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Lucas Giolito gave up three runs in the first inning and said later he pitched like horse crap; he also said this was the worst he’s felt on the mound this season, along with the admission that’s something he has to deal with as all pitchers do. Manager Pedro Grifol went back to praising his players, to the point another loss, this one 4-3 to the Astros, comes as a surprise. The 14-28 record indicates otherwise. This is what I know. Rebuild keystones Tim Anderson and Yoan Moncada went 1-for-8. Hanser Alberto and Seby Zavala totaled 0-for-7 on the afternoon, and Andrew Vaughn, another keystone, continued to look lost, going 0-for-4. Throw in thirteen strikeouts, and you have a team ready to go belly up. Luis Robert Jr. homered for the third straight game, and Jake Burger went deep in his first game off the IL. Obviously, keep those two in the lineup. Everyone else? Time to back up the truck. Oh, wait. Rick Hahn’s doing the driving. My bad, the Sox bad.