Slumping Red Sox Shockingly Plummet To Last Place In Key Offensive Category originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Runs have been hard to come by for the Boston Red Sox this year, especially lately.The Red Sox's slumbering offense has looked lifeless at Fenway Park so far this weekend, mustering just two runs and nine hits in19 innings over the first two games of their series against the Detroit Tigers. Granted, eight of those innings were against reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, but still.Boston's averaging just 3.95 runs per game this season, tied for 20th in baseball. It's also half a run below the MLB average of4.45.A big reason for the Red Sox's offensive woes is their lack of power. They rank 2 6th in slugging percentage at .340 and dead last in home runswith 12 entering play on Sunday.The Red Sox are now dead last in the major leagues with 12 home runs. Tony Massarotti (@TonyMassarotti) April 19, 2026Surprisingly, Boston's power outage has only gotten worse despite warmer weather and spending more time at Fenway Park. After cracking eight homers over their first seven games, the Red Sox have gone deep just four times over their last13 games, contributing to their 6-7 record during that span. This isn't a new problem for Boston, either. The Red Sox ranked 27th in home runs following the Rafael Devers trade last season and did not add significant power during the offseason, so the early results aren't surprising. In FanGraphs' ZiPS preseason projection model, Boston was the only MLB team that didn't have a single batter projected to hit 20 home runs this year. So far, those predictions have proven accurate. If the Red Sox want to start scoring more runs and turn their season around, they need to start hitting the ball over the fence with more regularity. With how good pitchers and defenses are nowadays, it's tough to score runs without the long ball in the modern game.Boston's finding that out the hard way.More MLB:Red Sox Announce New Start Time For Sunday's Game Vs. Tigers

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PARIS (AP) American forward Folarin Balogun scored for the eighth straight league game as Monaco rallied to draw 2-2 with struggling Auxerre in Ligue 1 on Sunday.Monaco is one of several sides chasing a Champions League place next season, with the top three getting through directly and the side in fourth entering qualifying. The draw kept Monaco in seventh place with four games left.Later Sunday, league leader Paris Saint-Germain hosted Lyon.Balogun equalized with a penalty in the 59th minute after being knocked over by goalkeeper Donovan Lon when trying to go around him. Former Barcelona midfielder Ansu Fati got Monacos other goal with a low drive from the edge of the penalty area three minutes earlier.Midfielder Kvin Danois put the visitors ahead with a volley from the edge of the penalty area in the 11th, and striker Lassine Sinayoko made it 2-0 in the 33rd when his shot squirmed under the body of goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky.Monaco is two points behind fourth-place Marseille, which lost 2-0 at Lorient on Saturday for a third defeat in four games, which prompted a scathing attack on the players from the club's sporting director.Auxerre is in 16th place, the relegation-promotion playoff spot against the side finishing third in Ligue 2.In Sunday's other matches, Strasbourg hosted Champions League-chasing Rennes, rock-bottom Metz faced Paris FC and lowly Nantes played Brest.In Friday's game, second-placed Lens rallied from 2-0 down to beat Toulouse 3-2.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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Racing driver Juha Miettinen has died following a multi-car collision during the ADAC 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers in Germany, an event also scheduled to feature four-time Formula One champion Max Verstappen.Miettinen, 66, was involved in a serious incident early on, which saw seven competitors collide. According to organisers, race control immediately halted the competition, and emergency services swiftly attended the scene.Despite rapid intervention, Miettinen could not be saved. He was removed from his vehicle and later pronounced dead at the medical centre after resuscitation attempts proved unsuccessful."Shocked by what's happened today," Verstappen, who was not competing at the time of the incident, wrote in a post to his Instagram Stories. "Motorsport is something we all love, but in times like this it is a reminder of how dangerous it can be."Sending my heartfelt condolences to Juha's family and loved ones."The full statement from organisers of the race read: "During the first race of the ADAC 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers (18 April 2026), a serious accident involving seven competitors occurred in the early stages of the race."Following the collision between several vehicles, race control immediately halted the race to allow for extensive recovery and rescue operations."Despite the immediate arrival of emergency services, the emergency medics were unable to save the driver involved, Juha Miettinen (BMW 325i, 121), after he had been extracted from the vehicle; the driver died at the Medical Centre after all attempts at resuscitation proved unsuccessful."The other six drivers involved were taken to the Medical Centre and nearby hospitals for precautionary examinations. None of the injured are in a life-threatening condition."The race will not resume on Saturday evening. The thoughts of everyone involved in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring are with the bereaved family of Juha Miettinen."Organisers confirmed that competition would not resume on Saturday evening, and there will be a minute's silence held in Miettinen's honour during the grid formation when competition resumes at 1pm local time on Sunday.

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