It was the bottom of the order who put this one out of reach in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, one out and the score knotted at 2-2, Varitek singled home one run, and Crisp and Lugo both followed with two-run doubles.
Boston led 7-2, although Tampa closed the gap to 7-5 in the fifth and 8-6 in the seventh. ... Also worth noting was David Ortiz's triple to left-center in the first inning and his infield single to the pitcher (who fielded it on the third base side of the grass) in the third. Wheels!
Papelbot came on for four outs, getting three strikeouts and an infield pop on 15 pitches. He is the first Red Sox pitcher in history to record 30 saves in back-to-back seasons.
***
Jon Lester (5.14, 87 ERA+) / Andy Sonnanstine (6.17, 73 ERA+)
Note: Threadsox remains open for business, but I'll be here for tonight's game.
237 comments:
1 – 200 of 237 Newer› Newest»I think Threadsox might warrant a bit more of a honeymoon period. It's so much easier to not to have to scroll down as you do on the blog, especially when the post count gets up in the 100's.
looking forward to finally being able to sit down and watch one tonight - don't know if that will happen until the later innings though, as i need to go car shopping this evening.
finally got the settlement for the accident i was in, so i only have until friday with the rental.
maybe i'll throw a bid down on the papi car on ebay...i'll have to find somewhere to give me an Auto Mortgage but thats another story :P
I think Threadsox might warrant a bit more of a honeymoon period. It's so much easier to not to have to scroll down as you do on the blog, especially when the post count gets up in the 100's.
That's what the End button is for on the keyboard :-)
I think Threadsox might warrant a bit more of a honeymoon period.
Nothing final yet - just here tonight.
That's what the End button is for on
For me -- and maybe this is true for every Blogger user -- after I post a comment and the page refreshes, I cannot hit end and go to the bottom of the page.
I have to click my cursor anywhere on the actual comments part of the page somewhere -- maybe the cursor thinks it's still in the comment box? -- and then hit end.
It's annoying.
Same here. It is annoying, however still manageable. I think the reasoning behind it is that the page isn't "Active" if you know what I mean. i.e. in the background....
I don't know, but yeah I have to do the same thing.
Millar!
End button? If you want to go to the last comment from the comment block just do shift+tab.
As for tonights game, how about the Sox bring out the bats against this guy instead of making Sonnanstine look like Cy "freaking" Young.
Tonights lineups as reported by the globe:
Red Sox
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
David Oritz, DH
Manny Ramirez, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Varitek, C
Coco Crisp, CF
Julio Lugo, SS
Jon Lester, P
Devil Rays
Akinori Iwamura 3b
Carl Crawford, LF
B.J. Upton, CF
Carlos Pena, 1B
Delmon Young, RF
Brendan Harris, 2B
Jonny Gomes, DH
Josh Wilson, SS
Dioner Navarro, C
Andy Sonnanstine P
Theo at the Globe Chat:
Jon__Guest: Theo, are you expecting to call up Ellsbury, Bucholtz, Moss, Lopez, and others on September 1??
Theo Epstein: We haven't communicated our call-up plans to the players yet, but there's a good chance some or all of the players you mentioned will be back in September. I think our young call-ups will have a chance to impact our team this year rather than just benefit from the developmental experience.
DUDE__Guest: Theo, are you worried that the Yankees are [five] games back. What are your thoughts, and do you think the Red Sox will win the East?
Theo Epstein: We'd rather be up 14 games, of course, but we have to be somewhat satisfied with a five-game lead given how well the Yankees have played over the last 2 1/2 months. We're well enough positioned now so that we'll get what we deserve. If we play well down the stretch, we should get into October without concern. If we don't play well when it matters ... well, then we probably don't deserve to be playing into October. I am confident that these players have what it takes.
full transcript here.
Well, the blog format isn't made for minute-by-minute commentary anyway. Narrow column of text, etc.
End doesn't go to the bottom of the page on a PC. End goes to the end of a line of typing, but that's it.
On a Mac, end goes to the end of the page if the pages has the focus, but it goes nowhere if you just made a comment since it wants to navigate within the comment box.
Just click anywhere on the screen that isnt in one of the typey boxes and hit end, it goes to the bottom of the page. (PC)
Georgia leads Walpole, MA, 2-0 in the little league world series.
Canada got crushed by Japan. ;)
Pre-game show: Taped section in Waterbury CT - Two young ladies asked about Luccino about the Sox being interested in A-rod.
"We are always looking to improve the Red Sox and will always be aggressive with Free Agents that can make our team better." (paraphrase)
Larry wants A-Rod, you can just see him salivating. 30 million a year!
