Red Sox - 001 202 003 - 8 13 0With Boston trailing 6-5, Varitek started the top of the ninth with a solo home run off Al Reyes. Hinske, who had looked horrible all night, followed with a double. After Crisp popped to third, Lugo homered to left!! Then Ellsbury doubled and took third on a foul pop to first, but was stranded at third.
Devil Rays - 000 201 300 - 6 7 0
Drew continues to be ON FIRE with a double, a home run, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. Varitek was on base all four times tonight: walk, 2 singles and home run. And Eric Gagne looked fantastic once again and he picked up the victory.
***
A wild one this afternoon:
Blue Jays - 000 300 530 0 - 11 18 0***
Yankees - 010 014 320 1 - 12 17 1
Daisuke Matsuzaka (4.41, 103 ERA+) / Andy Sonnanstine (5.68, 81 ERA+)
Matsuzaka's ERA is 11.20 in three September starts -- and 7.15 in his last seven outings. In 26.1 innings against Tampa, his ERA is 3.42. ... Sonnanstine has a 9.00 ERA in three starts (15 IP) against the Red Sox.
Manny Ramirez will likely return no earlier than Tuesday at home against Oakland.
The Blue Jays play the Yankees at 1 PM: Marcum/Hughes.
EastDetroit hosts Kansas City at 7 PM.
Boston 91 63 .591 -- 8 games left
New York 88 65 .575 2.5 9 games left
Wild Card
New York 88 65 .575 -- 9 games left
Detroit 84 70 .545 4.5 8 games left
Seattle 82 71 .536 6.0 9 games left
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PAPI DOUBLE!
2 out double for papi.
Jeff Karstens pitching for the Yankees.
snicker.
Career high in Doubles for Papi, c'mon Mikey!!
Wow... going into extra innings after already using 17 pitchers... maybe we'll end up seeing Mussina tonight, tomorrow and on Tuesday?
48th double for flo. had 29 last year.
despite the drop in hr, he's been more productive this season.
Matt Stairs: base hit to right. leadoff man on. Alex Rios, Gregg Zaun on deck.
"a black velvet-y backdrop sky"
michael kay reveals his fetishes...
ortiz out trying to steal 3rd!?
WTF - why is he trying to steal 3rd?
WTF Flo?
Ortiz trying to do something new in his career.
I don't blame him totally. Sonnanstine was taking forever in his delivery. Not exactly the smartest thing, but oh well.
Fuck the heck ?!!? Ortiz caught stealing?
Maddon laughed when Ortiz tried to steal third. Can't quite say I blame him.
that was dumb. i thought his legs were bothering him. dumb dumb dumb.
... maybe a botched hit and run with a guy on 2nd???? (shrugs wildly)
Jeff Karstens... that reminds me, whatever happened to that nice Chase Wright fellow? I sure did like him
KC 3, DET 1, BOT 1st
we can clinch a playoff spot tonight -- if we win and det loses.
Zaun's really grinding out this at-bat with 1 out and a man on.
Zaun pops to second. 2 out
carstens has to go through aaron hill, with lyle overbay on deck to PH
MATT STAIRS YOU FAT FUCKING SLOW MOTHERFUCKER!
hill hit one over melky cabrera's head... stairs heads for home. cabrera to cano... bullet from cano to home, and posada tagged stairs out.
gah.
sounds like a clear case of the basepaths being "clogged"
this is not going well anymore.
posada hits a double to left. ground-rule double. damon runs for posada.
fuck, i dont like the momentum...
giambi to be walked intentionally.
LUGO LEVITATES.
great leaping lugos!
lind slowed up running for the ball...pussy
batter: cano
first and second, 0 out.
tp pls
cano bluffing bunt. don't know if he will bunt or not.
cano flies to left... BOTH runners tag.
damon at third. 1 out.
someone needs to kill lind...he sucks.
betemit batting. no int. walk
0 and 2 to betemit
STRUCK HIM OUT. 2 OUT.
so it's up to cabrera. he has 4 RBI today.
yankees win. base hit.
the lead will stay at 2.5, oh well.
jays are playing tough, that's for sure.
This win for the New York Yankees is brought to you by the law firm of Stairs and Lind.
shit fuck cunt bitch shit ass dick fucks
wow, what a game.
but hey. that was right around 5 hours. they have another day game tomorrow. they face mcgowan. mussina goes for the mfy, and their bullpens are both SPENT.
another CG for mcgowan would be amazing.
well time for us to nullify their "win" with a real win
The range of responses:
redsock said:
the lead will stay at 2.5, oh well.
nixon33 said:
shit fuck cunt bitch shit ass dick fucks
:>)
or maybe nix was mad at hinske ..
is there an air of smugness here tonight?
is there an air of smugness here tonight?
i don't think so. am i acting smug?
cheap ass fucking hit
i'd hope not.
we can be cautiously optimistic. but not smug!
altho it was fun being smug this season :)
is there an air of smugness here tonight
And that would be different from other days how?
