June 14, 2008

G71: Red Sox 6, Reds 4 (10)

Red Sox - 100 101 010 2 - 6 13  0
Reds - 010 000 111 0 - 4 8 1
Back-to-back home runs from Kevin Youkilis and Coco Crisp led the Sox to an extra-inning win -- after Jonathan Papelbon had surrendered a game-tying dong in the ninth.

Jacoby Ellsbury stole his 30th and 31st bases of the season, tying the team's rookie record. Amby McConnell stole 31 bases in 1908.

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Tim Wakefield (4.33, 101 ERA+) / Edinson Volquez (1.56, 283 ERA+)

Volquez's highly impressive game log (14 games, 13 starts).

He made 17 starts over three seasons with Texas (2005-07). The only current Red Sox player he has faced is Sean Casey (1-for-2).
Red Sox           Reds
Ellsbury, LF Bruce, CF
Pedroia, 2B Janish, SS
Drew, RF Griffey, RF
Lowell, 3B Phillips, 2B
Youkilis, 1B Dunn, LF
Crisp, CF Encarnacion, 3B
Cora, SS Votto, 1B
Cash, C Bako, C
Wakefield, P Volquez, P
Lineup change: Cora in for Lugo (stomach ailment).

Also: Marlins/Rays at 6 PM and Yankees/Astros at 7 PM. Can New York go three games over .500 for the first time this season?

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laura k said...

Castig just mentioned Manny now. I am so far behind!

Benjamin said...

Whee.

laura k said...

But I am 201.

Benjamin said...

Damn.

Benjamin said...

So bring Wakefield back out?

allan said...

remy said jeemer was up and assumes he'll be in, though he expected with the 2 run lead wake would stay. the ol' "they got him up so he'll pitch" deal.

Jere said...

"Castig just mentioned Manny now. I am so far behind!"

But couldn't Castig have been late mentioning it? Unless you heard the cheer and he said it right away....

Benjamin said...

Flomax commercial followed up by a Thompson Water Seal ad. Make up your minds.

Benjamin said...

Okajima in.

laura k said...

The radio through MLB audio has a huge delay. If I refresh too soon, I know the outcome of the at-bat before the batter steps in.

Jere said...

And then a hair coloring ad for ex hippies called Touch of Gray.

laura k said...

Flomax commercial followed up by a Thompson Water Seal ad. Make up your minds.

:>)

allan said...

shitty brk bat flair.

Jere said...

I know but I'm just sayin' maybe the delay wasn't as much as you thought--if Castig didn't notice Manny was out there for a few seconds or whatever.

laura k said...

i knew what you meant. it's possible, but i think not.

Benjamin said...

Is that one of those regulation strikes they never call?

Jere said...

k

Benjamin said...

Phillips still shitty.

allan said...

phillips bringin' the MFY curse to the reds.

Benjamin said...

So, umm, pitch this guy low in the zone.

Amy said...

Gotta go make dinner, but I am watching, but can't thread. Keeping my fingers crossed for Oki...

laura k said...

"the power threat andy phillips"

really?

allan said...

tito not effing around.

Benjamin said...

MDC in.

allan said...

i hope jack liked that hook.

laura k said...

i hope jack liked that hook.

I was about to type "some call jack marshall and tell him tito pulled jeemer".

Benjamin said...

Shit.

laura k said...

shit

Benjamin said...

That Lowell out's looming a little here.

Benjamin said...

Clutch.

allan said...

cash's block was STAGGERING!

Jere said...

He gets a DP on 3-0!!!!! Oh yeah!!

allan said...

3-0 GIDP???????????????


me likey, me fucking likey.

laura k said...

YEAH DP!!!!!!!

allan said...

wow -- major idiot swing from griffey there.

and the sox unclog the bases.

Benjamin said...

Griffey must be having a post-600 slump the way Manny had his pre-500 one.

Jere said...

I went to middle school with the guy in that shrunken head commercial. Not the guy with the shrunken head. The guy who delivers the line.

Benjamin said...

Moss to pitch. (You never know.)

Jere said...

Pet peeve alert: Catcher throwing to first after K.

Jere said...

dirt kick--which was a totally out of control thing for Dom's brother to do, as the stories say...

allan said...

My fave YS moment? 2004 ALCS 7.

Jack Marshall said...

