Red Sox - 000 010 010 - 2 7 0Matsuzaka took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and the bullpen trio of Hideki Okajima, Justin Masterson and Jonathan Papelbon shut the door on the Rays.
Rays - 000 000 000 - 0 4 0
In the fifth inning against Shields, Jason Bay walked and raced to third on Mark Kotsay's pop fly double down the left field line. Jed Lowrie's fly out to right scored Bay with the night's first run. (The Red Sox had threatened in the first. Dustin Pedroia walked with one out and went to third on Kevin Youkilis's two-out ground-rule double to right, but J.D. Drew struck out.)
Boston made it 2-0 in the eighth when Pedroia singled with one out. He stole second before David Ortiz walked and then he scored on Youkilis's double off the tip of Carl Crawford's glove in shallow left.
Dice walked three Rays in the first, but wiggled out of trouble, retiring retired 16 out of the next 17 batters. He started the seventh by allowing two singles, but with runners at first and third he got a fly ball to short left, a strikeout and a fielder's choice.
Matsuzaka allowed two more singles to start the seventh and was pulled. Jeemer got Carlos Pena to hack on 3-0 and fly out to Drew in right-center. Then Masterson got Evan Longoria to hit into a 6-4-3 DP. Bot set down Tampa in order in the ninth: K, PF5, K.
NLCS: The Philles held off the Dodgers 8-5 to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
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BR Preview
Daisuke Matsuzaka (Red Sox 23-6 in his starts)
James Shields (Rays 22-11 in his starts)
Red Sox Rays
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF Akinroi Iwamura, 2B
Dustin Pedroia, 2B B.J. Upton, CF
David Ortiz, DH Carlos Pena, 1B
Kevin Youkilis, 3B Evan Longoria, 3B
J.D. Drew, RF Carl Crawford, LF
Jason Bay, LF Cliff Floyd, DH
Mark Kotsay, 1B Dioner Navarro, C
Jed Lowrie, SS Gabe Gross, RF
Jason Varitek, C Jason Bartlett, SS
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It Is On!
Tampa Bay and Boston met 18 times during the regular season. The Rays won 10 games, the Red Sox eight. Eleven of the 18 games were decided by three runs or fewer, six by one run (the Rays won all six of those), two in extra innings. Home records: Rays 8-1, Red Sox 7-2. ... And they brawled on June 5.
Rays vs. Red Sox in 2008
Winner/Score ParkDice vs Rays
0425 Rays 5-4 (11) Trop
0426 Rays 2-1 Trop
0427 Rays 3-0 Trop
0502 Red Sox 7-3 Fenway
0503 Red Sox 12-4 Fenway
0504 Red Sox 7-3 Fenway
0603 Red Sox 7-4 Fenway
0604 Red Sox 5-1 Fenway
0605 Red Sox 7-1 Fenway
0630 Rays 5-4 Trop
0701 Rays 3-1 Trop
0702 Rays 7-6 Trop
0908 Red Sox 3-0 Fenway
0909 Rays 5-4 Fenway
0910 Rays 4-2 (14) Fenway
0915 Red Sox 13-5 Trop
0916 Rays 2-1 Trop
0917 Rays 10-3 Trop
IP H R BB K BF PITShields vs Red Sox
0602 5 2 1 2 5 22 101 Rays 7-6
0909 5 8 3 4 5 28 102 Rays 5-4
0915 5 3 1 2 7 21 101 Red Sox 13-5
IP H R BB K BF PITSpeaking of numbers, does 9 really equal 8?
0427 9 2 0 1 7 29 99 Rays 3-0
0503 3.2 10 7 2 3 24 98 Red Sox 12-1
0605 1 3 4 0 2 8 27 Red Sox 7-1
0630 6.1 5 2 1 5 24 104 Rays 5-4
The Red Sox added Mike Timlin to the roster for the ALCS. Gil Valezquez -- who was added mid-DS in place of Mike Lowell -- was left off. ... The Rays added pitcher Edwin Jackson and subtracted Eric Hinske.
Joe Maddon, on the evenness of the two teams:
I think you can expect a lot of what you saw during the regular season; I do. There will be a lot of tight games, I think. Both sides have got good starting pitching and bullpens. Offensively, they probably have a little bit more hitting ability overall, but we have that ability to hit in the clutch. ...Fox:
[I]n a seven-game series like this, you truly have to play it one at a time ... it's really magnified at this particular juncture. ...
They're probably saying the same things — it's pretty even based on the familiarity with the two groups, the number of times that we have played against one another, the close games we have played against each another; the fact that we've finally broken through up there a little bit and they got their win down here. It's really a very balanced situation and it's going to come down to the pitching once again. ... It's going to be a grind-it-out kind of series.
