Jeremy Guthrie (2.89, 153 ERA+) / Tim Wakefield (4.59, 98 ERA+)
Happy 41st birthday to Tim Wakefield! He's looking for a decision in his 22nd straight start -- actually, he's looking only for a W. He has not faced the Orioles this season.
Guthrie will try to pitch as he did on May 13, when he was pulled two outs shy of a 5-0 complete game shutout -- a game the Red Sox won with six runs in the bottom of the ninth.
Also, Rangers starter Kason Gabbard faces Cleveland at noon.
Much better top of the order today! Keep it that way, Tito!!!
ReplyDelete1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. J.D. Drew, RF
6. Mike Lowell, 3B
7. Coco Crisp, CF
8. Doug Mirabelli, C
9. Alex Cora, SS
1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Corey Patterson, CF
3. Nick Markakis, RF
4. Kevin Millar, 1B
5. Miguel Tejada, SS
6. Aubrey Huff, 3B
7. Jay Payton, LF
8. Jay Gibbons, DH
9. Paul Bako, C
More news from the Globe:
J.D. Drew could be a late scratch. ... Rotation flip-flop: Beckett will go Sunday in Seattle and Schilling will start Monday in Anaheim.
Drew is out again. His 17-month-old son Jack underwent "some pretty extensive surgery" Tuesday night.
ReplyDelete1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Coco Crisp, CF
7. Eric Hinske, RF
8. Doug Mirabelli, C
9. Alex Cora, SS
Does Hinske have a nickname? He has all the tools to play anywhere they need him to play, I think he deserves one.
ReplyDeleteI always called him Natasha.
ReplyDeleteFat Billy with a PERFCTO through one. Looks like two pretty deep fly outs, though. The ChiSox don't have anyone on their lineup hitting higher than .273.
ReplyDeleteTrying to look at the computer between pitches, you really realize how incredibly fast Wake works. I still can't believe that Newsday article that guy wrote about him.
Looks like poor little Derek J. needed a day off after the night game. He's a tired lil' guy.
ReplyDeleteI guess needing a game off after a night game can be classified as an "intangible".
ReplyDeleteThe encouragement he'll give them from the bench can't be measured by mere stats.
ReplyDeleteHinske - no nickname.
22 hitless at bats now for A-Rod.
ReplyDeleteJeter is 5 for 25 against Garland. But, come on, if he wants to be known as Mr. Play With A Broken Leg, he should be fine with people raggin' on him for taking a day off in a pennant race.
"The encouragement he'll give them from the bench can't be measured by mere stats."
ReplyDeleteThat's right, he'll still somehow end up being Yes' player of the game, for his dugout cheering abilities. (Tip for kids: stand on the TOP step for extra classiness.)
Ooh, in play (runs) for Chicago!
ReplyDelete3 hits to start the second, off of Bill, and it's 1-0 good guys.
ReplyDeleteIf the pressure of the game gets to be too much, one look at CI's calm eyes will ease their nerves.
ReplyDeleteThat's the kind of leadership that doesn't appear in the box score.
I'd like to see Slappy out-Lugo Lugo.
Make that 4 hits, and it's 2-0.
ReplyDeleteI sense a fake injury coming up for William.
ReplyDeleteYup, three pickoff attempts in a row. He's (fake) hurtin'.
ReplyDelete5 hits - and 3-0.
ReplyDeleteFB Being FB.
haha! this is sweet! 3-0.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA -- Cano ERROR on an easy DP ball.
ReplyDeletein play, no out!
ReplyDeleteNice. I take it you've got that one on the TV, then....
ReplyDeleteStay out of the you-know-what, and we get Thome up there.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling that Sexy Lips will out pitch FB yet again. Gee, darn.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I clicked over just as he bobbled it. Rolled slowly through his legs.
ReplyDeleteThome! 5-0
ReplyDeleteHa-ha, Thome "in play, run(s)" in two more. 5-0. Die, Fat Billy.
ReplyDeleteThe Hawk is psyched right now. White Sox have batted around like a donut, which is what Roger will soon be eating while he showers.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah! Pile it ON! 6-zip.
ReplyDeleteAh-haha! WSox have batted around against him now, 6-0.
ReplyDeleteMore "in play, running!"
ReplyDeleteOh, AJ! My cup runneth over!