Glad you're thinking of me---I'm all choked up---and YES, I am thrilled Tito's learning curve isn't flat.

Now explain to me why he pulled Wakefield with a low pitch count and Bruce coming up, when Bruce had looked like a Little Leaguer against the knuckleball. He wouldn't have pulled him with the same pitch count if it had been the 7th rather than the 8th, now would he? Sometimes Tito manages like a robot.

But he pulled Jeemer before he could blow the game. That's progress!

allan said...

OF needs a single and dong for the cycle.

laura k said...

ah, the dirt kick. "and he caught everything belt high".

so he never dived.

laura k said...

That's progress!

Yes, the only manager to bring the Red Sox two WS wins in the past 85+ years is finally learning how to do something right. Thank goodness.

Benjamin said...

It's hard to fault Tito for pulling Wake too early (rather than too late).

laura k said...

My fave YS moment? 2004 ALCS 7.

What's this from? TV ad?

allan said...

Some ASG bullshit.

Jere said...

The dirt kick was a "Yankee Stadium memory"--an idea that I believe was conceived by ME on one of my broadcasts early this year! (My memories wouldn't quite make Fox's cut.)

laura k said...

The dirt kick was a "Yankee Stadium memory"--an idea that I believe was conceived by ME on one of my broadcasts early this year! (My memories wouldn't quite make Fox's cut.)

Conceived by you? You mean your idea to use it as your YS memory? Or...?

Jere said...

On my 'cast, I was doing "Yankee Stadium Memories" since it's the final season. Now Fox is doing it as part of their All-Star Game hype-machine. But mine were like, "guy guzzles beer in front of 13-year old me and spills it all over himself."

Jere said...

And the one they just showed was the dirt-kick.

Jere said...

Shifty!

laura k said...

Now Fox is doing it as part of their All-Star Game hype-machine.

They never would have thought of it without you.

allan said...

one sox-yanks game from the early- or mid-90s (?) or so had fans in two side by side upper decks tossing beer at each other. there was so much beer flying it looked like each side had hoses!

Jere said...

It's not "POP"-elbon, guy.

Unless you're in Maine, I guess. SO it's okay.

Jere said...

"They never would have thought of it without you."

Maybe MLB was going around the web, looking for copyright infringements, came across my game, and....

Benjamin said...

Which particular dirt kick was this?

Benjamin said...

Shit.

laura k said...

I definitely won't volunteer my moment(s).

allan said...

fuck.

Jere said...

god. damn.

laura k said...

Which particular dirt kick was this?

Joe DiMaggio. There's some footage you always see.

laura k said...

oh shit

allan said...

damn it - shoulda gone with timlin

laura k said...

shit shit shit

Benjamin said...

Aardsma in 10?

Jere said...

Another rare "me standing and clapping, one strike away, and the game gets tied up"

laura k said...

shoulda gone with timlin

always!

nixon33 said...

did he get beat with a fastball, or 2nd best pitch?

laura k said...

Aardsma in 10?

sure, why not

allan said...

flat split

nixon33 said...

fuck.

allan said...

remy wondering if reds will steal

Jere said...

The dumb thing I was gonna say in the "pre-9/11" era of this game:

"I had a great view of a YS beer shower in the left field bleachers around that time. I've never seen anything like it. Despite having all my Sox gear on, I went completely unscathed, since we were in the back. So I just got to watch it out in front of me. There was beer in the air at a constant rate for several minutes."

Ofer said...

Fuck. I hate the fact that we now have to HOPE to get to the tenth

allan said...

gift strike 2 for bot

Jere said...

Why are we talking about the calls Pap has had go his way, and not the equally shitty calls that have gone against him?

laura k said...

Because calls go for and against all pitchers all the time, and people talk about whatever.

allan said...

26 pitches for snuffer there

Ofer said...

OK... now let's talk about who goes out for the 10th...

Probably Hansen.

laura k said...

Did the Aardvark pitch a lot yesterday?

Jere said...

Let's not talk about the bottom of the 10th til we see if we have a 10 run lead by then or not.

allan said...

aaards - 1 inning 12 pit

Benjamin said...

YOUK!

Benjamin said...

Lots of Sox shirts in the rightfield stands.

allan said...

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

showing off for the family.

Jere said...

YOOOOOOOOK I LOVE YOUUUUUUUU
He's livin on the Air in Boston, Boston WRKO

Benjamin said...