And that would be different from other days how?
tee hee
i'm going home now. red sox, please score some runs while i'm en route.
i was amused that right after I said "oh well", the next poster lets fly with a string of obscenities. no other message there than that.
*que RedSock rant*
both tigers and indians losing early...
I think we lucked out on ocoC's bunt there.
ococ looked out on the replay.
*que RedSock rant*
lugo bunting? i'm too tired.
no worries
what exactly is lugo doing there?
LBJ!!!
the kid!
Re: Lugo's bunt
I have to agree with Remdawg, he did that on his own.
Tampa announcers are losing their mind over coco being called safe at 1st. They say 1st base ump looked like he admitted missing the call. Anyone else see that?
s1c said...
Re: Lugo's bunt
I have to agree with Remdawg, he did that on his own.
the hampster must have stopped running on the wheel in lugos head for a moment.
Tampa announcers are losing their mind over coco being called safe at 1st.
You know, I can't stand people who think every single call goes against their team.
lugo bunting? i'm too tired.
Initially I meant oCoC's bunt. Then Lugo bunted. But I know what you mean. Long day so far, eh?
Let's see if L goes back and reads that post when she gets home.
mike: rays tv also claiming conspiracy involving 1st base ump. apparently a number of missed calls agaist the sox with this guy on first.
then they were going nuts over the tag on lugo's bunt. as if the tag was made but no out signal forcing the throw to first.
long day
no work here, so that is good.
just don't feel like ranting the same crap about giving away precious outs very early in the game. then again, it's lugo, so maybe it was a good play than having him swing away.
Buffyvision also whines on calls during Sox games.
Plus there was Joe Morgan's infamous "things happen in Boston" line recently.
rays showing the coco bunt again!
PC: 40 for Dice thru 3. Lower than usual.
just don't feel like ranting the same crap about giving away precious outs very early in the game. then again, it's lugo, so maybe it was a good play than having him swing away.
good, haha.
I guess if I was forced to watch 162 Devil Rays games, I'd probably make up conspiracies to pass the time too.
rs: they talked about the bunt for the entire bottom of 3rd
as if the rays would win 100 games if they got these few calls that go against them
dice-k lookng decent early.
david, i am wisely just watching. not listening.
i thought they had that woman on, some charity? was that another inning or did all 3 of them moan and rent their garments?
JD "I LOVE YOU" DREW
David Jonathon comes through!!!!
i hope drew have a rediculous post season and shuts EVERYONE UP. i just hope.
J.D. DREW. ON FIRE!!!
Orsillo: Lowell heading to third and beyond.
*drink*
In 2 official PAs, Lowell has seen 20 pitches (when Papi got CS, it was not a PA).
yes
ON FIRE
KC 5, DET 1, BOT 4th
whereas Tek is a smoldering pile of semi-wet leaves.
They eventually got to the charity, but apologized for taking up her time. She was on in the top of the 3rd, but they carried over discussion of the bad call to the bottom of the inning.
Remdawg going on about not celebrating clinching a play off spot. I have to admit, I am with him, that they should just treat this as a no big deal type of thing.
Amy should be here, TEK comes through again.
wait -- there may be a spark in those leaves!!!!
Just few fist pumps. That's what winners do.
geez
nope - just wet leaves.
fukc.
WTF - why put on a hit and run with someone who strikes out as much as hinske.
and an inning with great promise comes crashing to a halt with 3 outs on 3 pitches.
pena dong.
3-1.
Fragging Pena. At least it was just a solo shot.
Evening from Londinium. Lord Lynch has partaken of some alcohol and is in need of some Sox sobriety.
Dice thinks we like close games, so he is narrowing the score.
That does nothing to aid my sobriety, redsock.
where the F was that 0-2 pitch?
see, rays, you got a call. now stfu.
Looking at Daisuke's splits, he sucks in the 6th, 4th and 1st innings. So, two of the three bad innings down and the Sox still lead.
More runs please.
I mean Migraine and Dewayne should STFU, not the Rays.
Slugo
Lyndon
Pee-Wee
Flo
OAK 6, CLE 0, TOP 5th
KC 5, DET 3 after 5
I see the Sox listened to me, but the Rays were confused and thought I meant they should also score runs.
