Eric Chavez's home run off Kyle Snyder with one out in the bottom of the 11th ended a wild one at 1:55 AM.
It's a little weird to feel so unperturbed by two straight losses, but both this game and Sunday's game against New York were addictive, nail-biting baseball, and perhaps living in these post-2004 times -- and holding a 10+ game lead, of course -- lets me handle a few losses.
Oakland's Mark Ellis hit for the cycle, needing a 10th-inning single to do it. The Red Sox have now lost their only two extra-inning games this season, both to Oakland and both by a score of 5-4 (May 1 was the other game).
David Ortiz and Wily Mo Pena both his solo home runs and Pena's RBI single in the 9th tied the game as Boston rallied to score twice. Pedroia extended his hitting streak to 14 games. ... Birthday boy JC Romero pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the bottom of the ninth, getting Chavez swinging and Bobby Crosby on a 5-2-3 DP.
Elsewhere in the East, Baltimore and New York lost, Tampa won and the Jays were idle. So we lead Toronto by 10, Orioles by 11, and the Devil Rays and Yankees by 12.5.
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Julian Tavarez (5.40, 83 ERA+) / Dan Haren (1.64, 262 ERA+)
Lips draws another ace.
Dustin Pedroia was named AL Rookie of the Month for May -- .415/.472/.600, six doubles, two home runs and nine RBI. His batting average for the season is .336.
182 comments:
Fuck yeah, Dustin!
And I think it's time to dirty up someone's ERA.
No, not Lips!
Just saw that at Extra Bases - Dusty batted .609 over the last week with 6 doubles and 6 ribbies over 6 games.
Only 397 comments to go to beat yesterday!
aces wild?
Correct me if I'm wrong - but if Dustin is AL rookie of the month - doesn't that make two sox in a row getting that award? Wasn't Okajima AL rookie in April?
I'm off to the game!
GO SOX
Am not worried so much about how Julian will pitch as I am about the Sox Batters.
Anyone know what time they arrived in Cali today? My best guess was at about 12:00 EST today. That makes for a jet lagged team. You have to wonder how much stamina they will have tonight.
White Sox up 5-1 over MFY in the bottom of the 4th.
Nice report, chief.
Amalie Benjamin says "The team arrived at 4:45 a.m., and got to their San Francisco hotel around 5:15 a.m." PST, obviously.
1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Alex Cora, SS
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
6. J.D. Drew, RF
7. Coco Crisp, CF
8. Doug Mirabelli, C
9. Eric Hinske, 1B
1. Shannon Stewart, LF
2. Travis Buck, RF
3. Nick Swisher, 1B
4. Dan Johnson, DH
5. Eric Chavez, 3B
6. Bobby Crosby, SS
7. Mark Kotsay, CF
8. Mark Ellis, 2B
9. Jason Kendall, C
Due to Jet (according to herald insider) Francona is sitting a few players tonight and will rest others tomorrow night. Plane arrived at 8:00 am EST.
Line ups.
BOSTON
2B Dustin Pedroia
SS Alex Cora
DH David Ortiz
LF Manny Ramirez
3B Kevin Youkilis
RF JD Drew
CF Coco Crisp
C Doug Mirabelli
1B Eric Hinske
(RHP Julian Tavarez)
OAKLAND
LF Shannon Stewart
RF Travis Buck
1B Nick Swisher
DH Dan Johnson
3B Eric Chavez
SS Bobby Crosby
CF Mark Kotsay
2B Mark Ellis
C Jason Kendall
(RHP Dan Haren)
Not going to lie. That lineup kind of terrifies me.
Timmy Mac said...
Not going to lie. That lineup kind of terrifies me.
Blame ESPN and MLB for that. I thought there was something in the collective bargaining against this type of travel but obviously I was wrong. The game yesterday should have been played at 12:00 or 1:00 so that the Sox were getting in at a reasonable time instead of around 8:00 a.m. this morning.
