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August 3, 2008

G112: Red Sox 5, Athletics 2

Athletics - 000 020 000 - 2  5  1
Red Sox - 100 301 00x - 5 8 0
Jed Lowrie tripled in two runs in the fourth, giving the Red Sox the lead for good, as Boston cruised to a win and a sweep of the A's.

Julio Lugo has had three games this season in which he has driven in more than one run. Lowrie also has three -- this month! (Please note today's date!)

Matsuzaka (6-4-2-2-8, 105) still had pitch count problems. He came into the game with an average of 17.6 pitches per inning, 2nd worst in the AL. And today he threw: 17-26-12 16-21-13.

But he worked out of a man-on-third-no-out jam in the second and at one point had retired 10 in a row, seven of those by strikeout. A one-out walk and a Barton homer gave Oakland a brief lead.

Jason Bay singled twice and scored twice. He also fielded a ball off the left field side wall and gunned down Mark Ellis -- the second batter of the game -- at second. So far, this guy has the Midas Touch.

Elsewhere, two wild games:
Tigers - 001 010 011 1 - 5 12  1
Rays - 000 000 130 2 - 6 8 0

Angels - 210 200 040 - 9 11 4
Yankees - 000 013 46x - 14 14 0
We stay 3 GB, New York remains 5.5 GB.

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4:22 PM: Play ball!

3:44 PM: Rain delay with Sox batting in the bottom for the sixth.

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Dallas Braden (4.39, 89 ERA+) / Daisuke Matsuzaka (3.04, 145 ERA+)

Braden is a 24-year-old LHP who made his debut last April, totalling 14 starts and six relief appearances last year (72.1 IP, 6.72 ERA). However, he did strikeout 55 batters in those 72.1 innings, thanks to a superior changeup.

He began this season with 11 relief appearances before joining the rotation on July 22. On that day, he faced the Yankees (5-4-1-4-1; an 8-1 win) and on July 28 pitched against the Royals (6.2-6-4-2-7; lost 4-2).

Braden has never faced anyone on the Red Sox roster.

In his last outing, Matsuzaka gave up six runs in five innings against the Angels (though he walked only two batters). This is his third start of the season against the A's, but his first since April 1.

514 comments:

  1. Pedroia, 2B
    Youkilis, 1B
    Ortiz, DH
    Lowell, 3B
    Bay, LF
    Lowrie, SS
    Varitek, C
    Crisp, CF
    Ellsbury, RF

    (Drew gets the day off against the lefty. He might be disrepecting the game. I'm not sure.)

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  2. Here is a Manny essay for you from Charles P. Pierce.

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  3. Mike Lowell has been playing with a right hip flexor injury for the past five weeks, though he claims it's not the reason for his shitty July.

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  4. Here's what I posted about last night's game on the game thread.

    Last night's game was so much fun, as you might imagine. Tek with TWO hits, including a double and a couple of RBIs!! And though it wasn't the most exciting game in terms of tension, it was sure a lot of fun to watch all those hits.

    We were sitting in Box 91 in the RF---only problem was that to see the batter, I had to stare around the pesky Pesky Pole, which was annoying, especially with people walking up and down the aisles. Why can't people sit STILL? No one gets up and down that much at a movie or a concert.

    Anyway, I thought of you all several times. Almost yelled out "Sweaty Dong: TWICE! And when they put LBJ in, I almost yelled LBJ. It was a good seat to watch his back(side). And I was delighted to see that you all remembered I was there to represent JOS---I kept thinking last night, "I bet they are thinking that I am excited to see Tek get those hits." I was.

    One negative note: when Bay hit his HR, the crowd started chanting, "Manny Who?" over and over. That made me sad....

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  5. Also:
    Bartolo Colon will make a rehab start for Pawtucket on Tuesday night.
    David Aardsma will pitch for Pawtucket today, 15 days after a right groin strain put him on the DL. How long will Aardsma's rehab be? Tito: "We don't know."

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  6. One negative note: when Bay hit his HR, the crowd started chanting, "Manny Who?" over and over. That made me sad....

    100% disgusting.

    Proof that Red Sox fans can be as stupid, petty, unthankful and ignorant as any other team's fans.

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  7. Ian Browne says it was only "a smattering of Fenway fans" that chanted "Manny who?"

