Rays - 002 100 002 - 5 12 1Jason Bay's two-run home run to left in the eighth gave the Red Sox a 4-3 lead and it looked like Boston would move into first place in the East once Jonathan Papelbon disposed of the Rays in the ninth.
Red Sox - 100 100 020 - 4 6 1
But leadoff hitter (and pinch-hitter) Dan Johnson cranked a 3-2 pitch over the Red Sox bullpen in right-center for a game-tying home run. Then, with one out, Fernando Perez doubled high off the Monster and Dioner Navarro doubled into the left field corner to give Tampa Bay a 5-4 lead. (Where's Bot's splitter?)
In the home half of the ninth, Troy Percival walked Mark Kotsay. Jason Varitek tried in vain to bunt, and was then frozen on a nasty 1-2 curveball for the first out. Percival fell behind David Ortiz 3-1 -- was he pitching around him? -- before Flo flew out to right field. Terry Francona then sent Jacoby Ellsbury in to pinch-run for Kotsay at first. Why didn't Tito do this as soon as Kotsay walked? With no outs or two outs, Ellsbury was the potential tying run -- and giving him an opportunity to run with Varitek and Ortiz at the plate would have been wise.
With Coco Crisp at the plate and two outs, Lyndon did run -- stealing second easily and going to third when Navarro's throw short-hopped into center field. Alas, Crisp ended the game by popping out to second base.
The Twins beat the Royals 7-2 to move 6 GB the Red Sox in the wild card. The Blue Jays swept a day-night doubleheader from the White Sox 3-1 and 8-2.
With Toronto 7 GB Boston in the wild card race with 18 games to play, the Canadian sports media will insist that the Jays, with seven games remaining against the Red Sox, have a decent shot at the post-season. It's sad to see such rampant delusion go untreated -- in a country with universal health care, no less.
***
Scott Kazmir (2.99, 144 ERA+) / Daisuke Matsuzaka (2.88, 157 ERA+)
The Red Sox have won 10 of their last 13 games and a win tonight could put them into first place for the first time since the All-Star Game. The three-day break was the only time Boston has been atop the AL East since June 28.
Coco Crisp has had six consecutive multi-hit games, during which time he has batted .682 (15-for-22), with a .720 OBP. In his last 13 starts, Crisp is hitting .531 (26-for-49).
At the same time, Jacoby Ellsbury continues to slump -- .232/.305/.305 since August 10, and a .327 OBP and .690 OPS for the season. Lyndon's OPS+ this season (79) is roughly the same as Jason Varitek's (78) and Julio Lugo's (80).
In his two starts against Boston this season (May 4 and July 2), Kazmir has pitched a total of nine innings: 13 hits, seven walks and eight runs.
***
Blue Jays/White Sox at 2
Blue Jays/White Sox at 8
Royals/Twins at 8
Yankees/Angels at 10
East
Rays 85 57 --- Magic #
Red Sox 85 58 0.5 20
Blue Jays 76 66 9.0 12
Yankees 76 68 10.0 10
Orioles 64 78 21.0 E
Wild Card
Red Sox 85 58 --- Magic #
Twins 78 65 7.0 13
Blue Jays 76 66 8.5 12
Yankees 76 68 9.5 10
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1 – 200 of 475 Newer› Newest»Should be a pretty evenly matched game. A lot of walks, not many runs to start. Lots of pitches thrown. Large bullpen involvement after five or six innings.
You know, I think every single time Dice starts a game, I look at his ERA+ and go "How the hell is it that high?"
FY!
Everyone keeps saying the Red Sox will be in first place if they win tonight's game, etc etc. But, they have to win tomorrow night's game as well to keep it. What people should be saying is, if they win tonight, they'll be in the lead now and will have the chance to keep the lead when Tampa leaves town.
i hope FY snaps out of his 2-15 (or whatever it is exactly) tonight.
Everyone keeps saying the Red Sox will be in first place if they win tonight's game, etc etc. But, they have to win tomorrow night's game as well to keep it. What people should be saying is, if they win tonight, they'll be in the lead now and will have the chance to keep the lead when Tampa leaves town.
we know this. its one game at a time right now.
ish said...
Everyone keeps saying the Red Sox will be in first place if they win tonight's game, etc etc. But, they have to win tomorrow night's game as well to keep it. What people should be saying is, if they win tonight, they'll be in the lead now and will have the chance to keep the lead when Tampa leaves town.
