Odalis Perez (5.68, 83 ERA+) / Julian Tavarez (5.15, 87 ERA+)
Sexy Lips posted a 3.66 ERA in May/June, but has slipped to 8.16 in his three July starts. The Red Sox have lost his last four starts.
LHP Perez has allowed 130 hits and 36 walks in 101.1 innings this season -- a 1.638 WHIP. David Ortiz has reached base in five of nine plate appearances against Perez.
Possible rain tonight -- check Extra Bases for updates.
FOR THE LOVE OF BELLHORN CAN WE GET SOME TIMELY HITTING PLEASE!!
ReplyDeleteDayn Perry of MsnFoxSports.com
ReplyDeleteon what each team needs at the trade deadline - not sure i agree with his assesment for the Sox. I can think of a couple of things needed.
1. J.D. Drew, RF
ReplyDelete2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
6. Mike Lowell, 3B
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Coco Crisp, CF
9. Julio Lugo, SS
1. David DeJesus, CF
2. Mark Grudzielanek, 2B
3. Mark Teahen, RF
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Ross Gload, DH
6. Alex Gordon, 3B
7. Emil Brown, LF
8. Jason Smith, SS
9. Jason LaRue, C
Comments with what I perceive to be commercials in them will be immediately deleted. (I wasn't able to connect to the site in the comment that was posted above, so I erred on the side of caution.) Feel free to repost without links.
ReplyDeleteFWIW - Tonights starters vs Tavarez - 16 for 58 with Grudzielanek being top dog at 8 for 26.
ReplyDeleteRE - from a post from the Beckett game about rookie starters vs the Sox. I'm still working on the spreadsheet but have some numbers on the Sox record the first time someone makes a start against them.
From 2002 until today there have been 172 games where the Sox have faced someone for the 1st time. The team record is 97 wins and 75 losses.
Manny! GG!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad my name is not "Gload".
ReplyDelete0-2 RISP glad to see that hasn't changed. grrrr!
ReplyDeleteRedsock - I just e-mailed you an excel sheet of 1st time starts!!
We must not get blanked by Odalis F'ing Perez.
ReplyDeleteMust. Not.
I knew the Royals were playing respectible baseball these days but didn't realize they had the best ERA in the Majors since 6/24 as NESN pointed out (3.40).
ReplyDeletePedroia: the most exciting player on the team right now.
ReplyDeleteBy far? I think he needs some company if we're going to play .600 and not .500 ball.
Not that I'm worried. Not really worried, no.
Not worried. Not worried. Not worried. Not worried.
ReplyDeleteZenslinger said...
ReplyDeleteNot that I'm worried. Not really worried, no.
Is that a if I say it enough I will convince myself statement?
What is it with 4th innings against the sox pitchers?
f*ck
ReplyDeletewtf lugo? why'd he pull up on that grounder?
ReplyDeletethanks s1c. i'll take a look.
ReplyDelete8 GA
ReplyDeleteThat is sizable.
It's not 11, but it's not 5 either.
8.
I sound like a whiny Yankee fan. Sorry. Need more sleep.
ReplyDeleteJays are getting the DPs to keep them up 1-0 on the Yanks.
ODALIS PEREZ IS PITCHING A 3-HIT SHUTOUT!
ReplyDeleteODALIS PEREZ IS PITCHING A 3-HIT SHUTOUT!
ODALIS PEREZ IS PITCHING A 3-HIT SHUTOUT!
ODALIS PEREZ IS PITCHING A 3-HIT SHUTOUT!
ODALIS PEREZ IS PITCHING A 3-HIT SHUTOUT!
ODALIS PEREZ IS PITCHING A 3-HIT SHUTOUT!
ODALIS PEREZ IS PITCHING A 3-HIT SHUTOUT!
I am not worried and I need no convincing. Eight game lead, amigos. Enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteStop putting the Chokers on a pedestal. They are not a good team.
ReplyDeletewutttttttttt
ReplyDeletewhere's Sveum when you need him...
Anyone else get the terrible feeling we are not going to score?
ReplyDeletetime for jason to hit his third slammy. at least i think its third!
ReplyDeleteOK. We scored. I feel a little better now
ReplyDeleteSveum? Never need him -- unless he is coaching the other team. Plus Manny would have been out by 30feet.
ReplyDeleteMy posting in CAPS is quite powerful. I should have done it earlier.
Loaded for Lugo!
ReplyDeleteTek sucks with bases loaded (<.222 ba), but at least we got a run home.
ReplyDeleteNow bases loaded again for Lugo!
come on Hooleyo.
ReplyDeleteI am a proud member of Julio's Hooligans
ReplyDeleteLuuuuuuuuuuuuuugo!
ReplyDeleteWill take the Sac Fly. 4-2 !!!!
ReplyDeleteSlugo!!!
ReplyDeleteCrispy well on his way to an Oscar Gamble 'fro!
ReplyDeletedon't get tossed peewee
ReplyDelete.219 42rbi...Slugo
ReplyDeleteD-ped - mr. fiesty!!
ReplyDelete9casey said...