$30m? I'd do it. Of course, it's not my money. :)
high hopes .............
what's with the loud music?
What's with the music ....
It's Tropicana, at the copa
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK
Canada got crushed by Japan. ;)
Unless they're playing hockey, that's predictable. :)
speed kills ... the devil rays!
Just click anywhere on the screen that isnt in one of the typey boxes and hit end, it goes to the bottom of the page. (PC)
it does not
damn, i make my living on this keyboard. i know everything it does. it don't do this.
i've got gameday at work...did they screw up and give papi a triple? this must not be right.
"the red sox grab a pair"
much better than
"the red sox strand a pair"
papi got the triple! hit 2nd and just kept on goin'.
it works for me to click end after clicking anyhwere outside of a "typey" box
ok sorry, apparently this end thing works for many people. not me, but others... oops.
that's what i do too -- as i posted way up thread :>)
papi's first triple since last sept.
Canada would also beat Japan at curling, although Japan is surprisingly good at the sport.
I hate Northeastern
do they play lacrosse in japan? i hear canada is very good at that.
come on, houdini! don't give 'em right back. jeez.
2-2.
what was the score of this crushing defeat?
I don't know if they play lacrosse there in Japan, although isn't lacrosse one of the national sports of Canada? that little factoid surprised me.
Canada is also getting better at soccer and has the best-supported team in MLS, Toronto FC.
It was only like 8-1 Japan, but you could tell the Japanese were just toying with them.
Venezuela, meanwhile, showed no mercy, unloading on the Netherlands by a score somewhere in the neighborhood of 24-2.
Lacrosse is Canada's national sport, and the only one. It is surprising, I know.
A good friend of ours (another USA-to-Canada immigrant) is the stadium announcer for Toronto FC. He used to announce the Denver MLS team when he lived there. We haven't scored tickets from him yet, but I hope we will someday.
A group of Revolution fans I know are going up for the Revs @ Toronto game in a few weeks - I can't go, because I'm a poor college boy, but it sounds like it would be a fun trip.
J.D. Drew's father is named D.J.
I don't like soccer/football, but I'm sure it would be fun to go to a game. Any sport is fun live.
Hi Cakey :)
J.D. Drew's father is named D.J.
Yup. S1C's father's name is C1S. (Probably not, but he has some DJs and JDs in his family.)
ummm jerry, about the rsn prez thing
SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!
stop encouraging him don!!!!
SHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUUP
Remy: "Speeches don't mean much, actions mean a lot."
Here's an action for you, Remy:
SHUT UP.
Calling the baseball game being played on the field in front of you also means a lot.
Hey NESN are you listening?
ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT!
We want baseball.
Hey, did Foxwoods finally get a cute commercial? THose guys sitting around eating the "chips" is pretty cute.
agreed agreed agreed agreed
i am so sick of the remyworship (yes, that is intentionally one word... I hope it catches on)
And soccer is a lot of fun live, especially with a good atmosphere... and Toronto and DC are the only places in MLS where you can really get that atmosphere, so you'd be in good shape
youkilis, STFU!!!
stop crying, yook.
remember back when we used to comlain about ortiz bitching about strikes?
yook is 10000% times worse.
umps must talk about him plenty.
youk o'neill
[if jere's around, i'll duck]
GGOW
greek god of whining
L-girl said...
Lacrosse is Canada's national sport, and the only one. It is surprising, I know.
That suprises me I thought it woulde be hockey , Hey L did you have an interview today?
oh yeah, that end thing works for me to.....
That suprises me I thought it woulde be hockey
It surprised me too! The first time I saw it, I thought it was a mistake. But no, it's true. The national sport of Canada is lacrosse. Go figure.
Hey L did you have an interview today?
9Casey, you are winning big points around here. :)
Yes I did. A grueling interview and test for some new work I want to do. It's very competitive, I'll find out on Friday if I get it.
s1c said...
Pre-game show: Taped section in Waterbury CT -
I might have gone if a cable comapany and network didn't hold me hostage for 10 years...and now they want to have a party about it....no thanks
Papi has a triple and beats out a throw to 1B? What is this, bizarro world?
That suprises me I thought it would be hockey
Yet the country's best sports blog is baseball-related ....
as long as flo doesn't think he can steal 2nd.
Someone's believing his own press releases again... :)
Jesus a test the mere apperance of the word makes my skin crawl....Good Luck....
L-girl said...
9Casey, you are winning big points around here. :)
Thanks, not trying too....:)
Cy Sonnanstine
Damn, it sounds like that hit his bat
Fuck, that looked awful.
Lowell HBP ---
time for a brawl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
redsock said...