ReplyDelete8-0
ReplyDelete8
ReplyDeleteJoe's stickin' with his guy! Bring in Jeter!
ReplyDeleteOh, crap. I just realized that error is going to save Clemens's ERA.
ReplyDeleteWe'll add to that next inning, then.
ReplyDeleteAnd, uh, Crisp got a 1-out single.
ReplyDeleteIn play, no out! Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteOn Gameday, it looked like it went right to Abreu, how was it a double?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait til that 8 (or more) goes up on the board at Fenway!
ReplyDeleteI think the dot on Gameday is where he gets hold of the ball. It may have bounced around in the corner or what have you before Abreu picked it up there.
ReplyDeleteextra special that it is happening at home.
ReplyDeletecash that check, billy.
Torre: Erstad up, better go with Myers for the lefty-lefty matchup.
ReplyDeleteA double double inning for Dye.
ReplyDeleteA double double inning for Dye
ReplyDeletehow canadian of him.
Oh my god, he really was going lefty-lefty, and he walks him, and it's another change. I was kidding, Torre!
ReplyDeleteBases loaded for OUR Sox, let's get on the board.
Bases loaded, 2 out in both games.
ReplyDeleteFB:
ReplyDelete1.2 IP
9 hits
8 runs, 3 earned
0 BB
0 K
15 batters, 39 pitches
Double disappointment...ah, well.
ReplyDeleteDustin was tryin' to hit a slam for Bobby Doerr.
ReplyDeleteDone with stuff and settling in for the day game. Yay.
ReplyDeleteHey, I'll take the 8-0... this is what happens when you sit Jeter. Ha!
ReplyDeleteI guess if Alex has to get his 500th, I'd root for him to do it today, in the ninth, down 14-3, with only empty seats watching.
ReplyDelete"Ha!"
ReplyDeleteYankees players don't say that when they're in the dugout. They say it as they're rounding third.
no way on 500, jere.
ReplyDeletethen that'll be the back pages -- i want the rout dominating the sports page.
8-1 now.
ReplyDeletesox runs pls
Holy crap, Betemit really was a good pickup.
ReplyDeleteYou're fucking kidding me, right?
ReplyDelete8-4.
ReplyDeletefuck the heck, white sox?
l-girl, would it be too much to ask for you to go back to EXACTLY what you were doing before? :)
ReplyDeleteWhite Sox finally get an out, thanks to Damon being in the lineup.
ReplyDeletewhen is the retired number ceremony for betemit?
ReplyDeleteRS, I'm all for the idea that Manny's eccentricities are over-reported. But he needs to run out of the batter's box. That would have been a signle anyway but a long shot of the replay that was shown on NESN shows him watching the ball an awfully long time.
ReplyDeleteSeriously. Has Sterling proclaimed it's Betemania yet?
ReplyDeleteJere, yes it would be.
ReplyDeleteLet's just say I got here as soon as I could and leave it at that. :)
didn't see that angle, so can't comment.
ReplyDeleteThis guy in the ad for NESN pregame - backwards (adjustable) cap, bad facial hair, stupid fake accent - is the worst part of watching NESN. I hate him.
ReplyDeleteGabbard v Clev:
ReplyDelete5.1 IP
8 H
3 R
1 BB
4 K
95 PIT
trailing 3-0 tho.
"This guy in the ad for NESN pregame - backwards (adjustable) cap, bad facial hair, stupid fake accent - is the worst part of watching NESN. I hate him."
ReplyDeleteI agree with this statement wholeheartedly. Somebody owed somebody a favor on that choice.
8-6 now, only 1 MFY out.
ReplyDelete6 runs given up by Garland, hasn't even gotten the second out yet. OFF THE TEAM!
ReplyDeleteway to go white sox. i hate ozzie guillen.
ReplyDeleteJere, we agree on all the important stuff.
ReplyDelete2nd visit. He's outta there.
ReplyDeleteBetemit got them three, but they would've needed the Assman today.
That's gonna be a long game.
Yeah, Natasha!
ReplyDeleteHinske!!
ReplyDeleteThe man needs a nickname. Anyone?
Yeah, Dougie!
ReplyDeleteBelly!!
ReplyDeleteFun.
I told ya, "Natasha." That's my vote, anyway.
ReplyDeletemark your calendars -- the stud got a hit.
ReplyDeleteTranslation, please? Why Natasha?
