Red Sox - 101 020 011 - 6 10 2Manny Delcarmen and Craig Hansen each faced three batters in the seventh -- and retired no one. All six runners scored -- Terry Francona used four pitchers in the 11-batter inning -- and Tampa completed the three-game sweep.
Rays - 100 000 60x - 7 9 2
Dice (5-2-1-5-5) had a horrible 1.2 innings, but then settled down nicely, retiring 10 of his last 11 batters. Going back to the end of the first inning, he retired 13 of his last 16 batters. He threw 101 pitches in five innings (24-25-17 14-21).
Dustin Pedroia homered in the first, tripled in the third and doubled in the fifth. He needed only a single for Boston's first cycle since John Valentin (June 6, 1996), but he flew out to center in the sixth and doubled in the eighth.
Boston dropped to 3.5 GB. They move on to New York, where the Yankees routed Texas tonight, 18-7.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka (3.21, 133 ERA+) / Scott Kazmir (2.28, 178 ERA+)
Game threads are back ... and they're back BIG!
(Thanks to Jere and Ish for hosting games for the past two weeks.)
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Woohoo!
glad yr back, IVE BEEN YELLING ABOUT THE SOX TO... MYSELF!
Hooray! Welcome back - your vacation sounded great...
Now if I could just get home in time to join the game thread.
Let's hope it changes the luck....
Settling in ....
Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Drew, RF
Ramirez, DH
Lowell, 3B
Youkilis, 1B
Varitek, C
Moss, LF
Lugo, SS
Iwamura, 2B
Crawford, LF
Upton, CF
Pena, 1B
Longoria, 3B
Floyd, DH
Navarro, C
Hinske, RF
Bartlett, SS
Drew named AL Player of Month for June!
L says HI -- now trying to get her computer to connect.
NESN -- Yay!
Welcome back.
We need a win.
WOOOHOOO, GAME THReADS ARe BACK!
Welcome back!
What's our record without Allen and Laura?
PEDE DONG!
FUCK YEAH - dong v Red Dot
dong
1st lead of the series for the sox
so nesn.com supposedly posts lineups daily at 3:03. don't know if you knew that.
did not know that
It's so fascinating to watch the Matsuzaka saga unfold. What will Dice-K be bringing today?
why 3:03, I don't know. but it said it on the screen in pre-game. nesn discovering the things they can do with this new internet thing: chatting with TC, posting lineups, etc
93MPH is just too many for Manny these days.
clubhouse probably opens then and they see it. and they need 3 minutes to phone it in?
it could change in the 4 hours until game time though. late scratches and all
What will Dice-K be bringing today?
The noise.
O POO! say the Rays... (One Pitch, One Out) (at least I think it was the first pitch)
So what day did you leave, Redsock?
we left tuesday the 17th.
I'm surprised Jon Rich is commenting instead of Dale.
nice recovery Dustin
6-7 in your absence. Don't be doing that again.
Dale's on vacation. Hasn't been on his regular talk show either
Damn you, Matsuzaka! Throw strikes!
I've seen enough two out walks this series.
Ponson: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R. A much better first 2 than Jobber last nite
come on, tek, work your "magic"
another BB comes around to score.
another 2-out run.
4 pitch BB. Okay, this is his "bad inning."
wowzer...
noisy.
well that was a little scary
feels like we're already down 3-1, so it's nice to see the game tied 1-1.
that sounded and looked scary off the bat.
I miss Coco.
Sounds like we are hitting the ball hard.
RUNS PLEASE!!!!
wow, almost looked like Youk wasn't gonna stop there.
Gotta single in two here....
WE WANT SLUGO!!!!
Texas ties it up 1-1
I was rather surprised to compare Lugo's stats with LBJ's. This is including Ellsbury's slump, but as of yesterday, Lugo had a slightly better OBP. Ellsbury only really leads on power and SB.
pitch count rising
pitch count rising
that is best said in a shatner voice: "pitch count ........ rising ......"
3-1 Texas. Nice
tex 3-1
that is best said in a shatner voice: "pitch count ........ rising ......"
I actually did put a lot of space in between the words, but they disappeared when it posted.
I would love a Dice-K with a 4.00 ERA that pitches 7 innings average.
I <3 1 pitch outs.
Crawford's at bat music is soooo bad.
what was it? sounded like some shitty beastie boys.
is that to imply you don't like the Beastie Boys in general or that it sounded like one of their shittier tunes?
dicks on the harlem river.
A-Rod w RISP: .239, RISP, 2 out: .200
tied after 2, i'll take it
mustachioed cheater, grand effing dong
Freakin' Giambi grand slam. Goddam.
another curtain call from the least knowledgeable fans in baseball.
Dustin needs a 1B and a 2B for the C.
Pedroia OWNS Kazmir.
Dustin, JD, and Mike,
Thank you for all your fine offensive efforts lately.