Yet the country's best sports blog is baseball-related ....
as long as you don't forget that we will all be allright.....
JD being Useful!
cmon tek
I think he's been wearing a guard, so the sound was probably the ball glancing off the plastic. I watched in slow-mo (in HD) and it doesn't look like it hit the bat.
whew - that 2-2 fb was too high for tek to hack at.
and a HIT!!!!!!!!!!
cap'n
YES! Nice work Capn.
Go Tek!!
9C, major test, lots of pressure. Plus I had to get up at 5 am! Glad it's over with.
Tek! Tek! Tek!
Hey! I think I should have a glass of wine to celebrate finishing this friggin test. First glass in 2 weeks - it's time!
Cripsy!!!
Ococ with the knock!
Keep the line moving Lugo
Call me crazy, but i think ococ has a chance to get close to .300 by season's end. at least in the .290 range. he looks good right now.
nice swing
d'ohmann up for tamper
insert techno music here
SLUUUUUGOOOO!!!!!
he gets a hit even w/out the hate :)
ladies and gentlemen, stretch out your legs... it just got a little comfier
if I'm reading the 'FanGraph' correctly, Lugo just improved our chance of winning by 6%. ;)
sounds like fenway south
everybody get a drink ready for when don says "x minute wait for lester"
47!
DRINK!
drink!
47???
Lugo's BA by month:
April: .256
May: .209
June: .089
July: .313
Aug: .338
I remember June being bad, but wow. His OBP was only .170 in June.
That June to July is an impressive swing.
47 minute wait for lester
If only he could improve his fielding.
What's with this first pitch crap Manny?...oh, wait.
i thought it was 27
What happened to Cy Sonnanstine?
Anybody besides me watch the finish of the Angels game last night? Great game by the Angels.
i turned it off when the mfy closed it from 3-1 to 3-2.
Sounded like a great game (NYY/LAA).
I watched every second even though I was very tired ---- great ballgame
we'll split the diff and say 37
The game ended 4 hrs before I had to wake up. No dice. :)
That teeeny tiny little mouse is what they were so afraid of last night? I hope they didn't kill the little thing.
It was good to see the MFY's cough up the lead. It was even better to see them get shutdown by Oliver.
It was not a mouse that is a RAT (tails to long).
we had a mouse once, its tail was pretty long. rule of thumb, if it's cute, it's a mouse. (at least that's true in nyc, where the rats are the size of chihuahuas)
Well, I was thinking that it was good to see a new Lester. One who threw strikes. Looks like the old one has made a reappearance.
bah
I thought it was a flyout, WTF
WTFzz
dear jon lester
this is the tampa bay devil rays. please take appropriate action.
signed,
annoyed
Houdini can't let his WHIP get too low.
OK, let's go Manny.
Come on Jon. Get off your ass and thank your teammates.
come on manny
aghhhh
OH!!!!!!!!
Wilson Being Jeterian.
8-5.
He pulled a Bruins(TM)!
interesting camerawork
d'oh mann
dohman should do donut commercials. it's a natural.
jd has to get a hit here, so certain people can get off his case for a minute or two :)
you can rest assured that that will not happen
(drew getting a hit i mean)
ahem
drew gets the occasional hit. but that won't change the other thing.
Nope :)
dust-e
grrrrrrrr
HBP
BB
E4
jesus.
ahhh big K
Jeemer for the 8th or will we see Gagne?
9 pitches for jeemer.
seems like a toss up.
bot up, but by himself.
well will have to catch the rest of the game on the radio, time to go pick up butterfly from dance class.
jeemer not sharp. 6 pitch BB to start the 8th.
might need bot for 4 outs.
my heart skipped a beat there
coco hauls in young's drive to deep lcf!
dp pls!
nice K on the split.
and here comes the BOT for 4.
Papelbon is 29 for 31 on save attempts.
buh-BYE -- 3 outs to go
Nice K, Paps!
holy crap that pitch was like 4 feet over Youk's head
"youk o'neill
[if jere's around, i'll duck]"
The person next to me at Fenway on Friday said "He's like Paul O'Neill in a Sox uniform." (The guy was from Waterbury, so, like us, he knows all about the Yanks.) But I'm sure someone in Minneapolis would just compare Youk to whoever their most notable hot head was...
holy crap that pitch was like 4 feet over Youk's head
right after one that was about 6 feet short of the plate.
Is there a reason the Yanks game hasn't started yet?
Go Angels! 2-0
Pap's got his schwerve on
K
MFYs vs. halos just started
would be sweet if the lead went to 6 tonight!
Yeah Johnny Papelseed!
Does anyone else automatically point to the sky on popups?