SUCK IT!

laura k said...

SWEATY DONG!!!!

WE LOVE YOU YOOOOOOOOOOOOK

Jere said...

Co to the Co to the DONGGGG

Ofer said...

HA! I love seeing the YOUK!s here before the in play, run on GDGD

allan said...

I'M OCOC, MUTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!!!

nixon33 said...

hell has frozen over, coco hit a dingerdong

Benjamin said...

Youk's hilarious in the dugout, turning around and seeing Coco's go over the wall.

laura k said...

OMG OCOC!!!!!!!

hot dong on dong action. me likee.

Jere said...

Youk jumps in the dugout. That was his first jump ever that didn't end up with him landing on a series clinching pile.

allan said...

great shot of yook pogoing after ococ's dong.

thanks dusty for letting your closer rot in the pen!

laura k said...

Radio guys describing Yook in the dugout watching the Coco dong. Sounds great.

Benjamin said...

BB Cora. Lincoln's got nothing.

allan said...

hi dusty! enjoy your nap?

Ofer said...

Chances of Einstein going back to back to back: 1/100000000000000

laura k said...

I keep trying to come up with a Lincoln joke, but I got nothin.

Civil wars, slaves, Lincoln logs... Jere? Anyone?

allan said...

sox chop a couple of lincoln logs!

Ofer said...

Especially if they give him absolutely nothing to hit

allan said...

wow -- funny we both were typing logs at the same time

Benjamin said...

Assuming this isn't a Cash DP, does Paps come out?

allan said...

slaves

Leaving Lincoln in was the worst decision since Emancipation?

Ofer said...

Lincoln can't abolish the Sox? (wow, that's really bad)

Benjamin said...

Lincoln Continental.

allan said...

bot set up to vulture a win.

laura k said...

Lincoln can't abolish the Sox? (wow, that's really bad)

Actually it was pretty good, considering the competition.

Phil: ouch.

Jere said...

Linkin' Youk and Coco via dongs?

Ofer said...

So... will it be the closer of the future?

allan said...

Leaving Lincoln in was the worst decision since Emancipation?

****

Does anyone know the reference?

Jere said...

No, Linkin' Coco TO Youk via the dong.

allan said...

Lincoln en-abe-lled us to win?

Ofer said...

bot set up to vulture a win.

Yeah, when I see a closer with wins I assume it means blown saves

laura k said...

the worst decision since Emancipation

I sure don't.

allan said...

blown saves ... or tie games, i guess.

Ofer said...

I like a pinch hitter with a 195 AVG

laura k said...

en-abe-elled. oy.

allan said...

L, I assumed you'd be the only one who knew the line.

laura k said...

Drawing a blank!

Jere said...

Well this is off-topic, though it is presidential, but I was over at Laura's blog and thought of this: In the Bill Hicks skit about Reagan and Limbaugh peeing on each other, how did he not get the phrase "trickle down" in there?

laura k said...

Gimme a hint.

allan said...

wow - bruce swung over that slider by 3 feet!

laura k said...

In the Bill Hicks skit about Reagan and Limbaugh peeing on each other, how did he not get the phrase "trickle down" in there?

Too bad you can't ask him.

Benjamin said...

K.

allan said...

why doesn't remy (of all people) mention hansen's sleep apnea problems (which are now gone)?

Jere said...

Hansen the boss of...you know

No, wait, Bruce covered by Hansen.

laura k said...

Afraid he'll mispronounce it?

allan said...

Hint: Hickory

Benjamin said...

I love baseball players names. Jolbert? Seriously?

Ofer said...

What's up with weird first names for Cabreras who play ball?

allan said...

can the corpse of griffey do anything?

Jere said...

I'm just hoping every day I don't need to use the Crap-nea nickname....

laura k said...

Hickory? That's your hint?

Jere said...

I got 337! (The number Bill Lee wanted to wear because it spells LEE upside down.) Sweet.

Jere said...

that's a swing, there's a swing

Benjamin said...

Fooled badly on that one.

Jere said...

Fox still said 2-0 for a while, even though the home plate ump called swing right away.

Ofer said...

I hate defensive indifference

laura k said...

337, love it

allan said...

In Hansen I trust.

Nail it down and we'll go out for ice cream!

Ofer said...

OK, Hansen, come the fuck ON

allan said...

slap him, farrell.

