In the seventh inning of last night’s ghastly loss to the Reds, Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a game changing, go-ahead, grand slam that nearly hit the Pod On Lansdowne studios after sailing Over The Monster — And yet, it was his at-bat the following inning that nearly proved even more disastrous for the Red Sox (and my mental well-being).

The Boston Red Sox may have an infield logjam on their hands soon. Alex Bregman is currently injured, but his return could complicate things.

There have been many changes for Red Sox rookie Marcelo Mayer since his long-awaited call-up in late May. The food is better, the hotels nicer. Road trips are taken on a team plane instead of a bus, and players don’t have roommates.