Red Sox - 030 020 000 - 5 13 0A flurry of activity in the second inning -- consecutive singles from Lowell, Drew, Varitek, and Crisp, a wild pitch, a Lugo HBP and an Ellsbury sac fly -- put an early dent in Verlander's evening. Youkilis clocked a two-run dong in the fifth.
Tigers - 000 100 000 - 1 7 0
Crisp had three singles in four trips, Varitek had two walks and a single, and Ellsbury, Ortiz and Lowell each had two hits.
Beckett (7-6-1-0-8, 102) was excellent, retiring his final 10 batters after the Tigers got on the board. He threw 28 pitches in the fourth, bringing his total to 71. Over the next three innings, he threw 31 (7-11-13), giving the bullpen a breather.
Hansen pitched the eighth: 4-3, 3U, P4. Delcarmen took the ninth: K, 4-3, single, F8.
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Josh Beckett (4.19, 104 ERA+) / Justin Verlander (6.28, 67 ERA+)
Game thread should be here tonight.
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1 – 200 of 257 Newer› Newest»This will be an interesting match-up... Beckett did not fair well in his only start vs DET (6 H, 5 R, 4 BB in 6 IPs)... but Verlander has not been good in 2008...
You'd normally expect a 2-1 pitchers duel here, but both offenses are cranked up right now... I predict # 498 for Manny and a Red Sox win.
Blake two-run double! Cleveland cuts Yank lead to 3-2.
And old friend Kelly Shoppach sigles him home. 3-3. Top 5.
Still in Detroit?
I'm back and getting set up.
Stay tuned.
Hey hey! Welcome back. Hope your trip was good times.
Ellsbury, LF
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Youkilis, 1B
Lowell, 3B
Drew, RF
Varitek, C
Crisp, CF
Lugo, SS
Granderson, CF
Polanco, 2B
Guillen, 3B
Ordonez, RF
Cabrera, 1B
Joyce, LF
Thames, DH
Inge, C
Santiago, SS
fuck - got the fsn/tigers assholes.
How was Detroit, Allan? Aside from the end of last night's game, they must have been fun games.
guillen takes his time - lyndon nearly beat it out.
everyone at threadsox?
we had a great time. last night sucked, but the game was fun overall. a fun 4-day trip!
i think laura will write up some stuff we saw before tuesday's game.
Yeah, me too, have had the whole series. They're being almost consistent about using the home team's broadcast this year, it seems to me.
Oh, and I benched Ococ on my fantasy team today, which means he's going to have a great night - every time I do that he makes me look silly.
seeing 3 games, you cannot expect to see more than 2 wins, really.
Hmm, Blogger seems to be blocking my avatar. Not a Varitek fan?
Well, they were two good wins and one almost win. I do hate losing after a comeback like that, but at least our bats were moving.
Guillen looking like Lugo!
speaking of tek ...
last night in the 6th or so, tek fouled off 2 pitches in a row to the rf side. the first one caromed off a railing and hit something else and came to a stop right behind laura's seat. but a guy in the same row as the ball ran over and grabbed it.
then the next one was caught by a kid about 5 rows behind us on the other side of the aisle.
Ah, gee, a Tek ball would be something! (Innuendo perhaps unintended.)
Is anyone else having trouble loading esp the avatars? Or is it just me?
i see your avatar
Hmm, all of them now are coming up blank with a little red x.
Beckett letting Polanco know he is not going to get away so easily tonight.
Hurray! It's been awhile since I've got to chat it up with yous guys. Baseball!!
I wasn't getting any avatars for a bit there, but just wrote it off to my shitty laptop or shitty internet connection, or some combination thereof. They're back now.
These fsn guys annoy me.
Evening, chaps.
Couple of random bullets tonight, summarizing up my thoughts:
- I hate digital cable.
- There are too many bugs for May.
- Please limit the ground balls to shortstop. Please.
fsn - yes, they are jerks. and from the last 2 years, i know that when the tigers grab a lead, they are insufferable, talking trash and strutting around the booth.
Hey Patrick and Sarah! Yes, the game threads were not the same over at Threadsox. Not much chatter there.
I got the Tiger radio team for part of the game on XM last night as we were driving back from the Berkshires and couldn't get a Sox station. They were quite annoying.
Nice K, Beckett!
yeah i checked in the morning and saw 55-60 comments.
rod allen -- fsn guy -- clearly english is not his first language.
