July 12, 2008

G96: Red Sox 12, Orioles 1

Orioles - 001 000 000 -  1  3  0
Red Sox - 207 100 02x - 12 15 0
Wakefield (7-2-1-1-6, 98) was stupendous yet again and a grand slam from the Sultan of Sweat (Kevin Youkilis) in the third put the game out of reach.

Tampa's 8-4 loss in Cleveland means the Red Sox are only .5 GB in the East.

Only four Baltimore batters reached base: Kevin Millar's two-out single in the second, Ramon Hernandez's solo home run to begin the third, Adam Jones's two-out walk in the third, and Nick Markakis's double in the ninth. At one point, Red Sox pitchers retired 18 Orioles in a row.

Liz had nothing. After retiring the first two batters in the first, J.D. Drew and Manny Ramirez hit home runs on consecutive pitches. With one out in the third, Dustin Pedroia singled, Drew walked, Manny was HBP, Mike Lowell walked to force in a run, Yook went deep for a four-spot, Sean Casey walked, Lance Cormier relieved Liz, Jed Lowrie flew out to right, Kevin Cash singled, Jacoby Ellsbury singled and Pedroia doubled in two runs. 9-1.

Yook finished the night with six RBI. Drew reached base four times, and he and Manny both scored three times.

***

Radhames Liz (5.94, 71 ERA+) / Tim Wakefield (3.75, 115 ERA+)

Liz has pitched against the Red Sox only once, a start on August 31, 2007 (3-4-2-3-3, 72). No Boston batter has faced Liz more than twice.

Here is how the current Orioles have done against Wakefield. Cabin likes him (26 PA, .458/.500/.958).

Also: Yankees/Blue Jays at 1 PM and Rays/Spiders at 7 PM

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allan said...

Busy at Skydome:

NYY: 14
TOR: 4

nixon33 said...

jesse litsch, go back to being a bat boy, you motherfucker.

allan said...

NYY: 143
TOR: 40

NY: Only 3 of the 8 runs earned.

nixon33 said...

yeah,m fucking scutero booted a jeter double play play, lead to RUNS.

allan said...

MFY get (at least) one run in the 4th.

Could they be the first team in AL history to score in all 9 innings?

Other than that question, let the 3rd- and 5th-place teams sort their shit out. Whatever.

allan said...

Only 3 MFY have RBI:
CI, Slappy and Gardner each have 3.

nixon33 said...

if you thought the yankees sucked, we give you the toronto blue jays!

Rob said...

14-4 now? Jeez. That was quick. Must have happened from the time when I got out of the car here to when I got to the computer. It WAS 9-4.

Rob said...

That Gardner kid again.

Rob said...


Could they be the first team in AL history to score in all 9 innings?


Nope.

Rob said...

Pssst. I'm stupid. Looking at the first comment

Busy at Skydome:

NYY: 14
TOR: 4


I thought you meant 14-4. lmao.

Rob said...

Rich Harden's Cubs debut: 5.1, 5, 0, 3, 10, 96-66

Rob said...

Pedro will be pitching on FOX at 3:55... I hope they'll show that game here instead of ARI/PHI

allan said...

I thought you meant 14-4. lmao.

I was thinking someone might see it that way.

However, the score in the 3rd comment is not 143-40!

tim said...

Hello from my new computer. Hopefully will get to thread tonight!

nixon33 said...

DOUG EDDINGS?

allan said...

Heh. Here it is with some commentary. He looks a bit like an extra in some Monty Python "funny walks" skit.

Eddings was the dushbag involved in the 2005 ALCS incident with A.J. Pierzynski and Josh Paul.

allan said...

BEST ON-BASE PERCENTAGE FROM AN AMERICAN LEAGUE SHORTSTOP

Julio Lugo: .355

We're gonna miss him!

allan said...

OnFire expected back tonight.

...