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nastassja_Kinski
ReplyDeleteOkay, so I spelled it wrong.
The only thing I can think of that sounds like "Hinske" is a kind of whale.
ReplyDeleteAnd we're tied up in New York. Fuck.
ReplyDelete8-8
ReplyDeleteand the con man is off the fuckin' hook.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
i wonder how many innings in baseball history have looked like this?
ReplyDelete8
8
(assuming it stays that way)
I don't think Eric Hinske deserves to be named after Nastassje Kinski.
ReplyDeleteA whale? We could call him Orca.
Which reminds me of a nickname Allan might not have included in the glossary. I call Kevin Millar Oreck. That's our high-powered vacuum cleaner. And it's not for his great defensive skills.
Just like Game 7 of '03 ALCS. His shitty performance will be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteCWS 08
NYY 08
Ridiculous.
Dear god. Just tuned in to see back to back jacks, then saw the MFY box score. Oh my.
ReplyDeleteAh, the Oreck XL.
ReplyDeleteI just call him Natasha because it came naturally. Rhymes with Kinski. That's it.
Did I just say "let's not give them all back"? Timmy, you're not listening to me!
ReplyDeleteIf Manny pulls up and fires to second, or even does the flip TOWARD second, Roberts doesn't get to second. Now it's 3-3. This has gone from best day ever to "I wish I'd never woken up." In like 15 minutes.
ReplyDeleteRhymes are good. Why not.
ReplyDeleteYes, the Oreck XL, the incredible sucking machine.
"I call you killer cause you slay me.
And I call you Oreck because you suck."
Orca could work.
ReplyDeleteWe could call him Key, to play off his name.
I'm going with Natasha. Jerk store!
ReplyDeleteno double for manny????
ReplyDeleteNo. And therefore, a double play. Bad day for Manny.
ReplyDeletelowell = slooooooooooooow.
ReplyDeleteHow did Damon single to the third baseman?
ReplyDeleteCrisp single...shoulda been an RBI.
ReplyDeleteInfield hit, Jere. Third baseman gets to the ball, "deep in the hole" as they say, throw isn't in time or he just doesn't make the throw.
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell happened to Thome?
ReplyDeletei'd like to know how often that happens. you get 8 runs in the top of an inning and give it right back in the bottom. thx pale hose, thx.
ReplyDeletelol @ the turn of events in the last 12 mintutes. i toast it!! ;((
ps. i like 'orca'. remember there was a commercial for avis or something a while back and the woman was like 'orca, orca, orca..oh i love orca' lol.
I totally remember that commercial. Good call. Ohhhh, I love Orcaaaa.
ReplyDelete"Infield hit, Jere. Third baseman gets to the ball, "deep in the hole" as they say, throw isn't in time or he just doesn't make the throw."
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'd assume. I just figured sock could confirm. Like maybe it was an "error" that was called a hit cuz it's Yankee Stadium.
Still wondering why Thome was pinch hit for....
Dye HR 10-8. ho hum
ReplyDeleteThey need at least 9 in the inning to ensure holding the lead.
ReplyDeletehaha i'm glad someone does ;)
ReplyDeletei just looked for it but i can't find it. grr. everything is on the internets somewhere isn't it?
Jere said...
ReplyDeleteThey need at least 9 in the inning to ensure holding the lead.
lol exactly. blimey.
Horrible camerawork by NESN.
ReplyDeleteIt's about time Markakis did something bad against us.
ReplyDeletewhy is william shatner on the o's bench?
ReplyDeleteyoooooooooooooooooooook
We noted the Shatner at our house last night! That's an easy nickname...
ReplyDeleteso did we
ReplyDelete(shatner/canadian)
oh my whoring hell. what the....what.....WHAT.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe what just happened. And I can't believe NESN fucking misses the whole thing! We had no idea where the ball was!! This is horseshit.
ReplyDeletegood lord -- what a fucking slow sloth of a catcher.
ReplyDeleteshoulda PR for him at second.
That was brutal!
ReplyDeleteAs if it isn't painful enough watching Belly run, to hear "Mirabelli with the late break," knowing what means, and still he's chugging towards the out... ugh. Brutal.
how could he....i don't get it. how could he not make it home on that. belllllli.....;////
ReplyDeleteHe had to go back to the bag twice or something... A-Rod, just hit your 500th now, I'm already pissed! Get it over with!!!!