"initially, beckett did not make that trip to japan ..."
then after ordonez's single, says that since hitting polanco, beckett has thrown 18 pitches. no, only 9.
My schedule's been such this week that I haven't been home for much of the baseball. I hate when that happens. I dropped by threadsox briefly, but wasn't much use in the chatter department...
then after ordonez's single, says that since hitting polanco, beckett has thrown 18 pitches. no, only 9.
Makes Yogi sound normal.
he meant he had thrown 18 total -- but again, he cannot speak the language.
By the way, the Red Sox fucking rock!
Ah baserunners... A significant improvement over last week.
ingeballa!
GO TEK!!!
And away we go!
on fire with the wheels!!!
Woo hoo!
Ococ! Great BUNT!
Thank you Detroit grounds crew! That ball died right there.
time to atone, lugo
This inning is hilarious.
LOADED for LYNDON!
...
come on, shut these fsn shitbrains up early.
Lugo breaks up the consecutive singles with his ass. :/
Not much speed in those oversized quads.
fsn praising granderson for throwing to 3B.
yeah -- real heads up play that no other OF would think about.
he throws to third again!!
GENIUS!!!1!!!111!!
Wow - hang on to your loot (lute)? And I thought the TWC commercials were bad.
So Allan, how was Comerica and Detroit and Windsor? How long was the drive? Broad questions, yeah. It's been awhile since I've been on a road trip to someplace I've never been. January, I think. Maybe February.
drove straight there on monday - 3.5 hours or so to windsor.
where our friends live, it was about 30 minite drive across the border and to the park. border crossing all pretty quick. uss guards = dicks on power trips -- same as buffalo.
Wow. TRUPED by Joe again.
... maybe 40 minutes.
comerica was nice. basic new nice park. ... nowhere near as nice as tiger stadium.
Go ahead Tigers, just keep hitting them at Ococ. He's gonna catch 'em.
uss guards = dicks on power trips -- same as buffalo.
Heh... how so?
The Customs agents in northern Maine are not bad at all. Well, not since the last time I crossed, which was three years ago, amazingly. Makes me sad. I love New Brunswick.
little things.
first night -- we say we're going to the game. "yeah? can i see your tickets?"
second night -- he already knows we are both US citizens and live in mississauga and are visiting friends in windsor. looks at our passports: "so, how do you two know each other?" ... he was obviously doing this because he saw we have different last names.
a guard at the buffalo border last year actually asked L why she did not have my last name if we were married?!?!?!?
just little things -- to act like assholes. because they can. if you talk back, they can deny you/us entry into the country.
canada guards never do anything like this.
first night -- we both are wearing baseball shirts, i have a cap on, we say we're going to the game -- "yeah? lemme see your tickets" -- so we have to fish them out of the back seat.
Although it rarely happens, it annoys me no end that people ask me if I am really married since I kept my name. Our kids have hyphenated names, which is a whole other story.
So are you guys really married? :)
So are you guys really married? :)
No.
Orsillo is saying the first games he went to at Fenway in 78 Remy went 0-11. Must make Remy feel really old.
Rod: "Derek Lowell"
????
So are you guys really married? :)
No.
LOL, that'll teach those border guards!!
I find that 80% of people with a badge tend to constantly be on horrendous power trips.
Good morning folks, I just woke up from a semi-satisfying nap.
Still in finals, Joe?
L back from driving our dogsitter home. She says hello!
Yup... I just have to finish my aforementioned immigration essays, and take a chemistry final on Monday. It's almost ovah.
I find that 80% of people with a badge tend to constantly be on horrendous power trips.
And the less important the badge, the bigger the trip. There's this one security guard at Brooklyn College...
The last time I was in Canada (three years ago maybe?) we had a similar experience. The Canadians were friendly and welcoming and the US guys were incredibly suspicious of us.
How's Beckett looking so far
And the less important the badge, the bigger the trip. There's this one security guard at Brooklyn College.
Ain't that the truth. I find that there is not a stadium I've ever been to where I've not been accosted by stadium security.
Granted, I have been obnoxious from time to time, but I'm fairly mellow now for the most part, and I still have constant run ins with a-holes w/ plastic badges, gigantic egos, and minimum wage jobs
and we're a white couple in our mid-40s.
i wonder how they act towards young brown men...
Can't trust the sneaky canuck menace
I don't have much occasion to deal with people with badges except when traveling. That is never pleasant.