ReplyDelete.Slugo
I beleive that is Lgirl's nickname ,but Im usin it..........:)
Yet another time of the Sox roaring right back and taking the lead.
ReplyDeleteTor 1-0 in the 5th.
I heard Gabbard call Pedroia..Peedy.......
ReplyDelete"I beleive that is Lgirl's nickname ,but Im usin it.........."
ReplyDeleteI'm honoured. :)
Peedy? Like Petey? Cute.
ReplyDeleteaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
ReplyDeleteWhat did Manny do?
ReplyDeleteWhat did Manny do?
ReplyDeleteHow is it possible that Sox Appeal still hasn't started yet? So fucking sick of it already.
ReplyDeleteL-girl said...
ReplyDeletePeedy? Like Petey? Cute.
Maybe not for those Pedro fans...you know what I mean
ball hit 1/2 up wall and caromed back over manny's head.
ReplyDeletenothing that doesn't happen to every opposing LF.
gameday has manny with an error. major bullshit call. nesn said they removed it.
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was a bonus that Pedroia has Pedro in his name. Like good luck for us.
ReplyDeletewtf.
ReplyDelete"Time for Lester" - my friend Mike
ReplyDeleteget him out of the game...............
ReplyDelete2-run double from Billy "Because He's My" Butler.
ReplyDeleteTimlin about set to come in. Hmmmm .....
Billy "Because He's My" Butler
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, I have been waiting all series to use that.
unreal
ReplyDeleteIs Tito napping?
ReplyDeleteDid he get booed?
ReplyDeleteNo booing that I could hear.
ReplyDeleteWay to go TEK!!!
ReplyDeleteTor 1-0 in the 6th.
ReplyDeleteTCM getting no support!
BEING!
ReplyDeletebeing!!!
ReplyDeleteJays outhitting Yanks 9-2, yet only lead 1-0. Killing me. Assman now in for Fat Bill Volume 2.
ReplyDeletes1c, what would Buffyvision say? :)
ReplyDeleteMan it must suck to be named Gobble and actually look like a chicken.
ReplyDelete10 hits, 2 walks, 1 HBP. And only one run. Overbay up with bases loaded, two out. If he doesn't knock in a run, I'm going to bed for 40 days and 40 nights.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, the Jays will blow it since they just can't beat the Yankees.
ReplyDeleteWhat would Buffyvision say?
ReplyDeleteProbably the same thing RemDawg has been saying tonight - Manny is playing deeper tonight and the balls are being caught!
What I really want to know is what did buffy say last night when Accardo balked in the run !!
Nighty-night, Jere. See you in late August!
ReplyDeleteIf Timlin keeps this up, I may have to apologize.
ReplyDeleteGood night, everybody. At least Clemens can't get a win. Meanwhile, my boy Timlin comin' through again.
ReplyDelete"What I really want to know is what did buffy say last night when Accardo balked in the run !!"
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they found a way to blame Manny.
Jere - hope you enjoy your sleep!!!
ReplyDeleteMmmmmmmmm .... hibernation! [/homer]
ReplyDeleteAll together now...
ReplyDeletegobblegobblegobble
JIMMAH!
C'mon Jere, you may be right about Timlin, but do really want him as your boy? Bleh.
ReplyDeleteWas said in the same tongue in cheek way as when I said I wanted to go kill deer with him.
ReplyDeleteEven Joe Castiglione was talking about Manny's LF positioning tonight.
ReplyDeleteTC just said the Yanks game was a pitcher's duel and that Clemens only gave up one run. Not quite the "whole truth," Tom. (He did mention the Jays' pathetic numbers with RISP.)
ReplyDeleteactually, jere's deal sounds great. 40 days of sleep and emerge well-rested in plenty of time for the sox playoff run.
ReplyDeleteToronto 1 / 13 RISP tonight.
ReplyDeleteTimlin has became Mr. Sixth Inning which means this will be his last year as a Sox (TG)!
"Was said in the same tongue in cheek way as when I said I wanted to go kill deer with him."
ReplyDeleteYou may have noticed sarcasm is always lost on me.
"40 days of sleep and emerge well-rested in plenty of time for the sox playoff run."
ReplyDeleteDon't give Tito any ideas!
"Timlin has became Mr. Sixth Inning which means this will be his last year as a Sox (TG)!"
Come onnnn. My boy's back, ba-bay!
MManny.
ReplyDeleteA-Rod 2b, 2-1 MFY
ReplyDeleteFuckin' A-Rod with a fuckin' 2-run double. Pathetic showing by the Jays' bats to do this to their pitcher. It was only a matter of time. All the Yankee fans (dressed as blue seats) are probably going nuts, thinking they have somehow helped. And now Youk gets robbed. This is becoming the most frustrating week of the year.
ReplyDeletepossible papi walkoff?
ReplyDelete"conrey" has tonight.
MFY fans - chanting MVP for A-Rod.
ReplyDeleteson.......of........a.....
ReplyDelete"MFY fans - chanting MVP for A-Rod."
ReplyDeleteThey should be chanting "Tied for 32nd in batting average with Kenny Lofton".
But their scoreboard would never tell them to chant that.