:)
magic# = 32
Win
Does anyone else automatically point to the sky on popups?
Me. :)
I do it uncontrollably, no matter what the situation... but especially on game-enders, I jump up
5.5 GA.
&
2-0 Angels after 1.
F'in Arod. 2-1 halos
Shit - Slappy hits a solo shot: 2-1.
I do point at the sky. And direct the defense at times.
There's a little Sexy Lips in all of us.
Holy crap the mlb.com is so far behind...just went 2-0.
Seattle breakin' it open in the eighth, 7-2. That's good, too.
wooooooo!
got the W and got a car tonight. pickin 'er up on thursday
Jere said...
The person next to me at Fenway on Friday said "He's like Paul O'Neill in a Sox uniform." (The guy was from Waterbury,
Oh yeah, did you get a name?
Izturis lines a single past a dozing Slappy.
Can you imagine if Yook was a catcher? He'd be huffing and puffing and thrashing around behind the plate on every call his pitcher didn't get. He'd be ejected by the third inning of every game.
Plus his head would REALLY sweat withh a mask on. Yuck.
Angels pounding Moose!
Die, Yankees! Die!
4-1.
Milk Dud gives up on a fly ball that hits about 2 feet up the CF wall -- double. Then another double by Abreu in right center makes it 4-1 Halos.
The Bigot can't be happy about this!
No, but they were a family and two would stand by me while the other two would sit in 2 RF Box seats they had, then they'd switch. I knew right away where they were from because they mentioned New Britain and they had that Chicago-ish accent that you Naugy Doggy Valley folks seem to have. Later, they spoke of getting a dish, only to find out their cable company got NESN a week later. Then the mom was like "we were like the LAST people in New England to get it..."
That's when I turned to them and set them straight about how Fairfield still doesn't have it and can't get it. And they were like, "Uh...oh."
Mussina doesn't like those coloreds in the outfield not catching the ball. They'd make those plays in the Klan League.
This is great Yankee news! It seems mlb and espn are BOTH way behind on the game. Why the hell would that be?
Okay, I got in on the mlbtv, which is not behind. Sweet. And the visitors' feed, for seemingly the first time this year.... This is beautiful, but LAA has to be capitalizing. Do not relent or you'll find yourself in extra innings again!
where is this mussina=racist thing coming from? i've never heard such a thing
joe, check the links to "bronx bigot" in the glossary.
5-1.
In play, Run(s)!
6-1
6-1! Pile on!
SAFE!!!!!!!!
7-1
:>)
7-1. sweeter than sweet
7-1, still bottom of the 2nd
BUH BYE BIGOT!
is it just me... or is following on 'gameday' really, really fun
My theory seems to be holding true. Every time a Yankee starter has a good game, it just means they're due for a bad game next time out.
Looks like the lead will go to six tonight!!! Woo-Woo
1 2/3 for the Moose.
This is starting to approach Clemens' Second Inning From Hell earlier this season. I'd prefer Mussina's ERA to get the break from an error rather than Rog's, but...I'll take it.
I can just hear that hand wringing from here.
Replacement Level blogger had some admirably realistic words about this road trip - that we'd probably go 5-2 and the Yanks needed to try to win at least 4. Apparently they feel almost cursed against the Angels.
By the way, is it true we can't face the Yanks in the first round if they make the WC? That the WC team faces the best div winner -- except if it's in their own division?
"is it just me... or is following on 'gameday' really, really fun"
It's just you! (Unless it's when really awesome stuff is happening in the game, like now...)
CFY 01
LAA 25
Rex the Wonder Moron says that Guidry came out and told Moose that his curve wasn't workin' and to throw fastballs. Fastball?? Where would Moose find one of those? He'll have extra time to look for one now, I guess.
True about wild card.
redsock--We both are mentioned in the 2007 Red Sox Nation Annual. Just saw it today. Don't know if you mentioned this.
Fastball?? Where would Moose find one of those?
Now where is it? I know I left it lying around here about six years ago.
Is that a story on blogs by David Laurilla (sp)?
Am glad I am not listening to the yankee game on the radio. Stirling must be having a cow by now.
Of course this being the Angels they immediately let the MFY's back into the game. Walking the first two batters in the 3rd.
If it is, a copy is headed my way.
WTF? Bases loaded, 0 outs?
nice catch, ass hole.
TYR: Typical Yankee Rally. Walk, walk, Jeter cheap bloop to right that would be caught if they'd just put my proposed Jeter shift on him.
Oh, andthey make it complete with the classic "ball ticking off fielder's glove." Freakin' luckiest team of all-time.
7-5, give me a freaking break.
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