"Carl Crawford appeared to have finally figured it out.

After his unfathomably wretched April, the Red Sox [team stats] left fielder quietly had built his batting average to respectability. Crawford reached his high-water mark of .260 on Aug. 7 after he went 7-for-8 in a two-game stretch against the Yankees.

Everyone, including Crawford, thought that was a breakout performance. Instead, he's nosedived back to his April form, going 4-for-31 since the Yankees series.

Crawford has gone hitless in his last 15 at-bats and has seven strikeouts during that stretch, many coming on hapless flails at breaking balls.

"I was feeling good and this series, for some reason, I just wasn't myself," Crawford said. "Whatever the reason was, I struggled this series. I guess I've just got to go back and watch some video and start from scratch again.""