Yanks still down 5-1 to the Sox. Rays beat the Royals 4-2. Baltimore is in Seattle and starts at 10:00.
Should be an interesting night.
they can handle it.
6-1. someone homered off some fatty of theirs.
Haha, I have ChiSox-Yanks muted on ESPN waiting for the important game to start. Every time I glance up, the MFY are making a pitching change. Mike Myers now.
Whoa, wild pitch. Nevermind, inning over.
Still 6-1 White Sox.
konerko solo shot made it 6-0. off the immortal chris britton.
mfy starter desalvo went 1.1 tonight.
second place jays off tonight.
Romero's 31st birthday tonight. Maybe he will pull a Julian and get a win!
shit , stuck with fox guys in oakland, with ray fosse.
Sox have a chance to get over .500 in Monday games. A win would make them 4 and 3.
Travis Buck for the all-animal team.
MFY on their last out. Garland went 8.1 for the White Sox.
go sox.
Oops, stupid ESPN scoreboard page was wrong.
6-2 White Sox, one out in the top of the 9th.
6-3, now two outs.
shit warning track fly-out. damn. would have been gone at fenway.
YES!!! PAPI!!! FINALLY MAN ;P
Seven pitches, one swing.
cookie monster!!!
mfy were up 1-0 tonight, blew the lead and lost.
6-4. MFY still alive.
c'mon jenks gd it.
k finally.
Ok, finally over, MFY lose. Did somebody say something about Papi?
oop -- posted that and mfy were not gone, but as the tying run with judas on first, CI becomes mr. 27 yet again.
totally tangible.
Is Sterling on suicide watch after an almost-comeback like that?
wmp in cf, not coco. was that made before start of game? gameday has crisp out there.
Remy just stated that WMP was a late late addition.
Crisp out with upset stomach right before the game according to Tina Cervasio
coco sick stomach.
so was pena in the starting lineup or is he a sub for coco?
damn it, i want an answer!!!
gameday still has crisp in cf
Not much detail so far, but NESN said "before" the game.
Don: "Maybe that's why Julian is always pointing around the infield."
HAHAHAHAHA.
gameday just put him in as the starter, but i never trust mlb.
Now Don has said the WMP is batting in "Coco's spot," which is also specifically vague.
guh still no outs. 2-1 a's. misplayed by wmp in right.
hard hop on a ball that was slicing. i won't rip wmp on that one.
Some good hitting by the A's there and tough breaks for Julian. Well done to draw that walk by fouling off some good pitches; the single goes right where Cora had been (why did he go towards second?); then the hit.
Argh.
shades of the tigers tv guys as the oakland fsn guys get a bit too giddy on that triple. just call the game.
two nice outs to third to hold the runner. limit the damage who-lian.
cora covering on a hit and run. which worked perfectly.
2-1 aint shit. lets go bats.
sexy looking good in the 3rd, getting swisher on a fb and johnson on a slider down and in.
but now two line drive singles have two a's on. let's get kotsay.
three innings
tavarez pitches: 20-30-22 = 72
haren pitches: 23-15-13 = 51
so haren has pitched 7+ innings and allowed 4 or fewer hits in each of his last 4 starts coming in to tonight?
ummm, that's pretty good.
manny, yook and werd in order in the 4th,
everyone else gone to bed?
Not in San Francisco.
Well, lying in bed watching mlb.tv.
I'm still here, but fading fast. Need to pace myself, it's a long road trip.
mark ellis
2-run triple in 2nd
solo hr (lined lf line) in 4th
eliis 3, sox 0
i miss the west coast trips from the late 70s. games in every city: usually 3 in oakland, 3 in anaheim, 3 in seattle.
mega-expansion, interleague, etc. makes that impossible now.
Nice catch Lips.
what do you mean, one series after another?
not only the late 70s ... but that's when i was sneaking my little yellow transitior radio next to my pillow.
it is nice to not have to get up for a weekday job when these games are on. enjoy the evening, then settle in for a game at 10!
tdcg, me?
the sox (and other east teams) would make 2 trips out west all year, play series against all 3 west teams and then fly back. now the schedule demands 2 game series and criss crossing all over the place.
you'd have almost two weeks of weekday games at 10 pm. maybe 10:30.