I turned on the TV and Teener was babbling about stolen bases. Did she mention we have The Best Stolen Base in baseball history?
in order go the sox.
I've noticed Dice's fastball moves differently than others like schilling and most notably, beckett. most guys will throw a heater that's either straight or has some hop to it. dice-k's fastball, from where i'm sitting, has this slight arcing motion, to where it sinks a little bit when it hits the plate.
so, when you go to throw a fastball by somebody, they usually will swing just underneath the ball. the fastball is usually slightly elevated, maybe belt high. dice-k does that but his pitch, it looks like to me, will arc down just enough to end up on the same plane (and the same place) as the bat, and it gets hit.
anybody else notice that? watch his fastballs.
oakland's got dan haren pitching tonight
i thought the problem with dice's fastball was that it was fairly straight -- hence all that talk about not making him a fb dependent pitcher. because he's get shelled (as he has when tek's called fb after fb after fb).
it's good enough to get hitters out as long as he mixes it in with a lot of off-speed stuff. a lot.
Hi Lord L! We kept the lead alive for you last night.
Gameday has given up the ghost here. i'm struggling to stay awake. This is not fair....
call the fucking corners, blue
according to migraine varitek needs to get dice-k "under control" and stop showing up the umpire
yeah, he really needs to mix it up, and it looks like he has tonight. that 4th inning was a little dicey (no pun intended), but you hope that the 4th was his bad inning and he'll be good the rest of the outing. he was outstanding in the 5th.
you lie l-girl. When i retired you had laready coughed up the early 1-0 lead.
Lord it is not fair. I'm on some CNNSi nonsense at the moment.
Yeah, he's really out of control. Jeez.
What do guys like Migraine need to do to lose their jobs? Go on a racist rant or kill someone -- I think that's about it. Being wrong and dumb 100% of the time doesn't seem to matter.
Just showed the replay of the Yankee walk off hit. Did they win the WS?
More runs please
What do guys like Migraine need to do to lose their jobs? Go on a racist rant or kill someone -- I think that's about it. Being wrong and dumb 100% of the time doesn't seem to matter.
All evidence shows being wrong and dumb is a job requirement!
Even if they go on a racist rant, they can always apologize and find Jesus.
Maybe murder. Pedophilia would probably work, too.
That's about all I can think of.
Just showed the replay of the Yankee walk off hit. Did they win the WS?
Careful s1c, you're channeling Michael Kay.
you lie l-girl. When i retired you had laready coughed up the early 1-0 lead.
I lie? More likely it's my usual slushy memory. All I know is we won.
Just showed the replay of the Yankee walk off hit. Did they win the WS?
I assume they were celebrating winning a close game? And everyone likes the footage?
But if the Red Sox are happy if/when they clinch a playoff spot tonight, the wrath of the sports media will come down on them.
Okay.
Michael Kay's stupidity transcends borders. His idiocy is inter-continental.
MR ON FIRE!!!
ON FIRE!!!!!!
JD "I LOVE YOU" DREW
It's JD's world...we're just living in it!
FIREY DONG!!!
Amy must have atoned really well!
ON FIRE?
It's a ROARING FUCKING INFERNO!!!
Can you count the 'on fire's?
Has something happened? we are in the dark in eng-er-land?
I do not want to see the Sox celebrate clinching a playoff spot. Handshakes all around - some sort of sober acknowledgement - will be adequate.
Then keep on taking care of the business at hand.
Anyone agree with me?
yeah, tampa, bring in the guy with the 8.79 ERA. that's cool with us.
Anyone agree with me?
They could go out there and jump around and be happy, but I think it's too early for champagne showers.
seriously - gameday is down. I guess something good has happened?
Another Tek hit! Amy must have done some mighty fine atoning.
Umm, J.D. Drew hit a two-run home run to right field. Boston is ahead 5-2.
Amy should really be here as the mouldy pile starts to really smolder.
some bats are waking up. good timing.
DJ Werd!
Tremendous.
Blimey. Like we are two years behind you lot....
Woo Hoo !!!
I get home - it's the 6th inning - and WE"RE AHEAD!
WTG Sox.
Not only that, when I pulled up the Sox website, it looks Drew & Tek have been huge tonight. That's 2 we haven't seen production from in a while.
And BTW - I do agree L-girl
Key inning here for Daisuke. The sixth is his worst inning this year. Opponents are hitting .320/.395/.620 in the 6th. Six of the 24 hr's allowed have came in the 6th also.
Lord, I understand gameday is crapping the cot, but you're getting our comments in a timely manner, correct?