Get it? "Back"! See, Drew was out because of stiffness in his back (as in part of his body) and then I used the exact same work to mean he was returning ..... Oh, so clever!

nixon33 said...

redsock said...
BEST ON-BASE PERCENTAGE FROM AN AMERICAN LEAGUE SHORTSTOP

Julio Lugo: .355

We're gonna miss him!


wow! AL shortstops must be terrible this year!

Rob said...

Heh. Audio problems at Shea for FOX. They've got the AM radio quality going and the picture is about a full second after the sound.

That's about par for the course for FOX.

allan said...

wow! AL shortstops must be terrible this year!

Yeah, it could be that -- or maybe it's because Lugo is THE MAN!

Rob said...

Yay! I get the Mets game.

allan said...

Someone came to my blog today by clicking through this webpage. Look closely!

Rob said...

Posednik led off against Pedro... CFC. Fastball, fastball, curve.

nixon33 said...

hahaha

Rob said...

Fruitbat!?

Rob said...

That's awesome.

9casey said...

Did they call up Lowrie?

allan said...

Looking at the history, Captain Intangibles added the link on April 17. The sentence had been added two days earlier!

allan said...

No word yet.

MLB sez: Wake "has not allowed more than three earned runs in any start since May 23 at Oakland".

allan said...

We have no dogwalker today, so I have to leave work, drive home, take care of the furry beasts and come back. I'm leaving at 4:15 or so. L should be able to mod a bit, I think.

laura k said...

*crickets*

Not much to mod!

Rhadames Liz = girls team

me = self-parody??

Rob said...

I'm watching the Rox/Mets game.

Rob said...

So, L... How are you? Haha. No, you're right. Chatter is down. But it'll be back up later.

Rob said...

Bobby Murcer died today.

laura k said...

I'm sorry to hear that. He couldn't have been very old. He was often very (intentionally) funny in the broadcast booth.

I'll check out the obit.

Not threading yet, just modding for now.

laura k said...

Wow, only 62. Very young.

MLB obit here. There will surely be more interesting obits tomorrow.

Benjamin said...

Has anyone done an epidemiological study of how long baseball players live compared to other athletes and the general population?

Rob said...

Globe:

"Lugo tonight and Alex Cora will play shortstop for tomorrow's 1:35 game against Baltimore.

Lugo is on the 15-day DL after injuring his left quadriceps. He had an MRI today and said the doctor told him it was torn; the team said it was a "severe strain." He is expected to be out 4-to-6 weeks and was in the team clubhouse with a large brace on his left leg.

When asked if it was as bad as it looked, Lugo said 'Oh, it's bad.' Lugo is supposed to meet with his doctor soon so look for an update on the blog about that."

Rob said...

So, Drew is in. Lowrie is in. Coco is out with sore forearms.

allan said...

1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Adam Jones, CF
3. Nick Markakis, RF
4. Aubrey Huff, DH
5. Melvin Mora, 3B
6. Kevin Millar, 1B
7. Luke Scott, LF
8. Ramon Hernandez, C
9. Brandon Fahey, SS

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. J.D. Drew, RF
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
7. Sean Casey, DH
8. Jed Lowrie, SS
9. Kevin Cash, C

allan said...

From SoSH Thread:

"Ortiz tentatively back in Boston on the 25th." (no link)

When we host the Chokers.

nixon33 said...

bobby murcer, dead at 62.
poor guy.

allan said...

Final
NYY: 143 100 000 - 9 11 2
TOR: 400 000 000 - 4 7 2


Giants come back late, but Cubs win in 11:

SF: 000 000 025 00 - 7 13 0
CC: 012 400 000 01 - 8 14 1

9casey said...

Lugo being out has to have Theo spinning his wheels......I assume we could get Guzman cheap ....but I wonder if Michale Young could become available?

I can't see them having Cora and Lowrie sharing the duties for the next month or two.

allan said...

Yeah, Lowrie should have a full-time job. Keep sittin', Einstein.

allan said...

Lugo out 4-6 weeks. Time for Jed to make hay.

Cora is 11-for-27 with a .407/.429/.630 line against Sunday pitcher Cabrera.

Amy said...

Oooh, Lowrie in tonight.