First of all if they win they will be in first place, and have a lot better chance to win division then they did a week ago....It's over , The magical mystery tour of the rays is ending, they are just lucky the the Yankees decided to quit and fold up shop..Because they look terrible, just terrible.....Listen they can go out and win tonight , thats fine, but they will not win this division.......
Everyone keeps saying the Red Sox will be in first place if they win tonight's game, etc etc. But, they have to win tomorrow night's game as well to keep it.
Smart man!
I agree, most people are acting as if once we take the lead, there's no relinquishing it. As if it's pre-ordained that Tampa will continue to slide, and we will continue to win.
Remember our slide last year? Remember how it didn't continue, and we held on to first place?
I'm glad that this year I'm content with making the playoffs, and aren't so focused on the division.
Although the division would be very nice!
WTF?
LINEUP ACCORDING TO NESN:
Crisp
Lowrie
Pedroia
Youkilis
Bay
Lowell
Kotsay
Varitek
Bailey DH
Hmmmmmm. Still no Drew and Tiz gets a night off.
Any lineup that has the current Coco on top is alright with me, because I am:
HOOKED ON FUNIX!
Nix: it's not that bad. Papi sucks against Kazmir, and they're playing cautious with Drew (wet night, lefty pitcher).
I hate Crisp and Lowrie at the top of the lineup, though.
Nix: it's not that bad. Papi sucks against Kazmir, and they're playing cautious with Drew (wet night, lefty pitcher).
.
THANKS FOR CLEARING THIS UP
Orsillo signed a four year deal with NESN.
Any chance this game actually starts anytime before 10pm?
Nix:
NO EFFING PROBLEM
I think this game will start on time. Not raining here, north of Boston... Radar shows rain has moved away from Boston and there's virtually no rain behind it.
Heh..."Pedroia Productions Presents"
At first I thought that article was going to be about his celebratory jerk-off move (as pictured in the TB article posted earlier by redsock)
ish, that is WELCOME news. i was afraid they might not get it in, then again it was supposed to pour here in NY and its only drizzle a tad.
you dont need a weatherman to know if the sox'll get the game in at home.
I CAN TWAIT TO SEE THAT PAP VIDEO.
WHAT A DOUCHE!
I'm gonna assume that Johnny was in the bullpen mixing up the medicine.
Time to go snag myself a couple of Moosehead before this game gets underway!
I'm gonna assume that Johnny was in the bullpen mixing up the medicine.
Theo's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
Looking to the top spot
Or wild card placement
Tito in the dugout
Chaw in, stats out
Says Paps has got the night off
Wants to get a game up ...
lookout the kid, pedroia can hit
God knows he can
And he's doin it again
You better duck down the canvas alley way
Lookin for Papelbon
The man in the bud-box cap
In the bullpen
Wants eleven world series rings
But fingers, he's only got ten
Radar shows some showers in the area, but they look like they're mostly going to pass south of Boston.
Jacoby come, fleet-foot
Jersey full of black soot
Swingin' at the heat put
By Kazmir over the plate but
The runner's gone anyway
DeMarlo says that many say
They must win in early May
And even with Jason Bay...
Got my pro-line ticket to feed my gambling addiction :P (yes the provincial government regulates sports betting up here...payoff isn't great but hey, it's legal!)
Today's picks:
Sox by 2
Angels by 2
Brewers by 2
Mets by 2
Dodgers by 2
DBacks by 2
$3 wager, $60 payoff (if 6/6)
Also like to point out I picked all the non-sox games without looking at pitching
Shit you guys are good.
Get sick, is he well
Manny yakkin' on his cell
Gates up, fans in
All the tix are gonna sell
Hit hard, go yard
Michael Kay is such a 'tard
Yook shake, sweat sail
Join the Yanks if you wanna fail
Look out Tek
Your marriage's a wreck
Sideline, Watney
Blond hair, comely ...
(need more wine)
Missed a verse :P (the one I got stuck on)
Angels by 2
MFY have some new kid (Aceves) making his debut against Evin Santana.
Brewers by 2
Ditto for Cincinnati (Ramon Ramirez).
Mets by 2
Perez versus Lannan. You've got to be brave to pick the 56-88 Nats to lose.
Dodgers by 2
Kuroda verus LeBlanc. LeBlanc gave up five runs on eight hits in four innings in his debut against the Dodgers last week.
DBacks by 2
Davis versus Zito. Zito's coming off a good start, and SF has a three-game winning streak. Could be your tightest bet in the lot.
redsock said...
Shit you guys are good.
FOOKING ASS-KISSER MOTHERFUCKER COCKSUCKLER BITCH BASTARD!