OAK 9, CLE 2, TOP 6th
KC 5, DET 3, BOT 6th, DET threatening. 2 on, 2 out, Granderson batting.
Nothing fancy on the field. They might not even know what the Tigers did until they are in the clubhouse.
Save it for the division clinch. First of 4 celebrations!
Granderson grounds out to second to end the Tigers' threat.
Leadoff walk to Pena (on 3-2 pitch).
come on dice, throw a few strikes.
Makeup call?
PBP for LL:
Upton grounds to Lugo's right, they get the FC, but Upton beats Fuck Yeah's relay.
Lord lynch - you might want to try tsn's gametrax. That seems to be working good.
on 2-2, dice goes with high heat but young will not SASAHE.
Second time Upton was out this inning!
Young does K, but Upton steals second. 2 outs.
OK, let's hope Sox management is reading our game thread so they can behave appropriately.
whoo, I thought that was trouble for sure. c'mon one more out please.
Norton drops a single in front of Ococ, run scores. 5-3 RS.
DRays announcers sound shocked that breaks even out over the course of the game...surprisingly no conspiracy theories about either umpire this time around...
s1c said...
Looking at Daisuke's splits, he sucks in the 6th, 4th and 1st innings. So, two of the three bad innings down and the Sox still lead.
pretty much fucking nailed!
Gomes pops to Drew. 5-3 after 6.
Dice at 98.
9-1-2 up for Bos.
Careful s1c, you're channeling Michael Kay
am trying to think of a worse insult, will probably take me a while though.
Ok, clear sailing from here on out. Daisuke is through his sucky innings.
Not horrible - 6 IP, 3 R.
Not crazy about the 1 hit per inning avg, but with only 1 walk the hits aren't hurting as bad
KC 6, DET 3, BOT 7th
OAK 9, CLE 2, TOP 7th
Just catching up on some comments here, I think we have a new nickname for M Kay: the intercontinental idiot. The eye-eye. Aye-aye?
A bunt, time for Allan to curse at Tito.
...lyndon tries to steal first.
I would really rather see oCoC in the 9-hole than Lugie. I think he has a better chance of getting on in front of the top of the order (the old double lead-off gambit)
Mike: Just saw in your profile that you are in Orlando. Lived there for first 25 years of my life before moving to Tampa. Have a friend in Orlando in the same business as you.
Crap - not a very productive inning
OK all you folks who can actually see the game - Is Dice still on?
Careful s1c, you're channeling Michael Kay
am trying to think of a worse insult, will probably take me a while though.
Oh no! I'm sorry s1c. Forgive me.
I'll never quite get over Michael Kay excoriating the Red Sox for their on-field celebration for the 2004 wild card. He kept repeating, "For the wild card," his voice dripping with venom, as if they were drowning kittens.
Yes, Michael, for the wild card, which we would then use to win the world series after your team executed the biggest collapse in baseball history...
So s1c, your comment reminded me just a teensy tiny bit of that.
Sorry. Really really.
Kay doesn't deserve a nickname.
7th should be dice's last inning.
Lovely !
1 pitch - 1 out
Sorry. Really really.
no prob, was just giving it back to you a little bit.
lopez up.
4 pitches - 2 outs.
Lovelier
4 pitches - 2 outs
David-Cool...moved down here to work for Disney. Just waiting for us to build something up north so I can move back!
"Kay doesn't deserve a nickname."
If the Grinning Jackass has a nickname, anyone can have one.
in the category of must get my eyes rechecked or a bigger TV. Did daisuke shave his 4 whisker goatee?
Remy, that sign you saw "Rem Dawg has fleas" - don't assume that was a Tampa fan...
Mike, Friend works for the Central Florida Sports Commission
2-out walk. bah.
they are trying to give dice extra rest, so even with a quick 7th, i think he'd still be gone.
the walk put him at 108. if he doesn't get this guy, probably lopez for pena.
s1c, no sign of the wispy whiskers
why you making this so hard, dice? come on.
PLEASE tell me there's activity in the pen!
there's an animal in our backyard and one of our dogs is going insane.
hello tito....????
ok, here he comes
tito struts his stuff.
TOAST !!!
2 out walks. There is no reason to walk people with two outs, none.
Lopez in so its bull pen time.
lopez is toast? i thought timlin was toast.
i thought our whole bullpen was toast! (kidding)
C. Pena = embedded Red Sox?
bullpen toast, ha ha :)
Would be real nice to see the pen nail this one down. C'mon Lopez...make me feel like it's May all over again!
good outing for dice-k.
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