One that got away from Coco.
if anything, wouldn't we be a "sleeper" american cell sent north of the border, just keeping quiet and waiting for the signal to bust shit up?
I thought you had the chem final, Joe. Or was that just a test?
I am grading final exams. Be nice to your professors!
I like that image, Allan. I can see Cody and Tala as the bomb sniffing terrorist dogs.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Canada has more terrorist cells than any other country..." I don't have access to the facts, but I'm going to straight-up assume that one is a lie.
Can't trust the sneaky canuck menace
there is a lot of oil and fresh water up here. the usa will be turning its attention here sooner or later.
the last chem thing was just a run-of-the-mill exam, this one's a final
have fun grading finals, that must be a blast
"Canada has more terrorist cells than any other country..."
The CIA is based in Canada?
Plus all those comedians and musicians we need to keep our entertainment industry growing.
I'm thinking the Yukon will be a nice place to put GWB and president Cheney in exile. When I'm president that's what'll happen. Sorry Canucks.
Fox is a big one for that terrorist claim. O'Reilly and his braindead ilk. So yeah, go with "lie".
Oh, yeah, grading. Love it.
I always say that I teach for free and get paid for grading exams.
Meanwhile, come on Beckett.
One more strike, Beckett. Let's get out of this.
I've even heard it from mildly respectable sources, but they probably get their info from the government. I guess it depends on what you define as a terrorist group. I mean, I think PETA (as much as I loathe their tactics) is on there for no good reason, the Quakers have been spied on, Nelson Mandela is on the terrorist watch list, etc.
So who knows? Maybe there are a ton of 'terrorists' in Canada. Like that damn Celine Dion.
!@#!# base hit Detroit
So who knows? Maybe there are a ton of 'terrorists' in Canada. Like that damn Celine Dion.
Potent weapon, that one.
K!
if they know there are groups of terrorists in canada, why don't they have the terrorists arrested?
i assume if bush called harper and gave him the addresses, he'd do it -- anything for his bff.
What??!?!?! Are you suggesting that we would arrest anyone without probable cause?!?!?!!!! That is just silly, sir!
LBJ time
Yeagh!
And that's the way to get it stahhhted.
Here comes the SB
I hate how big this park is. It's a big contrast to the quirky fields of Fenway.
What pitch will he go on?
He'll go here.
i assume if bush called harper and gave him the addresses, he'd do it -- anything for his bff.
Bush and Harper, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G...
Speaking from wishful experience, Tek's balls are niiice, both of them.
Man, I'm getting drunk off of this Kombucha. .5% alcohol is enough to make me take a seat.
!@!#%$@!$! WHAT THE CRAP
What a catch
That would have scored a run easy.
Randy Andy has entered the room!
phoey!
Send one deep for the midget Papi!
not this time, joyce!!!!!
that dong was sweaty!
YOUKKK!!
Wheeeeee.
WHOLY SHIT! SWEATY DONGS FOR EVERYONE!
Boy, Youk is a friggin' monster these days.
a couple of fans behind us last night (sox fans, i think) referred to yook as "a sweat machine"
... like an RBI machine, perhaps.
I normally get confused for half a second on home games because it always sounds like they're booing Yook, but they're just yelling 'YOOOK!' Today it's the opposite, and I'm more confused.
is sweat now synonymous with RBI?
there are a fair amount of sox fans yooking it up there in this series.
Time for Beckett to get to business.
Youkilis is so. awesome.
2 outs, time to let a few man on.
can you rewrite the james brown lyrics to say Sweat Machine?
FY
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)
Celts have a 14 point lead with 3min left in the third...
They are about to blow them out patrick. A few buckets here and it's over
I like that 'King' Lebron has to suffer defeat like the rest of us peons. I want the Celts to put him away and beat him up doing it. The guy could use a humble pie.
Get on, (get on base)
Get on, (get on base) ...
lu-go lu-go lu-go
Come on LBJ!
goat looks real mean (get on base) like a sweat machine
i was thinking "his head has a nice sheen"
Beckett is an ace!
Bwahahah! Joe C. said the Yanks are bringing up Kei Igawa!
HaHAHAHAHA KEI IGAWA
L wants to note that she wrote about the amp runner in the FSN Lincoln commercial when she (runner) was a teenager.
Kei Igawa is a running joke between my friends and me, we say 'Kei Igawa' to represent failure or hilarity.
i thought igawa was old news. didn't he come up for kennedy?
FY: "get the fuck out of my way!"
I know I'm a half hour late, but...
the Youk who hits BOMBS!