And, to parody myself and to also be myself---off to dinner with Harv and Maddy, back to see the second half.

laura k said...

Has anyone done an epidemiological study of how long baseball players live compared to other athletes and the general population?

Is this Phil or Phil-parody? And will you please provide a link?

allan said...

Parody comments are so yesterday!

laura k said...

This is the last complete game I'm going to listen to or watch for more than a week! And I'm not happy about it.

nixon33 said...

l-girl said...
This is the last complete game I'm going to listen to or watch for more than a week! And I'm not happy about it.


are you going somewhere?

allan said...

Yay - NESN on mlbtv again

laura k said...

are you going somewhere?

Nothing that fun.

Tomorrow I have (incredibly boring) training at work from 1-4.

Then the break.

Then they're on the west coast, which means I'm lucky if I can stay up til the 3rd inning.

Pfft. I'm annoyed about training tomw.

nixon33 said...

that sucks, sorry l-girl.

allan said...

after training tomorrow, watch the archived game!

laura k said...

thanks. clearly my employer should have consulted the sox schedule before putting me in training.

laura k said...

after training tomorrow, watch the archived game!

i can't watch at work, i can only listen.

allan said...

Will Blind Lemon Eddings be giving us some borderline calls tonight behind the dish?

nixon33 said...

ONE-TWO-THREE

laura k said...

a mel OTT inning

allan said...

listen to the archived game!

allan said...

pretend the game starts at 6.

9casey said...

Are the archived games commercial free?

laura k said...

i didn't know there were archived audio games! i feel much better now.

thanks :)

laura k said...

Are the archived games commercial free?

please please please please please

allan said...

Liz's last start:

3.2 IP
103 PIT

!

laura k said...

3.2 IP
103 PIT


ouch!

allan said...

... and so the Sox have swung at 8 of his first 10 pitches.

?

laura k said...

ON FIRE!!!

allan said...

ON FUCKING FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!

he cannot be stopped.

Benjamin said...

Drew!

laura k said...

welcome back, mr on fire!

nixon33 said...

DREWS BACK< AND THEN ITS BACK TO BACK!

allan said...

BEING!!!!!!!!!!!!

laura k said...

MANNY DONG!!!!!!!

hot back to back dong action

Benjamin said...

Manny!

laura k said...

Keep it up, Liz, we're loving it!

laura k said...

Were those b2b pitches too?

allan said...

back to back ... rally killers!

allan said...

yep, 1st pitch for mummy

nixon33 said...

bad news bears out there!

laura k said...

heh, love it. bad news birds.

allan said...

FKR: 0
CLE:

Benjamin said...

Radhammes is one of 11 children. At least his mom has 10 others she can still love.

nixon33 said...

phil said...
Radhammes is one of 11 children. At least his mom has 10 others she can still love.

ha!

laura k said...

Eleven kids, damn. I hope they're all getting a piece of the pie.

laura k said...

I guess Manny didn't catch that because he was thinking of breasts?

allan said...

yes, but it was chicken breasts. he's hungry.

Benjamin said...

The pie probably goes a little further back home in DR. Wikipedia says his fingers reach past his knees if he's standing with his arms at his sides.

Cabinmirror's still killing Wake.

allan said...

if liz doesn't start pitching better, there will be very little pie to be had.

laura k said...

The pie probably goes a little further back home in DR.

Way further, yes.

Of course, it would have gone further if his parents had, say, 5 children instead of 11. But hey.

laura k said...

chicken, pie...

i have to get some food.

Benjamin said...

Would the Padres ship us a PTBNL if we tell them Liz's middle name is Corey?

Rob said...

HOME RUN MAYYYYYYORRRRRRRR

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

How the BUGGERNOZZLE did that happen!


Wow.

laura k said...

what what what??? what'd i miss?

Rob said...

Casey hit the ball waaaaay back into right field, and it hit the top of the bullpen wall and bounced back onto the field, and Casey, going for second... couldn't beat the throw. An INCH from being a home run, and instead, he's out at second.

Rob said...