    Would you agree with that, Amy?

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  8. The Mighty Rasner gives up a two-run single to Mrs. Garrett in the top of the first. 2-0 Halos.

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  9. Allan, it sounded like far more than a smattering, but perhaps it was mostly people out in the right field area. It only lasted for a few minutes, but it was pretty loud.

    I guess if Remy did not pick up on it and comment (as no doubt he would have after his tirade the night before), it was not overwhelmingly loud.

    We were sitting near a loud, boorish group of young males who had had quite a bit of beer even before the game, and they were among those chanting. Perhaps that's what made it so loud for me.

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  10. Nice Sunday for listening to a baseball game. It's cloudy here 40minutes north of Fenway, and it just rained.

    Seems like it's just passing through.

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  11. Dear Sox: Don't stop kicking A'ss!

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  12. "manny who?" chants.
    i can assure you some of those grown men & women chanting that were also crying their eyes out at the end of '03.
    how quickly we forget.

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  13. O'Brien just said that the A'ss pitcher has flu like symptoms and it was questionable weather he would pitch today.

    I like the sound of that.

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  14. Feisty thunderstorms headed this way too.

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  15. If you haven't watched this Wood Spider documentary yet, take the two minutes.

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  16. on my direct tv, when i turn to YES network, there a box that come up in the upper right hand corner that shows the Sox score, and ONLY the Sox score. i find that a little puzzling, and funny. that there would be this auto-function on my direct-tv. anyone else have this?

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  17. Oh Bay. I almost don't like how good you've been.

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  18. WEEI has those message cards that say "Manny Who?"

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  19. Fans with WEEI-made signs saying "Manny Who?"

    Man, that pisses me off.

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  20. Whoa! This guy is too good!

    I can't thread today, but I'm listening. Have fun and GO SOX!

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  21. I will be out for most of the afternoon, but will be checking the score, of course. Enjoy the game!

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  22. "(Can we please, finally, pry the ballot out of the hands of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and hand it to somebody less self-important, like the College of Cardinals?)"

    Brilliant

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  23. looks like same pitch is called strike 2 to thomas.

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  24. Is anyone here going to Futures at Fenway?

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  25. FUCK YEAH!!!!! I fucking love that guy!

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  26. DFA Pedroia. His swing's too big.

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  27. Some people were able to evacuate to Canada! Very well done!

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  28. Some of those "Manny Who?" chants may have come from fans who quite reasonably took offense at Edes' report yesterday that Boras-Ramirez essntially attempted to extort the team into giving Manny waht he wanted even at the 11th hour. After all, "do this and Manny will behave" is just the flip side of "if you don't do this, Manny will misbehave." I'm sure this report is discounted in Manny-World, but Edes has proven to be a pretty reliable reporter in the past. It looks like about 90% of the Boston fans regard this as the "smoking gun" of the whole episode, with the remaining 10% keeping faith with the "he was run out of town by the media and front office" myth.

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  29. damn - clicked back to nesn and saw a yook bomb - thought it was live.

    then yook gets a live hit and a ribeye

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  30. Pedroia and Youk are just unstoppable these days.

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  31. I really want Ortiz to get locked in again. It's just so fun when he is raking.

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  32. It's sad being back outside NESN coverage, but I guess it's only for another month.

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  33. Cut us some slack, Jack, we're under "mass-hypnosis".

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  34. Bottom of the 1st in Tampa against Detroit, scoreless.

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  35. OK, I'll bite. What's FKR? (I checked the glossary.) Be kind, I'm slow.

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  36. Edes left the Globe, didn't he?

    Nope.

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  37. I'm not a fan of Lowell in the 4-spot

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  38. FKR are in the bottom of the 1st.

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  39. He is supposed to be leaving though, for Yahoo.

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  40. Hey, Look, Bay was watching his HR go out instead of busting it down the line.

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  41. those Manny Who signs are just obnoxious. Why not print pro-Bay signs instead of continuing to run down someone who's not even here anymore?!

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  42. efd!!!

    I'm not watching the game (though I could), just following this thread. I'm glad I can't see the signs.

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  43. Where are you, Musing? Out of radio range?

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  44. Why not print pro-Bay signs instead of continuing to run down someone who's not even here anymore?!