Manny, Jacoby, Cap'n,
Fellas, your team needs you.
I think it is Mummy Time.
also, to keep their 100-year streak in tact, that yankee rally was set up by a botched double play ball that would've ended the inning.
I am going to the Giants/Cubs game tonight. Kind of tired, so I doubt I'll make it through to the fireworks at the end of the game.
This is like a Sox/Yanks game, but with a very different feeling.
Enjoy, Zen!
take THAT "botched double play ball that would've ended the inning"! bout time we caught a break in this series. I guess it was about time the yanks caught one in theirs...
Another lead?!?!?! We're in the lead?!?! AWESOME!
Today I bought "Awesome!" brand paper towels. Don't tell Laura.
Will do, thanks.
I said at the start of the season that there should be a parade if the Giants were to go .500. Now I feel like they'd still deserve the parade -- but might win the division along with it if they were able to pull it off.
It's fun when your ace pitcher looks like the president of a high school chess club. I root for the Giants...nothing like for the Sox, of course, but I like to see them win.
The Giants or Dodgers winning is always good--gets those older Yankee fans mad.
OMG
DICE HAS RETIRED 3 IN A ROW!!
Do not panic at the possibility of a 1-2-3 inning.
I can think of worse ideas than this, but it's very difficult.
rare trip to Mel's Diner for Dice
since floyd's bb and farrell's visit back in the first, dice has retired 7 of 9.
and we lead 2-1!
Yay, a game thread, and we are ahead of the Rays for the first time this series.
I wonder what Farrell said? Maybe something along the lines of, "Cut the shit"?
Welcome home, and I see we are back with moderating??
Life has just not been the same....
There's some post-vacation optimism.
Tek....so sad to watch his swing. SO pathetic.
Amy: L says hello!
She's been trying to get her laptop to connect for the last 2 hours. :<(
Tek reaches base. nice.
Tek didn't strike out!!!
STOP THE PRESSES! Tek is on base!
nice to see tek remembers to go to first and not third.
Hi, Laura. Ugh, I hate that connection stuff.
A HIT!
You guys really have brought back the good luck from Newfoundland.
How are the dogs, Allan?
L adds that she's surprised he didn't go back to the dugout. Force of habit after every AB!
bases more than tipsy
So what did everyone do without game threads? I was so frustrated once Ish went on vacation.
ANOTHER HIT!
LBJ is ready to preform for L. I can feel it.
Puppies are great! Our sitter was fantastic!
Cody needs a brushing though -- she looks horrible, like a wild animal that is shedding in the summer -- there are big empty and furry off-color patches all over her!!!
LOADED FOR LYNDON!!!
let's get Georgie Peorgie to 90 pitches by the end of this inning
Hi everyone! Whew, only took me two friggin hours to connect. But I'm glad to be back.
Oh shit, what just happened.
Ugly, ugly, ugly.
The run didn't score???? Crap.
OK, we still have the lead. Don't forget that folks, because we're back now! :)
I AM PISSED. AT LUGO. It's not gonna be a DP with Jacoby running, just slide right to the bag and don't fuck around!!!! Ass hole!!!
We were 6-7 without you L.
but doesnt the run still count if tek crossed the plate before the play, as the decision for the interference came after?
That sucks. Arggh.
Glad the dogs are doing well. I bet they were happy to see you guys!
It was a ticky tack, even BAD call, but if Lugo just slides normally it's 3 to 1 and we're still batting
Hi, Laura! So glad you had a great trip AND that you are home!! I really enjoyed reading about your travels.
They called the double play because Lugo touched their SS? Is that a rule or just umpire discretion? Hard to tell from the way Remy is describing it.
even with the fake out call, it's still a force, so run can't count.
We were 6-7 without you L.
Sorry about that. Things will pick up now.
Remy not bringing up that Lugo didn't even need to try to break it up because Ellsbury's running!
remy's convinced the bad feelings between the teams led the 2B umpire to call interference.
so the umpires are calling the game differently because of how the teams feel about each other lately?
that's fucking great.
(it did look like the right call though)
to answer Amy's Q, if you try to break up a DP and they feel you couldn't have reached the bag with any part of your body, you're out
DiceK getting the K back.
Hell ya! That's how you do it, Dice!
another TYR* in the Bronx: walk, error, HBP, and they're loaded.
*typical yankee rally
Thanks, Jere. But that explains why Lugo was out---why would LBJ be out?
Joe Castig and Jon think the ump made the right call.
Dice-KKK!
he maybe could've reached the bag with his hand, but I don't care. The guy shouldn't be sliding three feet away from the bag, risking fucking up the inning for everybody.
Three Ks! Dice looking good.
jere: you are right, bad time for lugo to try to upend the SS
oh, sorry--I meant that in that situation, they call it a double play because the first guy effects the play at first.
like if you were to tackle the shortstop, well, he WOULD've completed the DP but didn't get to, so both runners are out
good shot at the cycle for fy, who just millared that one
FUCK YEAH!