Is this really Fenway? Perhaps it could be Wrigley. Or Coors. Or Citizens Bank Park.

BANDBOX tonight.

laura k said...

An INCH from being a home run, and instead, he's out at second.

damn. baseball.

now a bird dong.

Rob said...

Where'd everyone go all of a sudden?

Benjamin said...

Spiders on the board 2-0.

laura k said...

i'm here. i can't refresh too often b/c of the delay. i hate to read MANNY DONG before he's even at the plate!

Rob said...

That was interesting. Wake threw that pitch side-arm.

Benjamin said...

So if Manny maintains his return from the grave, Lowrie plays above Lugo's expectations, and we grab another backup infielder, we aren't doing too badly.

Benjamin said...

More runs, please.

Benjamin said...

More spider action. 4-0. Regression to the mean's a bitch.

allan said...

LBJ looked at a strike, then has swung at 7 straight pitches. Hacker.

Benjamin said...

Hitting streak's back at 1.

laura k said...

Regression to the mean's a bitch.

A little early for that, I think.

and

Please don't call my boy a hacker.

Benjamin said...

Well, they've lost five in a row and are on their way to losing a sixth. That's regressing.

FKR - 00
SPD - 04

tim said...

here we goooo :)

glad to be back.

allan said...

Time for a house call.

laura k said...

Well, they've lost five in a row and are on their way to losing a sixth. That's regressing.

Not necessarily. It might be regressing, might just be a slump.

tim said...

A lot of baseball left at Jacobs Field...

laura k said...

Help us, doctah!

(Hi Tim!)

allan said...

After the Rays went 58-1 or whatever it was, some losses were expected.

Benjamin said...

GDGD decided Manny hit another homer, over the monster and out to sea.

tim said...

Thanks, Liz.

Rob said...

Let's see if Youk can NOT strike out with the bases loaded.

laura k said...

Rx!

allan said...

BB RBI!

Time for the ... Sultan of Sweat!

allan said...

pitch count .... rising!!!!

nixon33 said...

gameplan: dont swing.

Rob said...

If he would have swung at that 3-0, it'd be a DP.

AND THAT HAPPENED!!!!

laura k said...

pitch count .... rising!!!!

And Shatner's in the dugout, too.

tim said...

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!

Grand sweaty dong!

nixon33 said...

OK SWING! YEAH YOOUK! HOLY SHIT!

allan said...

SULTAN OF SWEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

laura k said...

SWEATY DONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG OMG OMG OMG

laura k said...

yoooooooooooooook

laura k said...

1st ML GS!

laura k said...

mom and dad yook at the fens tonight

Sarah Haendler said...

I'm having a pretty shitty day, but clearly Youk is trying to cheer me up!

laura k said...

hey Sarah, watch the game with us, it will improve your day!

laura k said...

but since you weren't here yesterday, you have to post a self-parody comment.

allan said...

Buh-Bye Birdie!

tim said...

Bout damn time they pull the guy. I love this team.

laura k said...

i'll miss him. it was fun.

Rob said...

I love his straight fastball.

allan said...

They are pie-less in the DR tonight.

They are without pie.

tim said...

They'll have to keep it going with the next guy.

So laura and allan, hows summer going?

How'd you like your trip out to NF?

Rob said...

I think Youk's sweating double tonight.

Rob said...

Good swing on that one by Lowrie.

laura k said...

Tim, trip was great, it's so beautiful out there. Super busy with resister campaign. Not enough baseball, but other than that, things are good.

Congrats on the new computer, we've missed you!

laura k said...

$$!

tim said...

batted around!

time to go cook and eat, be back later

allan said...

I guess Tim did not follow the travel blog.

laura k said...

LBJ, try taking a pitch or two, eh?

laura k said...

time to go cook and eat

spinach?!?!

laura k said...

I guess Tim did not follow the travel blog.

it's not a requirement.

Rob said...

Bases loaded again... This is fun!

laura k said...

bases loaded again!

allan said...

We need some serious FY action!

11th Sock to bat this inning!

laura k said...

how bout a peewee dong?