FSN Lincoln commercial: not seen here in NESN country.
What does FSN stand for? The TV station?
fox sports network -- this is fsn detroit
Theres no one I feel more confident about being in the batters box with men in scoring position that J.D.
Let's watch as he brings them home...
Of course, Fox Sports Network. Oh, God, I love looking dumb.
Oh ya, that J.D. Drew.
Let's watch as he brings them home...
did he bring them home on the nesn feed?
You mean the score isn't 7-1 on FSN?
Yahoo has pooped out. It's stuck on Youk's at bat.
This game might call for some cooked white bread.
4 K for granderson -- that's a golden shower, right?
he's been a K machine this series.
BECKETT. :D
Ummm I think the term is golden sombrero lol
hit it back to the screen, (can't get on base) like a K machine. (can't get on base)
Beckett headed for the golden shower.
8 K for Beckett. Pas mal. 4/8 to Granderson. HAHA
Celtics up 22
redsock said...
4 K for granderson -- that's a golden shower, right?
Only in Detroit....
Hey redsock, what is Windsor known for, Remy and Orsillo were joking about 2 nights ago....
joe, i know. i like mine better.
Granderson pulling a lot of borderline "catch the ball!"s in the last few innings.
Coco making himself look like a desired commodity for the trade dead line. Hell Ya!
I only know Windsor from that riddle: What city lies due north of Windsor, Canada?--Detroit.
casey -- there are casinos in windsor. and teenagers from detroit come over to drink (lower age)
??
3 hits for crisp, good thing nobody sat him in fantasy baseball
And I also know Windsor from Bowling for Columbine.
the tigers have looked like mopes for the last 4 nights, no emotion , even on the walk off looked complacent.....
lugo *sigh*
redsock said...
casey -- there are casinos in windsor. and teenagers from detroit come over to drink (lower age)
Oh, i was assuming strip clubs or something to that effect.....
Casey, are those your kids?
Patrick said...
Casey, are those your kids?
Thats what my wife tells me:)
They're beautiful little creatures.
prob strip clubs.,
the park was rocking last night. around the 8th, i was saying it was the first time the place had shown some/any life in 3 nights. a LOT of fans left early, but the ones that stayed were going nuts with the walkoff.
lets go Lyndon
Patrick said...
They're beautiful little creatures.
Thank You ..very much....thats a very nice thing to say....
Adorable children, 9casey! How old are they? Are they Sox fans yet?
AWESOME.
ra-potter
BWAHAHAHAHHA! LBJ will hit you in spite!
loaded for the fuck yeah kid
LBJ - loading'em up!
Hi guys
no more squanderage plz
Amy said...
Adorable children, 9casey! How old are they? Are they Sox fans yet?
Thank You.........5 and 3....Sox fans of course.my daughter went to her first game when she was 3....my son will go this year.....Only player they care about is Big Papi..they love saying it ......
howdy sosock
Jacoby should score on Papi's double
hopefully Papi can launch a GS for them
Tizzle time
Damn Dustin
hitters count
loaded for the large father.
Only player they care about is Big Papi..they love saying it
That's great! Papi is like the white Santa Clause.
Oh, good, time for a Grand Slam from Big Papi for 9Casey's kids!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarejaofa
7 LOB in the last 3 innings -- and 0 runs.
Clay Rapada, absolutely ridiculous delivery to the plate.
Oh, well, don't tell the kids he let them down, 9Casey.
I hate the men LOB, but more so when we are not in the lead.
Youk is like the black Hannukah Harry.
???
Amy said...
Oh, well, don't tell the kids he let them down, 9Casey.
He never lets down .......
I was going to comment on Patrick's comment that Papi was the white Santa Claus, but Jere did it better!
Jere said...
Youk is like the black Hannukah Harry.
lmao........
Of course, Patrick did say he was drinking something potent.
Amy said...
I was going to comment on Patrick's comment that Papi was the white Santa Claus, but Jere did it better!
I hear ya Amy....had no way to write it without sounding like the bizzaro Rev Wright....
I'm glad to see Hansen getting this work. I think he's going to push someone out of the pen before long.
Nice lead, and some severe weather bearing down on us here. Think I'm going to hit the showers before the lightning starts.
Hope my water turns dirty before I get out :)
FINISH THEM
who will pitch the 9th?
sosock putting on his golden sombrero in the shower
I will gladly defer 201 to someone who's been here all night.
201?
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