WOOOHOO! he's just a single away!
FY's gonna get a cycle!!!! needs the 1B
FY:
HR
3B
2B
!!!
FY's going for the cycle!!
(I just posted that on my own blog and had to delete.)
maybe Lugo will get caught stealing home with Dustin up and 2 outs in the 9th, needing just a single for the cycle...
i like guys who get the cycle and also walk.
i have no name for that feat.
FIRE IN THE GAP!!!!!!!!
oh yeah. triple. finally it's 3-1
BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!!!!! JD DON
Drew! Finally we have some fire!
Yanks get a run walked in. no hits in the inning, and a run scores. They have 6 runs on 4 hits, Tex has 3 runs on 6 hits.
A reverse cycle---from HR down to a single. Cool.
Ugh, Manny, where ARE you?
damn - nice slider to mbm
i always hate it when two guys in a row can't hit a sac fly.
TITO: PH CASH!!!!
MAKE THEM PAY, TEK!
And I do love seeing Manny's sac fly.
Come on, Tek. Stop that awful swinging at SHIT.
Texas cuts it to 6-5 after the Yanks left 'em loaded.
Good news: Kazmir over 100 pitches; Texas closing in 5-6
that is crazy. after all that we score on the WP.
All right!!
Hey, maybe we *are* good luck!
(Pardon my egotism!)
I mean 6-5, sorry Jere.
5 runs on 8 hits through 5+ for Ponson so far. I smell standing O...
Well, Laura, be careful. You don't want to be blamed whenever you go on vacation. :)
patrick, you'd be a great volleyball scorekeeper....
im gonna see if i can get tix for sunday nights game to see the cunt pitch in person (oh how i cant stand him).
i won tix for the 4th of july game by being caller number 4 on the mike and the maddog show, can you believe that shit???
HAHA PONSON! TIE GAME MOFO
7-6 Rangers, another dong for Texas!
chris davis dong! tex 7-6!
nix, I also thought tie game, until I remembered the hit off Ponson's leg
I promise you this:
Pontoon will NOT contract ASD (Aaron Small Disease).
think the yanks will try and get choke-on?
Casey Kelly---I know I will get him confused with Sean Casey.
This is what I'm talking about, the Daisuke saga is fascinating. Man he sucks, woops, I mean he's an ace.
CHOCOLATE RAIN
I would prefer DiceK being consistent rather than interesting.
Casey may be retired by the time Casey's playing.
two out walks cause me to pull out my hairs
Cute, Jere!
Jeemer starting to warm
Oh, no, not the new White Flag.
You think Casey Kelly goes on my girls team? Normally I don't go for the could-be-either-gender names, but this guy has two of those. Maybe we should make an exception.
He can be a switch hitter on the girls' team.
Amy, I can't believe you're calling Jeemer WF. He's had a bad time, for sure, but White Flag has been working on that name for years. It doesn't seem fair.
K. I'm getting psyched for the psycle!
I always like DiceK's strut as he leaves the field.
the FYcle
He can be a switch hitter on the girls' team.
Sounds good to me!
The FYcicle?
I am calling him that because lately he has earned it---he seems to come in and blow the game.
He makes me nervous the way Timlin has. But I am willing to reconsider if he has at least a few good outings. I haven't seen any in a long, long time.
With 201 coming up and Dice on the mound, I realize that we are missing Ish. He will be welcome back to New England.
Ish is the undeniable king of the 201.
(Actually I don't know if the stats prove that out, but it sounds good.)
he's the king of purposely going for 201, I'll give him that. Besides, he's got so many other good qualities.
no criminal intent
Hey, don't be hitting My Boy!
Time for the single!
We're winning! We're winning! Now how are we going to bridge it to the 9th ? Oki-Manny-Aardsma?
Time for that single! (Will we be happier with the single for the cycle or with a run-scoring double or more?)
FYcle TYme... here we go
Oh, poopy. Will he get another at bat....?
ah well, he'll get another AB at least
PFFF! Send him back to AAA.
I would have been happier w/ the single for the cycle than a fly out. :)
he's due up 3rd in the 9th, though if people get on base before that, it'll be earlier.
3 innings left on the road = guaranteed at bat for everyone in the lineup
So FY may still be pedaling.
jeemer starting an inning (i.e., no one on base) is safer.
Come on Oki
Yeah, my math is weak tonight. Too much sun and fresh air today.
Come on Jeemer!
YEAH! Jeter DP and the Yanks have a squander. Still only four hits through 6, but trail only 7-6.
Well, that's a good reason. Are you at the Cape?
Well, he didn't have any inherited runners this time...
now he has to inherit his own baserunner
Yup, we are here til August! My brain should be real mush by then.
Wow, how wonderful! Sounds great.
was a broken bat hit he gave up
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