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Just like last year, the Boston Red Sox face a critical month of June after getting off to a slow start.
Last season, the Red Sox ended May four games below .500. June brought major changes as the team called up Roman Anthony and shipped Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants.
This year, Boston enters June in an even bigger hole, eight games below .500 and last in the AL East.
The Red Sox are still searching for consistency, which has eluded them all season. Their longest winning streak has been just three games and they’ve won back-to-back series only once this year, all the way back in early April.
Boston’s been terrible at home this year, going 9-19 at Fenway Park. That needs to change in June if the Red Sox want to start building momentum and playing more consistent baseball, especially with 15 of their 27 June games at home, including nine of the first 15.
Boston needs to maximize its home-field advantage against some tough opponents. The Red Sox play 16 divisional games in June and face all four of their AL East opponents, including the New York Yankees twice. Fortunately, 10 of those games are at Fenway.
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