Flailing Red Sox bats leave Tanner Houck high and dry in loss to Nationals

Advertisement In their last 27 plate appearances with runners in scoring position, the Sox have failed to score. They've been held to one or no runs 12 times this year, and four times in the last seven contests — a stretch in which the team has gone 1-6 to fall to 19-19. Get 108 Stitches Receive the Globe's best reporting and commentary on the Red Sox every weekday. Enter Email Sign Up “It's part of the game. But to be a winning team, you do need to deliver in those situations,” said first baseman Garrett Cooper. “Sometimes, guys are pressing a bit much with guys on base and that's part of it. It's just something you've got to take a deep breath and calm down and treat it like any other at-bat