Jere said...

Brennaman talkin' closers....

Bronson in the game!

allan said...

ARROYO runs for griffey

nixon33 said...

rockettes-kick-hairdo in to pinch run

Benjamin said...

Water.

nixon33 said...

WHEW!

allan said...

1st MLB save for Hansen.

Jere said...

oh praise the lord and lordess of sports, it's over. No Crapnea necessary.

laura k said...

WHEW

not clean water. thank something.

laura k said...

rockettes-kick-hairdo

who that be?

Ofer said...

Was that one close? Or an easy play for Drew?

Anyway, it's Hansen's first career save (and it's not like he hasn't had chances...)

allan said...

easy drift back for o.f.

Benjamin said...

FLA - 000
FKR - 010

Jere said...

Freakin Damon. Leadoff man on in top of first for Yanks.

Ofer said...

And... I'm going out for ice cream too. They have great ice cream here in Buenos Aires

Benjamin said...

FLA - 000 1
FKR - 010

Jere said...

ofer, there was a hint of scariness to the hit initially, which is probably owed to the situation, but as soon as you saw Drew you knew he had it, he was only slightly drifting back as A&W royal rooter beer said.

That was a spontaneous nickname. Ooh, and a good Seinfeld comes on Fox!!!

Jere said...

Double Play Jeter. Good start...

nixon33 said...

l-girl, it was arroyo. rocketees leg kick while pitching, hairdo all the time!

Jere said...

Leadoff double off Mussina!

nixon33 said...

FUCKING ASTROS

Benjamin said...

Who knew Pence was an Oriole.

Benjamin said...

GDGD's froze.

Benjamin said...

Lee Dong.

Benjamin said...

Lee looks happy. I'm happy for him.

nixon33 said...

ELL CABILLO!
YES! MOOSES STREAK ENDS TONIGHT!

Benjamin said...

MFY - 0
ASS - 3

Benjamin said...

GDGD's still on the Kaz Matsui atbat.

allan said...

MFY - 0
ASS - 3


Now that's confusing!

Benjamin said...

Fan interference much? Dumbasses.

allan said...

slappy with a dong about 1 inch beyond the rf wall.

allan said...

wow -- totally knocked away by that moran fan.

Benjamin said...

Hermida yells at the fan in the Astros jersey who knocked the ball out of his glove. That fan'd be lynched in Boston.

Benjamin said...

By Hermida, I of course mean Pence.

Amy said...

Great ending to the game. Sorry I missed all the thread excitement, but hard to cook and type.

So does that mean Pap gets the W even though he blew the save?

Wake robbed of a W again. Poor Wake.

allan said...

FLA - 000 100 000 - 1 3 0
FKR - 010 200 10X - 4 5 0

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NYY - 023 000 0 - 6
HOU - 300 001 - 4

allan said...

So does that mean Pap gets the W even though he blew the save?

Yep.

Wake robbed of a W again. Poor Wake.

Don't worry about his W/L record -- it's not important.

Just enjoy his 7-4-2-2-6 line.

Rob said...

Evening, chaps. Spent the day wasting the petrol, since, ya know, gas is so cheap these days. But like Manny's planned day off, I had a planned day trip to wander around, and that's what we did. Started off here at home (southern Maine), went west to Concord, NH, then to Keene in the southwestern part of the state. Crossed the border to Brattleboro, Vermont and stopped there for a couple of hours. After that went south to Greenfield, MA and took Route 2 east along the northern part of the state, then headed up 495 and home.

Fantastic day for it, too. I listened to most of the game and thought about you guys and what you'd be saying about all of this. And DAMMIT. There's LIGHTNING near here, and I just got home from a 250 miles run about which means I really shouldn't go back out to try to capture some lightning with my camera. Ah well.

It is pretty dubious to see...

W: Papelbon
L: Lincoln
SV: Hansen



***By the way: Castig and O'Brien interviewed Craig Hansen after the game and Joe asked him if he felt nervous about being called into the game. Hansen said he didn't really think about it, but was kind of surprised because he was in the bathroom in the bullpen when someone knocked on the door and said "Hey, you're going in the game."

So, he gets a save, and a bounce in his step!

allan said...

NYY - 023 000 012 - 8 12 1
HOU - 300 001 100 - 4 9 0

nick said...

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?

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