Rob said...

Castig, to O'Brien: "Have you ever seen two grand slams in one inning?"

Obie: "Nope. Have you?"

Castig: "Uh... Well, I've seen them in back-to-back innings - Bill Mueller, switch hitting..."

allan said...

remember: we do this more often than we suck.

Rob said...

That works!

Sarah Haendler said...

Just catching up now - fruitbat link FANTASTIC! Love statcounter or similar.

laura k said...

FUCK YEAH!!

Rob said...

Second seven-run inning of the week!

nixon33 said...

laugher

allan said...

don't eff it up, drew!

Rob said...

What's the black stripe around the Orioles' right sleeve for? Was that there last night?

laura k said...

"and the red sox strand a pair"

we suck!

allan said...

CLEV 7-0 (bot 3)

:>)

laura k said...

I sometimes get semi-obsessed with my Statcounter and referring links.

allan said...

Liz faced 16 batters - 8 of them scored!

allan said...

Run Support for Timmeh!

Put it in cruise-control.

laura k said...

Anyone know the answer to Ish's q re uni?

allan said...

Man, Mora has had absolutely no clue in his 2 AB. None.

allan said...

11 pitches for Wake in that inning -- all strikes.

nixon33 said...

redsock said...
Man, Mora has had absolutely no clue in his 2 AB. None.


seriously. did you see the frustration on his face? almost as if, "what am i supposed to do with that?!"

allan said...

then nesn showed a clip of roberts fanning against wakefield in camden and tim walks off, roberts takes off his helmet, smirks at wake and says "i hate you"!

Rob said...

Oooooh man. Just ate a FANTASTIC burger.

laura k said...

smirks at wake and says "i hate you"!

Wow! I'd like to see that.

allan said...

mbm with a first pitch single to right to start it off.

laura k said...

Oooooh man. Just ate a FANTASTIC burger.

I can't remember the last time I could say that.

Probably in L.A. last summer.

Rob said...

That ball was way in and tight, and he still turned on it and hit it OFF THE GREEN.

laura k said...

The doctor is in!

allan said...

doc almost got hit by that -- and he pounds it off the wall!

Rob said...

It was a very simple burger. It was on a very soft wheat bulkie, a slice of cheddar cheese, and some picante salsa on it from a local mexican restaurant.

Sarah Haendler said...

Could this be more fun? I'm really not sure how.

One year the Pan Mass Challenge had jerseys that looked like sox jerseys. I wished I could get one for my brother.

laura k said...

So if this keeps up in Boston and Cleveland, we are .5 game out at the break. Me likee.

Rob said...

Oi. That could have been another inside-the-park homer for Youk if Markakis misses that ball.

allan said...

hell of a dive and catch.

10-1

laura k said...

I only eat 1 or 2 burgers a year. This year I might have to grill it myself.

allan said...

Manny has scored 3 runs ... 3 Orioles have batted only once so far.

Rob said...

Sean Casey learned some Spanish so he could talk to the spanish-speaking players who reach first base when he's holding them on.

allan said...

Lowrie the only guy without a hit.

Rob said...

I have a burger about once every week or every other week.

laura k said...

Castig just said that he was chatting w/ the Mayor's dad-in-law. DIL told Castig that Sean learned Spanish so he could chat w/ Spanish-speaking players when they were on 1B.

Rob said...

But I must stress that the roll I had it on was very, very good.

Sarah Haendler said...

Don't worry - Jedi will get there.

And that was the answer to my more fun question apparently. An inside the parker.

allan said...

I guess Casey could not stand the thought of having someone beside him and not being able to chat.

Sarah Haendler said...

All this talk of burgers is making me wonder what happened to the grass fed ground beef that my usual cheese producer was teasing about in the last mailing list email.

allan said...

Clev with 11 hits and 7 runs off Garza thru 3.

laura k said...

I guess Casey could not stand the thought of having someone beside him and not being able to chat.

Essackly.

nixon33 said...

REMY LOOKS LIKE HES IN LOVE!

laura k said...

who's he in love with?

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