    Because derision and disgust is more enjoyable for some people than being thankful for two World Series titles?

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  45. those Manny Who signs are just obnoxious. Why not print pro-Bay signs instead of continuing to run down someone who's not even here anymore?!

    its the 'EEI mentality. and it goes for the listeners too...

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  46. If there is no drama in peoples lives, they invent it.

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  47. Sox Appeal shit.
    All part of respecting the game.

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  48. oh hi, ALNM!

    yeah, sometimes it's better not to watch. On the other hand, sometimes (like Friday) it's better not to listen.

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  49. I'm in NYC. I have MLB.TV, though. (I listen to the SBN broadcast while watching on the other computer with the sound down. How decadent is that?!)[And, efd, sometimes having WFMU on at the same time, as you know!]

    But right now I'm working in the wrong room. I'll be moving into the computer room in a few minutes....

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  50. The WRKO crew has been civil today.

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  51. Varitek tried to sell that one. that's cheating. that's disrespecting THE GAME (TM)

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  52. No one on base, Dice Effs around. 0-2 count? Dice Effs around.

    Someone at second or third? He sacks up mightily.

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  53. I looooooove Uri Berenguer.

    I thought he died...

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  54. I thought he died...

    I think you're thinking of the guy he used to work with, whose name escapes me at the moment.

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  55. Jack: Honestly, that report sounds too bizarre to be true. And, for what it's sorth -- and it ought to be worth at least as much as the anonymous report -- Boras denied it happened.

    Anyway, we cannot trust on the media to be honest in any of its reporting. It has been almost 12 years since Duquette said goodbye to Clemens, and every sportswriter still gets the "twilight" quote.

    12 years.

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  56. Gets the twilight quote *wrong*, I should say.

    Either through actual lying or unexcusable ignorance.

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  57. P.S. I should add that Edes is far better than most and I'll miss him at the Globe.

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  58. Either through actual lying or unexcusable ignorance.

    MICHAEL KAY!

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  59. I think you're thinking of the guy he used to work with, whose name escapes me at the moment

    J.P. Villaman, according to this. Sounds like Uri had a scare, though. (I hadn't heard of him before.)

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  60. Dice-K should give up a lead off triple every inning.

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  61. Dice-K is one of the most annoying guys to watch pitch.

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  62. I think Dice-K needs to take up smoking weed.

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  63. Halos up 5-0 in the 4th. Fans just booed Girardi for going out to the mound but not lifting Rasner.

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  64. I think Dice-K needs to take up smoking weed.

    I just laughed for the first time in 3 days.

    Thanks.

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  65. I think Dice-K needs to take up smoking weed.

    i think opium is more the far east style.

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  66. Patrick's got a point. Dice-K worries too much.

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  67. VARITEK, RUN IT OUT YOU PU$$Y!

    Where is the timer?

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  68. Lightning fucks with the Wifi at my house for some reason.

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  69. Or maybe he needs to take a few shots of Sake before a game.

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  70. Just saw a flash of lightning here. Constant thunder. Fun times.

    And no wifi.

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  71. Or maybe he needs to take a few shots of Sake before a game.

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  72. It's got my computer sputtering.

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  73. Memories ice cream is right down the street from my house (so to speak). It's very good.

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  74. Felicitations from rainy London town, on this soggy Sunday eve.

    Nice to see us up already!

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  75. I AM SOOOOOOOOOO SICK OF ASHLEY RUSSELL'S VOICE!!!!!!!!!

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  76. Now our cable is going in and out.

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  77. ha ha, bases loaded for MFY. Xavier Gagne up, sac fly to left field jeter tags from third, and abreu tags from second, abreau thrown out at 3rd, before jeter scores the run! no runs scored!
    just jeter being manny, disrespecting the game by not hustling!

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  78. Oh lordy. Yankees bases loaded, 1 out. Double Play wanted. Double Play obliged....

    We have that on our sports channel over here!

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  79. I AM SOOOOOOOOOO SICK OF ASHLEY RUSSELL'S VOICE!!!!!!!!!


    Hahaha- I was just gonna say: couldn't Yahoo Sports find anyone better than that woman? I think you could find a better looking/sounding announcer in any Mcdonald's in the country.

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  80. Yankees finding new ways to lose. Good story.

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  81. As usual, nixon beats me to it...