Or hurrying home from school to see playoff games, eh?
(That was not necessarily a Canadian "eh".)
runs runs runs. plz?
Or hurrying home from school to see playoff games, eh?
i did that for the 78 playoff game, but that was it. :<(
WMP is helpless not to swing for strike three.
redsock, yes.
i just wondered what you meant by the west coast trips and the games in every city thing. like were they all in a row?
i feel. like we're gonna lose this. lol. sorry, but i do.
yeah, you can check out retrosheet for team's game logs, like the 1977 red sox here (2 trips in mid-may and latejuly/early aug)
how about "run plz"?
haren has been pedroesque this year, so if we can't zap him quick with a few runs or run his pc up, we likely won't do much. and we're not doing either.
mm.
Our big boys are up and Julian's kept it reasonable. But, admittedly advantage A's.
right here, manny!!!
of course we can still do it.
phooey. still 3-1. still very doable.
fucking ellis.
triple in 2nd
home run in 4th
double in 6th
Haren finds a WMP -- Weapon of Mass Production!
Wily Mo!!!
How is the A's bullpen?
quite good pen.
Pretty good. Their closer (Street) is hurt and Duscherer is not having a good year. But Embree has found himself again and they have some other good arms in there.
Donnelly looks great.
Pinero we don't need right now.
hinske whiffs.
should tito have gone to the bench now? lowell, lugo, tek sitting there.
danny boy. yr too good. stop that ;p
come on boys......
We can't let this turn into a minislump.
I really wanted embree to come in, hahahaha
lol it's not a slump. we're up against a great pitcher who's just coming into his prime.
nice walk there, joe-l.
looks like we get hombre in the 9th.
idiot oakland annc.
they call ellis's HR a no-doubter, tho when he hit it, they weren't sure it had the lift to clear the fence. one guy was surprised.
then right after showing his triple to rcf, like 5 seconds later, they say he's been pulling everything tonight.
FLO -- 1st pitch double down the rf line.
lets go MANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!
stupid last inning run. thx pinero! c'mon manny!!!!!
wth. manny you gotta swing at that.
yay tek!!
gah..game would been tied. gksjdfj.
c'mon one more!
OMG!!!!!!!!
TIE GAME!! WMP!!!!
that was huge.
fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!
tel flair scored flo
pr crisp off with the pitch as pena doubles to the rcf gap.
wpoooooohooooo
4-4
thanks embree!!!!!!!
ok who's in for the 9th.
(only a single for wmp)
extra cripsy hustle!!!
no more pineiro, pls.
god damn it -- no balls, joe-l.
shit who else could we go to?
ugh. lead-off walk. niiice D;
looks like jeemer and bot are not available.
romero up as pineiro fucks things up.
jc man. wake up!!
fucking iron glove hinske.
fucking christ.
i have 0% faith in romero.
well, okay, 3%.
i have about 1.5%. PROVE ME WRONG B-DAY BOY.
pineiro: 1+ inning (8 batters faced), 0 hits, 3 walks.
sigh.
nice little popup to start. then a dp. or ya know, strike out the side. lol;(
ball 1. deja vu with this dude.
this sucks!!!!!! what a kick in the balls, thanks tito!
how. why. why is he a ml pitcher. he cannot throw strikes.
alright, time for some FCs.
x-2-3 DP?
strike 2. c'mon man!!!!!!
that was really important.
omg. hells yess. stayin alive...
K!!!!!!!!!!!
okay, that's 1. DP PLS.
you blow romerinero
5-2-3!!
HAD IT ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!
I think I just had a Joy-Gasm
omg. my heart just stopped.
whoa. just whoa.