ReplyDeletei saw it.
ReplyDeleteit's like he's running underwater.
PR or not, whatever, once he got the late break, he shoulda stayed put.
ReplyDeleteWas there any reason for him not to be standing on third, waiting for the ball to be caught? No.
ReplyDeleteHorrible camerawork by NESN.
ReplyDeletei've been noticing that lately too. i just emailed them and complained about how they sometimes come back late from commercial and we miss the first (or sometimes second) pitch. naughty!!
On MLB.tv, sometimes you get odd moments of commentary after it breaks to commercial. After that utter fiasco of Dougie Dipshit out at home, you hear Remy say, totally bewildered, "Why didn't he go forward?"
ReplyDeleteI am utterly frustrated. Goofing off at work is supposed to be fun.
The most dreaded of all Orsilloisms: "And the Red Sox leave 'em loaded."
ReplyDeleteno chicken parm for you!!!!
ReplyDeleteOcoc with gold glove!
ReplyDeleteTDCG, good job emailing them. I do that too. More people should.
Thanks, Coco. Still no replay on the Belli play. What are they doing? We never saw anything but a closeup of him running home.
ReplyDeletecoco should get a gold glove this year.
ReplyDelete1,2,3 and can we NOW get some RUNS PLEASE???
ReplyDeletemissing pitches
ReplyDeletea few years ago, i went absolutely ballistic for many nights/weeks on that.
i sent nesn a looong email with many, many examples -- i was scoring them along with the game, often 4 or 5 a night.
it improved, they often cut commercials off and went to the game, but they have missed a few this year -- usually when they are doing promos for their own shitt shows, like charlie moore.
TDCG, good job emailing them. I do that too. More people should.
ReplyDeletenice :)
Redsock, don't forget to note that bad camera work in a post. NESN will see it.
ReplyDeleteOr at the very least, a replay of one of the weirdest plays of the year? From an angle where we can see what happened, with either the ball or Mirabelli at third?
ReplyDeleteWe never saw anything but a closeup of him running home.
ReplyDeletebut they did show that in super slo mo ....
oh, wait.
i'm pretty sure my email was a also a post awhile back.
ReplyDeleteWell, there it was. You saw Papi's midsection with hand on hip walking past the camera as they show Mirabelli.
ReplyDelete"but they did show that in super slo mo ....
ReplyDelete"
ha
Oh, and I should've said play instead of replay since they didn't show it the first time.
ReplyDeletei sent nesn a looong email with many, many examples -- i was scoring them along with the game, often 4 or 5 a night.
ReplyDeleteaha i bet it was an awesome email ;)
so glad someone else emails them about that..cause it just seems like they can just get away with it, which they can't! ;)
ps. whoa papi was pissed in the dugout! good, i would be too. damn slow-ass belli.
one game, nesn missed the first pitch of an inning -- it was one manny put into the monster seats.
ReplyDeletethey came out of commercial, manny was trotting around second.
"damn slow-ass belli." It was the re-tag, not the slowness--though that didn't help!
ReplyDeletei think i remember that. the worst...
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of the Minke whale.
ReplyDeleteI like Natassja better, I guess.
Hrrrrrrrrm.
Who's got Papi today?
ReplyDeleteI posted this on September 10, 2003:
ReplyDeleteMissed Pitches: NESN continues to come back from commercials too late. And last night, they covered their ineptitude with lies. For starters, viewers missed the first pitch in the Red Sox 5th. Then, in the Boston 6th, Don Orsillo said Damon was swinging at the first pitch as he flew out to left. However, the play-by-play accounts at ESPN, CBS and MLB all said Damon flew out on a 1-0 count. So NESN actually missed two pitches to Damon. Tell NESN you'd like to watch the entire game. Email: sports@nesn.com. Phone: (617) 536-9233.
Ooh, another vote for Jerk Store. Jerk Store it is! Jerk Store!
ReplyDeleteTime for the STUD to ATONE.
ReplyDeleteHey, 11-8 ChiSox on a single by ChiPod.
ReplyDeleteDougie Redemption!
ReplyDeletehhaa, ok belli yr off the hook ;)
ReplyDeleteRBI bloop single. It's a start!
ReplyDeleteTell me Doug made it to first.
ReplyDeleteAtone! Atone!