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  82. Torre did not tell Manny to cut off his hair. He said he ought to clean it up a bit. Which it appeared last night he had done.

    Christ, Don, read the fucking papers.

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  83. Lord Lynch, ditto - I'd flipped over to YES during the break and caught that play and was about to post about it. Glad I hit 'refresh' before I did! :)

    LBJ!

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  84. LBJ having a tough time these days.

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  85. Hopefully they'll have a replay after the commercial break.

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  86. "They actually closed the door on themselves last inning."

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  87. There's a tiny fish and chips place that runs out of a trailer just down there street from here. They only sell 3 days a week.

    Today I might just have to oblige. I love fish.

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  88. Pudge dong. LOL!

    Might that also be known as a Choad?

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  89. ...Gets ahead 0-2...throws three balls...gets a lot of foul balls...induces a weak out or strikeout....

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  90. Pudge's dongs don't need nicknames; he doesn't have too many.

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  91. But it's not often you get to call a dong a chode.

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  92. Thomas was absolutely sure he went around, but 1st base umpire disagreeing with him.

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  93. Ks are fun, but so is pitching deep into games.

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  94. good call, a conformer - Stern it is!

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  95. *lemme hold up my manny who? sign while i breathe out of my mouth and pick my ass*

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  96. Just as I'm about to move into the other room to watch the game, nix gives us that visual...

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  97. Adam Stern - the Babe Ruth of Canada

    :>)

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  98. Remy boasting about the free food he got today.

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  99. Everybody Loves Jason Raymond Bay.

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  100. this is another one of those games where it feels like its 10-0, but it aint...

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  101. Don: Just making conversation, apparently you don't want to partake ...

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  102. Remy boasting about the free food he got today.

    I hate when they do that. Or when he talks about how he woke up at 2 in the afternoon and went to the gym.

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  103. YES! I was fooled, I thought it was a sac fly.

    NICE.

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  104. Nice!! Braden suddenly feeling a lot sicker...

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  105. Sayonara to another pitching stiff...

    Cheers mate.

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  106. Lugo has 3 games this year with at least 2 RBIs.

    Lowrie has 3 -- THIS MONTH!

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  107. Lugo has 3 games this year with at least 2 RBIs.

    Lowrie has 3 -- THIS MONTH!


    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there have only been 3 games this month.

    Hmmm...

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  108. Ordonez rbi single. Detrioit on top of Those fucking Rays 2-0

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  109. MFYs with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 6th.

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  110. Lowrie has ten times the production as lugo

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  111. McCain ad. I'm really to shoot someone/thing.

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  112. we could see a DiceK complete game! :-p

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  113. I'm not sure but ....

    McCain ad > Ashley Russell

    ???

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  114. Milkdud Ks. 5-4 at the end of 6.

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  115. Shit, I apologize for making that crack. I knock on wood now.

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  116. At least it wasn't McCain's Paris Hilton/Britney Spears ad, which you probably haven't heard about - in which case, you should consider yourself lucky

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  117. WHAT A JINX!

    the dude representing RI day came in and said, glad to be here with a four to nothing lead-

    Dave O'Brien: Hold that thought

    -home run-

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  118. Dice-K working on giving me an ulcer, last few times I've seen him.

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  119. Fuck, I didn't even think about it until now, but- the Sox aren't up by that much at all. Huh.

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  120. At least that killed their rally.

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  121. Damn. Didn't realize that was a two run bomb.

    Poo

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  122. McCain ad > Ashley Russell

    No.


    I'm betting the McCain ad is not on two times every fucking half inning. So, yes.

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  123. And the dude is praising Tampa Bay players Dan wheeler, and Rocco Baldelli.

    He's really failed, in my eyes.

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  124. OOO, Matsuzaka might get through six today.

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  125. Baldelli? Dude doesn't get out much, does he?

    I hope he doesn't say anything about how well Damon is doing for us this year.

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  126. I WISH that ad was on only two times a half-inning. That would be an improvement.

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  127. I often take my earphone out, but not always.

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  128. I just felt an earthquake. What happened?

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  129. The crowd got a kick out of Papi stealing... it's almost like when Varitek gets a hit

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  130. they need attach a walker to poor mikey lowells uni.

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  131. Papi wheels! I love his occasional SB

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