arms," signifying his acceptance of facts regarding the quality of the opposition's arm.
Red Sox struggle to maintain momentumThe inconsistency demonstrated by the Red Sox has raised a wail of eyebrows, with them having days where offensive onslaughts may go a long way, such as that ten-to-three thrashing mentioned above. On the other hand, you have days like this where they cannot seem to put the ball in play on numerous scoring chances, such as the 4-3 extra-innings loss when they went just one-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

The White Sox have won just five games this season. Three of those wins have come against the Red Sox. Alex Cora reacted after Sunday's loss. https://t.co/5JVEQlKge6

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This, he has been stressing in reiterating the need for the team to "just be better" after the home team's 11-1 dismantling of the opposing Chicago White Sox earlier in the season.
Alex Cora calls for improved resilienceAlex Cora has been frank about the team's shortfalls and chided his charges about the need to show more mental toughness and concentration. He has indicated that sour losses should be quickly passed over, and competitive energy must be built for another showdown to follow. As the season drags mercilessly at times for the manager and his players, the geniuses of leadership will have to fail in their efforts to bring strength while competing against the best in a tough division.

While the Red Sox have shown potential through sporadic games, consistency remains the dilemma. Knowing the White Sox are among tough opponents with regard to overall power, Cora keeps extending the challenge to his team on the improvement of performance and resilience as they face the demands of the season.

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