HAHAHAHAHAHHAA
I'll finish off that verse though, redsock
Girl by the wall
With the Yook call
When it's no longer sunny,
Watch the Manny mummy
We got a Migraine coming on with FSN ...
Jim/Jack!!!
MFY have some new kid (Aceves) making his debut against Evin Santana.
I like.
Ditto for Cincinnati (Ramon Ramirez).
I like (Cinci = away too)
Perez versus Lannan. You've got to be brave to pick the 56-88 Nats to lose.
I hear that. And vs. Mets @ Shea.
Kuroda verus LeBlanc. LeBlanc gave up five runs on eight hits in four innings in his debut against the Dodgers last week.
Sounds good!
Davis versus Zito. Zito's coming off a good start, and SF has a three-game winning streak. Could be your tightest bet in the lot.
Ehh, streak, shmeak...I figured, D-Backs fighting for a playoff spot so, they'll win. Higher-level thinking there. Also Zito sucks, so I feel OK about this one.
This is the kind of top-notch analysis I've come to expect from the JoS crew! Thanks Phil.
I already know, in true Pro-Line fashion, I'll get 5/6 right then the 6th will win by 1 run. As always...but I keep going back.
Sigh.
Play ball.
I gotta catch up on the lyrics...
We got a Migraine coming on with FSN ...
Jim/Jack!!!
Sucks bro. I'm happy to be back in the palace of american satellites, otherwise known as my dad's house.
Four fucking dishes. Heaven forbid he lose his Fox News signal.
Wow. Look at those clouds above Fenway!
Missed the clouds, but man it looks mighty dark for 7pm
blah. there goes the perfect game/no hitter.
Well, the sky is similar here (without the huge clouds) and it's quite dark out. But the sky is getting pinker in the west. Nothing significant heading toward Fenway.
What's the over/under on Daisuke's ever escaping the first inning on ten or fewer pitches?
TOR - 000 002 001 | 3 8 3
CWS - 000 001 000 | 1 2 0
Toronto's on a mission.
Heaven forbid he lose his Fox News signal.
Good times. You and your dad must enjoy talking politics often.
Come on over here, Cliff, have a cigar, you're gonna go far (to the dugout, asshole!)
Told ya.
Mostly clean first inning. Nice.
migraine just said something about floyd getting a "shinburger" -- WTF?
i think dice threw 8 pitches in his last first inning.
mets fans are pathetique,
they are .5 ahead in 1st place in a pennant race in sept. and the building is half empty
RED DOT - goin' down.
To be fair, Shea seats 520,235,145.
Good times. You and your dad must enjoy talking politics often.
I hope that was sarcasm :P I hate Fox News, and I hate parrots.
I don't know if you've seen The Big Lebowski or not, but to use an analogy with that movie, Walter Sobchak (my avatar) : Vietnam :: My dad : Barack Obama.
Everything somehow relates to Obama being shit. And as we all know, MSM is all over the election, so thus the parrot reference.
migraine whining already at the K on floyd and the low pitch to coco.
staats crying too - showing replays and saying Kazmir BETTER GET THOSE CALLS too
whhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Heh. I love how Pedroia and Youk batted 1/2 last year for a bunch of games... Sometimes 2/1, but now they're batting 3/4 tonight.
Tim, sarcasm, totally.
FY v Kashmir: 13-21, .619!
2 hard hit balls so far... hmmm.
I figured so
Kazmir better not be Tamper-proof
FY: 13 for 21, HR against the Dot.
Tim, are you a dual citizen? Do you vote in both countries?
maybe its childish, but i STILL find it funny that remy says TAMPER.
unfuckingbelievable
tamper-proof, very good :)
Nope...but I did register to vote in New York. Scary, huh?
14 for 22!
if it's childish, then I'm in kindergarten, cause it cracks me up too.
phil im talking lower level, field box seat empty!
remy's best word/town:
chatternooger
Nope...but I did register to vote in New York. Scary, huh?
Yes! Some of my nieces and nephews are registered in two states now.
But you vote in Canada?
Tamper...its funny. Silly Remy. (trix are for kids)
Best part about Pedroia hitting third... as the third batter is coming up to the plate, Castig reads off the nightly Giant Glass promo: "We come to the Giant part of the lineup..."
SWEAT POWERED RIBEYE.
DROIS IS FASTER THAN YOUK!
Youk!
YOOOOOOOOOOUK!
Yoooooooooooooooook!