ReplyDeleteI guess combined w/ the home run he's made up for it. I guess.
Dougie gropes for redemption. Well done for not getting the SO while swinging for the moon.
ReplyDeleteAlright, who or what is Jerk Store?
ReplyDelete... Doug Mirabelli is 3 for 3 with a walk. What? I'm not complaining, but what?
ReplyDeleteYeah, he didn't "moon for rebuttal."
ReplyDeleteTell me Doug made it to first.
ReplyDeletesnicker.
I'm blacked out from watching it on MLBTV @ work, wtf mate?
ReplyDeleteis it on sportsnet or something?
yeah what's with the 'jerk store' stuff?
ReplyDeleteSince that's the balance of his hits for the rest of the year, can we release him now?
ReplyDeleteEinstein!!!!!!!
All we all of one mind here or what?
ReplyDeletePosednik makes it 11-8 as he gets his second hit since pinching for Thome.
the fact that I'm rooting for a certain thing to be the official nickname, like Costanza. Maybe you missed that one as it was a post-Larry David episode?
ReplyDeleteNothing like having Tejada screw up!!!
ReplyDeleteGameday says Thome left with injured back.
ReplyDeleteie Natasha is my "jerk store"
ReplyDeleteI may not have seen it, but I'm certain I didn't miss it. :)
ReplyDeletea post-Larry David episode
ReplyDeleteyou should be ashamed of yourself even watching such a thing. we shall speak no more of this incident.
Anyone up in the pen for the Sox?
ReplyDeleteAw, Jerk store was a great episode...
ReplyDeleteWoohoo, Dougie made it home without Cora passing him!
w000000000t!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's more like it!!!
ReplyDelete(Btw, it's not post-Larry David so much as post-Susan's death. I seriously dislike every episode I've seen after that.)
ReplyDeleteI couldn't see it on the replay, but that throw from center looked pretty nice.
ReplyDeletei love the jerk-store episode. esp when george remembers a good comeback and bangs a U-ey on the highway to go back and say it to the guy, lol.
ReplyDeleteTry Jerk Store. Anybody with me on this?
ReplyDeleteThere ya go:)
ReplyDeleteaw yeah a little bananarama on the musical montage ;)
ReplyDeleteBananarama. That clinches it. We've won.
ReplyDeleteJere said...
ReplyDeleteWoohoo, Dougie made it home without Cora passing him!
I was thinking the same thing! I had a vision of Cora at the plate waiting for Dougie to hit it first.
that's when everyone was screaming their lines, right?
ReplyDeletethose last 2 years were bad even bad for a shitty show. truly embarassing.
Betemit walks. He continues his reign as a "true Yankee."
ReplyDeleteisn't "cruel summer" the mfy theme song this year?
ReplyDeleteLeavin' them there on their own.
ReplyDeletehaha it should be. it's perfect for them ;)
ReplyDeleteDoug Mirabelli is 3 for 3 with a walk. What? I'm not complaining, but what?
ReplyDelete3-3 - bottom of 6th, sox have bases loaded with tiz up.
he hits a high fly to the rcf track. belly tags up and leaves, takes two steps towards home, thinks he left early, so he goes back to the bag, then leaves again.
at that point, the ball is almost in the infield. he was dead duck at the plate -- double play, ends the inning.
the 4-run 7th helps, but it was one of the more brutal plays i've seen in years. and with him "motoring" along like a snail, it was like it was happening in slow motion.
TC says FB was booed off the mound!!!
ReplyDeleteooooh, Orsillo says FB was Booed off the mound!!
ReplyDeleteI meant TC. Ha.
ReplyDeleteChi gets out of jam---still 11-8.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure between Rem, DO, and TC, they never mentioned the 8 and 8 happened all in the one inning in the Yanks game.
ReplyDeleteI say Gagne in the 9th.
ReplyDeletethey didn't.
ReplyDeleteI'm so psyched to see Gagne!
ReplyDeleteOkay, how about when Gagne gets a save, or a hold for Pap or something, it's called a Spoon.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure between Rem, DO, and TC, they never mentioned the 8 and 8 happened all in the one inning in the Yanks game.
ReplyDeleteI think they did.
I'm so psyched to see Gagne!
ReplyDeleteme too! totally exciting :))
jere, i'm feeling kinda 'jerk store' about that one ;p
ReplyDelete