What's behind the Sox' slump?

Not-so-booming bats It's not as though the Sox are weak at the dish; they still lead the AL in batting average, OPS and runs. But over the past week, the stats have told a different story. Only five homers have been hit, and the team's slugging percentage is a meager .394. On the whole, the Sox averaged a meager 4.25 runs per game over the last week. Kevin Youkilis has been particularly ineffective at the plate, hitting at a pedestrian .050 clip (his lone hit being a home run), but he's hardly the only culprit; J.D. Drew hit just .150 with no extra base hits and no RBIs (Youk had two).

Not-so-booming bats

It's not as though the Sox are weak at the dish; they still lead the AL in batting average, OPS and runs. But over the past week, the stats have told a different story. Only five homers have been hit, and the team's slugging percentage is a meager .394. On the whole, the Sox averaged a meager 4.25 runs per game over the last week. Kevin Youkilis has been particularly ineffective at the plate, hitting at a pedestrian .050 clip (his lone hit being a home run), but he's hardly the only culprit; J.D. Drew hit just .150 with no extra base hits and no RBIs (Youk had two).
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