TEK!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone else think it's preposterous that announcers say "scuffling" when they mean "struggling"? Delcarmen was not "scuffling with his control." He wasn't rolling on the floor in a fight with his control. He was struggling with his control. Granted, a "scuffle" is another name for a fight, which can also be called a "struggle." But you can't "scuffle from the right side of the plate," or whatever. Terrible job. Remy just said it, and it must stop.
ReplyDeleteBut their scoreboard would never tell them to chant that.
ReplyDelete:>)
Nice to see Tek doing something useful. Maybe he'll do good at the plate too. ...
Innings that the Sox have scored the most runs in:
ReplyDelete1st - 71 runs
8th - 64 runs
Lets get some runs boys
Nope. Tek still sucks with the stick.
ReplyDeleteScuffling - baseball speak. Like calling a slow somg a ballad. Ballad doesn't mean slow, but tell that to a rock critic.
ReplyDeletetreble
ReplyDeleteOcoc!
ReplyDeleteThat means we now have RISP. Doomed.
Extra crispy!!!
ReplyDeleteOCOC.
ReplyDeleteTime for some Lugo heroics.
46 hits/walks in the last four games, and if we don't score again, it's a 1-3 record in those games. Lugo, knock this man in!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTizzle up 3rd in the 9th.
ReplyDeleteHold them here, then in the 9th it can be Drew singles, Pedroia Doubles and Ortiz singles for the walk off!!!!!
ReplyDeletewe must win. s'all i'm sayin.
ReplyDeletebot.
ReplyDelete"in in the 9th it can be Drew singles, Pedroia Doubles and Ortiz singles for the walk off!!!!!"
ReplyDeletei'm in
Mo going for the five-out save. Looks like the Jays, after giving up the lead finally, have gone right back to getting guys on. Will they score off Mo? One of these games better go the right way or--hey, I thought I was asleep...
ReplyDeleteJere, what are you doing up at this hour?
ReplyDeletesnuffer always gets it done
ReplyDeletenow for flo
At least Papelbon is on tonight.
ReplyDeleteFurther proof that saves are a meaningless number. (As if any further proof was needed.)
the almighty alex rios (4-4) whiffs against fruitbat to end the 8th.
ReplyDelete10 hits, 5 walks for the Jays. 1 run.
ReplyDeleteThis is it ya know. This is the meal. So stock up, Red Sox!
cmon you guys, it's octavio dotel. let's get it done ferchrissakes.
ReplyDeletethat's gold, jere, gold!
ReplyDeletethat's gold, jere, gold.
ReplyDeleteManny has a chance...
ReplyDeleteDO
ReplyDeleteIT
NOW
MANNY
He did it, all right. :P
ReplyDeletefuckety
ReplyDeleteun freaking believable!
ReplyDeleteplease folks: no panic
ReplyDeletefrustration yes
panic no
afjfoejocajonconoajuejrojar
ReplyDeletethis is the step between frustration and panic
I'M NOT PANICKED. SRSLY.
ReplyDeleteif we weren't losing ground, but gaining at (potentially) 7 games up it would be different. it's just..ugh. fucking KC. shoulda owned them.
When Schiling comes back anyway we can arrange to have him ride in on a White Horse.......
ReplyDeletethatdietcokegirl said...
ReplyDeleteI'M NOT PANICKED. SRSLY.
No one sholud be panicked , everybody should be pissed off, this embarassing ........
Even when Crsip tripled , And I don't care if Lugo is turning it around, If he had someone he trusts to deliver in that spot he would have pinch hit for him.....They need to find a bat of the bench
Want to know why they are less than .500 in 1 run games start with this:
ReplyDeleteRuns scored on 5/13 in 9th - 6 runs.
Including tonight Runs Scored in 9th inning - 26 runs.
The Red Sox and the opponents of the Yanks, over the last four games for each team, have had a total of 122 baserunners on hits and walks. Yet they've gone 1-7 in those eight total games.
ReplyDeleteI think all those stats are great , but tonight why did he leave Tavarez in so long.......
ReplyDeleteNo one sholud be panicked , everybody should be pissed off, this embarassing ........
ReplyDeletethat's what i am more than anything. irritated. i was having a nice dinner and wine and it mf ruined my evening. 4 runs in the 5th? suck my dick, srsly. my dead grandmother could pitch better.
lol ;(
thatdietcokegirl said...
ReplyDeletesuck my dick, srsly
I quess is should stop takin screen names so literaly...........:)
is there any reason why we cannot come from behind this year?? i mean, seriously...can we not just take care of business against KC? i feel a trade coming...theo needs to fix the clubhouse...somebody is killing the rally...
ReplyDeletequote from the ap report "I think I changed my game plan" in the fourth, Tavarez said. "I wasn't attacking the hitter like I was doing earlier."
ReplyDeleteNo freaking s*** sherlock!
I quess is should stop takin screen names so literaly...........:)
ReplyDeleteyou could also work on not taking what ppl say so literally too while yr at it ;p
My comments about this week's developments originally started off as a post on here, but became longwinded, so I just posted it there. (Basically that's the reason I started that blog - longwinded posts here...as you can see it didn't last very long)
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