;D!!
wait ... we're still tied.
on to the 10th ....
this is awesome!!!! i so..omg. so had no faith in him. hearts for you JC!!!
wait ... we're still tied.
on to the 10th ....
oh yeah. hmm.
must change that immediately.
Didn't we lose to the A's in our only other extra innings game this year?
Payback time.
hookers and blow for the birthday boy!!!!!
now -- we better win this fucker.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear JC
Happy birthday to you
Redsock - way to call it!
sox in extras this year:
0-1, loss to oakland 5-4 on may 1
now who? snyder?
no word from fsn on whoisout there.
pedroia 13 game hit streak on the line
romero still has his jacket on.
hmmmm
DP -- HIT!!!! 14.
aw yeah base hit!
There's DP's hit.
No comment on the bullpen on NESN either, so I'm thinking more Romero.
calero coming in.
i would totally love something like 20-21 innings tonight.
haha why? wide awake?
actually if it goes that long, it has to go 27 -- breaking the mlb record of 26.
(i did see 22 innings in montreal in 1989. 1-0 dodgers!)
no work to get up for tomorrow ...
so play on!!
christ. out by like 5 feet.
damn it -- did dp get a late jump on that one, even with 2 outs?
dead duck.
i'm with you! i just hope we come out on top after all that.
This game is a test of wills - and if we can beat them this tired - WE ROCK!
DeMarlo Sveum
Why did they send him?
Getting late even for the West Coast -- especially for those of us who want to go to the game tomorrow!
Snyder up in the pen
it was grabbed quickly and thrown in by kotsay.
snyder is warming.
got to send him with 2 outs.
figured it would be closer, but a good relay i guess. crosby threw a chest high strike to kendall.
Ellis gets the cycle. pffftt.
i don't think i've ever seen a game with a cycle in it!
DP PLS.
aaaaaand a cycle. I didn't even know he was 75% of the way there.... maybe I just forgot, but I don't recall them mentioning it? w/e... come on J.C. "Jesus Christ" Romero
Seattle beat Baltimore 7-4
the cycle was mentioned each time Ellis came up on NESN (after he hit the HR in the 4th obviously). That seems like a long time ago though. I think I feel asleep for a little while at one point.
(after he hit the HR in the 4th obviously)
Sorry, after the 6th inning double.
2 outs. 2nd and 3rd. a little nervous.
lol this game is crazy!! onto the 11th..damn ;D
snyder holds on to the ball!!!!!!
fucking A.
Collisions at 1B make me nervous all the sudden.
Wow, long pause there while the ump made sure Synder hung onto the ball.
There's something about being a Sox fan and weird plays at first that makes the anxiety rear its head.
that was close.
Heh heh, we are of one mind.
the snyda play was nervewracking. c'mon, yookie
These guys have got to be tired.
yook.
still plenty of "yoooook"s in oakland.
cmon coke co
c'mon coco
boo
now that's the Milly Whoa we know and love
any chance of us getting a nice 1-2-3 inning on these guys? hmmm?
i need a donut. but i don't have one.
a fig newton will have to do...
put in wakefield
jk
How about a bagel?
i need a beer. but i don't have one.
a mike's hard lemonade leftover from a party last summer will have to do...
every other batter, the oakland tv guys are begging for a HR to "send us home"
it's getting annoying.
that is a swift kick in the groin area
now it's REALLY fucking annoying.
well that sucks.
damn.
just damn.
(i'd love a bagel)
Was a pretty amazing game, though.
only tampa gains ground on us -- i can deal with that.
chavez looked all tired about it lol.
yep. no big deal. we battled hard as always. that matters alot :)
night all :)
time to update the score and hit the hay. thanks for sticking around for this one.
Just got back from the game - towards the end there were probably more Sox fans than Oakland fans, at least in the lower seats where I was. Definitely an awesome game, except for the very end. Not bad for our B squad + 5th starter + bullpen "scrubs", I'd say.
And just so you know, Wily Mo's HR looked even more monstrous in person. Holy shit.
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