And yeah I vote here, but it really is a waste :P My ridings been like 70% orange for a long time
BAAAAAAAAAY!
Hey, it's Bigfoot! Who was into that, Ish or Patrick? (Sorry, swiss-cheese brain.)
first pitch to lowell is outside, but called a strike - tampa dushbags do not notice, naturally.
(lowell;)
And yeah I vote here, but it really is a waste :P My ridings been like 70% orange for a long time
That's why we need pro-rep. But I'll spare you my ad for that now. :)
L-Sock internets fuck up again?
Spoke too soon!
That's why we need pro-rep. But I'll spare you my ad for that now. :)
I don't need an ad for it ;-)
Hey, it's Bigfoot! Who was into that, Ish or Patrick? (Sorry, swiss-cheese brain.)
Patrick.
jays beat the white sox 3-1 in first game o d/h doubleheader. globe and mail still saying jays wc hopes are alive.
That slider had a TON of movement.
Tim, cool.
Ish, I should have known. :)
O'Brien, on FY: "He just likes to be dirty."
We really gotta put another player there
Hmmm. Out please.
Bartlett...more like...Fartsweat! Ha!
*shows self out*
That'll do.
bartlett strands a pear.
heh, ostrich burger
Richest man ever standing in between a couple of New England goofballs.
Would it be too obscure to call Daisuke Dr. Freeman for inducing LOBotomies?
Richest man ever standing in between a couple of New England goofballs.
We've got the stupid Fox station. Who's in the booth with Remy and Don?
Warren Buffett
Phil, yes. But that shouldn't stop you.
Buffett and Orsillo comparing wallets
Warren Buffet on NESN. He and Don are comparing the size of their wallets. Don: "I've got a George Costanza wallet here."
That Wiki page is bone chilling.
I know a couple of people that have gone out to Nebraska and had a lunch at his house, one of them actually has a picture of him and Warren, with this person holding his wallet. Apparently the home is very humble, nothing extravagant at all.
Now that I've heard him talk for a bit, I see it. Seems like a swell mutha.
Nobody becomes that rich being a swell guy.
Tumblin dice
pitching coach hickey looks like sonic boom
i've known this for a while,
just had to state that for the record.
Defintely a ruthless-as-fuck person. But 'seems like', not 'is' :P
Shit - I had no idea about the history of the lobotomy. I don't know what else to say besides shit...
Tim, right, I gotcha.
Jeff, I didn't know that either. Add that to the list with "Mississippi appendectomies" and the Tuskegee project. Yeesh.
Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em
That I got no cerebellum
This better be another LOBotomobile inning.
Agreed, bone-chilling article. Goddamn.
...
...ice picks wtf?
THROW. STRIKES.
Jesus Dice, you did not just do that! Crappety crap.
HE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE>JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
ugh
will dice get out of this inning before he reaches his pitch limit?
Fuckin cunts...I leave for 5 min and this shit happens?!
Get it together, Matsuzaker.
Could've been much worse.
OK FUNIX, TIME TO TURN IT ON AGAIN YOU LITTLE FUCKER
Why does Matsuzaka have a pitch limit?
let's go funix!!!
Runs, please.
NYM 5 - WAS 2. Looking good so far, Tim.
I like (except for this game). Was just about to check scores.
Fuck NO
more crappety crap
that sucked
I HOPE OUR OFFENSE CAN WAKEUP AGAINST KAZMIR
CAUSE PITCHING AINT SO GOOD TONIGHT
Fuck. I leave for 5 minutes to watch the TBS Bon Jovi Postseason Commercial and TB gets another fucking run?! Goddammit.
HAHAHAH to that commercial, made with "teams expected to be in the postseason" - GRATUITOUS YANKEES, Casey and Papelbon, only NL east team is the Marlins (no phillies/mets)
Found on Yahoo
Hi, everyone. I have been watching while IMing with my daughter. So far DiceK's Houdini act has been three runs off...
Tim, don't leave for anything but steamed spinach.
BonfuckingJovi?
Good lord. It's a wonder that didn't cause Dice to allow 10 runs.
jere up in the pen as dice tries to shake the odor of bon jovi
It feels so much later than it is. I keep thinking it's the 6th or 7th inning.
Sometimes when I watch DiceK, I think back to all the hype when he was signed by the Sox. This was not the kind of pitcher I imagined from all that hype. Not that he doesn't win games and get out of messes, but he sure makes a LOT of messes.
Runs, please.
PC:
dicek: 15-18-27 22 = 82
kazmir: 27-11-18 = 56
It feels so much later than it is.
Two thoughts entered my head:
Yogi Berra: It gets late earlier out here.
Dylan: I was so much younger then. I'm older than that now. (Where is Tony?)
(Where is Tony?)
Sans Tony, JoSers were writing Dylan lyrics in this thread earlier.
This was not the kind of pitcher I imagined from all that hype.
I concur.
Really? I missed the Dylan lyrics. I will have to scroll up while Heidi talks.
Tonight I wish I could see Heidi. Instead of hearing Fox idiots.
Foxiots?
Spinach must be steamed. 4 more, thats all we need!
Found them. Very cool!
DOC!
Thank you Doctor!
HOUSE CALL
RX!!!
Called it, to myself, quietly.
200th career dong for the doc.
Ump takes a shot in the face
Oy. I have a bad feeling about this inning.
The Hinsk-ah up!
/obnoxious sportscenter guy that calls yook "yook-ah"
fuck dice. outs plz
Throw strikes, asshole.
Isn't this how the last inning started? Or has it been EVERY inning? So annoying.
lopez up
dice will walk gross to set up the dp. smart man.
staats openly rooting for a hit.
wow its cold outside. went out to check on the bbq and its dropped like 10 degrees (the weather, not the BBQ)
Looks like this is the only FSN Florida game of the series. 2 more next week tho!
Some leaves are already changing here! It really feels like autumn tonight.
OK, my bad feeling was meaningless, good.
Runs, please.
Lucky this time. No runs given up.
Only Tim could cause the Nats to score 7 runs at shea. 7-7 WAS.
Isn't this how the last inning started? Or has it been EVERY inning? So annoying.
Dice got the first 2 outs in both the 1st and 2nd, though he did allow 1 and 2 baserunners, respectively.
TB has LOB'd 2 in each of the last 3 innings.
Only Tim could cause the Nats to score 7 runs at shea. 7-7 WAS.
Cockgobblers!
I see G. Mock is pitching for the Nats. Fucking mockery if I've ever heard of one
FUNIX!
funix!!!
cockgobblers?! LOL
Time for a beer.
I love how FUNIX has become OcOc's nickname.
Please, Pedroia.
GIANT PART OF THE LINEUP!
14-23 v The Dot!
come on fuck yeah
Ump takes another shot in the face
Motherfuck no
Gameday just says "on-field delay" - is that because, like Tim said, the ump took one in the face?
rays annc were talking about the delay making kazmir cold and ineffective -- i swear they were laying the groundwork for when pedoria blasted one -- they were all set to blame the delay -- and those fuckfaces would not have stopped complaining about the ump's delay (he's prob a sox fan) until at least 2014.
i hate these guys.
Yup, ump took a foul off the mask (2nd time tonight)...i think it broke there during the 'on field delay'...i wasnt really paying attention
Bye dice. Hopefully our bullpen is el shineo, not el crappo.
ok dice, not your best but i'll take it. lets go bullpen.
i hate these guys.
sounds brutal.
oh fuck yeah, they suck. i only heard them the one game (zaun walkoff) and couldn't stomach it after a couple of innings. disgusting. the fact that they were insulting the Toronto fans even. yeah i realize the jays fans suck, but still, they were just doing it to be fucking assholes.
Pener fouls it off
Oh, now PenA fouls it off again
Saying Pener out loud sounds funny.
First post...
Should be a pretty evenly matched game.
Check.
A lot of walks, not many runs to start.
Check.
Lots of pitches thrown.
Check.
Large bullpen involvement after five or six innings.
Check.
Genius!
Nice grab by Bay.
Daisuke will not win 20 games this year.
Fucking Mets.
I should've also wrote "Bay will make a nice grab tonight."
Is Houston Street the setup man for Zenslinger (or whatever the fuck) in Oakland now?
I should've also wrote "Bay will make a nice grab tonight."
"Bay will have 8 RBI in the final 3 innings" would have been a nice touch too.
For the kids.
IM TELLING YOU LOPEZ IS THE NEW OKI !
HES BEEN FUCKING GREAT LATELY
Runs, please.
Ziegler?
Every time I hear that name I remember the show The West Wing.
Ish, why didn't you finish that comment with "the Sox will win and take over first place" (for now...)
remy its PATTERN, not PAT'N
Heidi dressed for a funeral.
OK LETS GET SOME RUNS, NO MORE FUCKING AROUND
Ish, why didn't you finish that comment with "the Sox will win and take over first place" (for now...)
FOREVER!!!!!
i hate kazmir
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