Boston and Tampa are young, tough, hungry, and athletic. They're everything the New York Yankees are not.The Rays bullpen has been lights out against the Red Sox in Tampa. In the nine Trop games, the quintet of Grant Balfour, J.P. Howell, Dan Wheeler, Trever Miller, and Chad Bradford has made 18 appearances, pitching 18.2 innings. They have allowed only 11 hits and 7 walks (0.96 WHIP) and one earned run (0.48 ERA), while striking out 15.
Red Sox Blog Watch: Firebrand lists "the five most important moments" between the Rays and Red Sox in 2008 ... Over The Monster reports on the surprise press conference at which a teary-eyed John Henry vowed the Red Sox would "return to its roots" and "start losing again" ... Paul SF previews the series at YFSF and he agrees with me: Sox in 6 ... Survivng Grady presents a special edition of "Ellsbury 'n' Elf" ... Out in CF notes that the rays at the Florida Aquarium are being fed "little Red Sox-shaped snacks".
Globe predictions:
CHB: BOS 7 - LAD 5Michael Silverman, Herald: Red Sox in 7. ... David Pinto, Baseball Musings: "Flipping a coin might be just as good. The Red Sox are my favorite, but with just a 51% chance of winning the series." ... Yahoo ran 10,000 AccuScore simulations of the ALCS: The Red Sox won 53% of them.
Cafardo: BOS 7 - PHI 7
Benjamin*: BOS 7 - LAD 5
Massarotti: TBR 6 - LAD 6
Kilgore: TBR 6 - LAD 7
*: Benjamin was the only Glober to pick the Red Sox over the Angels.
The Hardball Times: Why the Rays will win / Why the Red Sox will win. ... Christina Kahrl has BP's preview: Rays in 6. ... The Globe's Eric Wilbur has collected a lot of media predictions here.
Not sufficiently fired up yet? Well .....
How about now?
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OK, Daisuke, this is your spot- show us some magic.
chip and buck go rah-rah for rays - darling offers calm, unbiased observation
chip says the ball shoulkd go in the tampa bay trophy case -- we played an alcs game and WE GOT A HIT - HERE's THE BALL
I wonder if he works as a republican political analyst when he's not doing baseball.
I can see my MOM calling during a playoff game, but my DAD? He knows better.
It looks like things went better while I was gone though - maybe I should call them back!
I liked what 9Casey suggested earlier today. Or was it yesterday? Doesn't matter. You have a pbp guy, then you have a color commentator from each of the two teams.
I am so happy that TBS had to call out the no-hitter.
got the pop up
C'mon Houdini!!!!
Big fucking out.
A "Better by the Gross" sign? That's dumb.
I'd like to see more of that changeup.
and gets the K!
TWO out!
Take a seat, Gross. Dear Jesus, my heart is going a million miles an hour.
he got a "pop up or strikeout" twice in a row. Now just needs any out.
GOT HIM!!
sit down, fucks. 1-0.
HOUDINI!
Dear Jesus, my heart is going a million miles an hour.
Shit, you'll be stone dead of a heart attack by the middle of Game 5.
Thank the Lord.
7 shutout from Dice. Could not ask for more from him than that.
Oh, well.
Now just win!
Awesome. I hate that word, but that was just awesome.
and... breathe!
Shit, you'll be stone dead of a heart attack by the middle of Game 5.
Nah, but I will have lost about 6 or 7 years off the end of my life. And if the 08 Sox win the whole enchilada again, I won't miss them.
Awesome. I hate that word, but that was just awesome.
Awe and wonder.
Houdini :)
I tried something new that inning. I thought about all those playoff games I watched the Yanks in in the late-90s. I thought, back then, I'd be rooting for the other team, and when they seemed to have a chance to break through, I'd think, "They might tie it or even take the lead, but they'll just go and give up three quick runs to the stupid Yanks and that'll be that."
And since we are now the "team that wins all these games," it gave me a sense of calm. Like, Even if they do score, we're the fucking Red Sox.
7 shutout from Dice. Could not ask for more from him than that.
Man, you got that right.
Mmmmm, I have to be at work in 9 hours.
Sure would like some insurance.
Youk's beard in HD is something to behold. Maybe not something good, but something.
Hey, a hit.
Base FY knock
Hey, FY gets off the schneid!
Rays infielders converge upon the mound a-la the Yankees infielders.
greek god of the HD beard.
great coverage by TBS, not telling us who's coming in.
LISTEN TO THE ROAR FOR BIG GAME JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(who is losing 1-0........)
Howell's coming in.
high-defunshaven
How much van der Waals force do you think Youk's beard generates?
Tonight's attendance: 35,001
Some rare face time for Lenn Sakata.
Someone want to tell me why they just showed a random World Series highlight?
Howell's sort of a lefty K-Rod the way he always almost falls over after every pitch.
Caray keeps calling it a "skinny 1-run lead." Lemme guess, if the Rays ever have a 1-run lead, it'll be a "plump 1-run cushion."
Someone want to tell me why they just showed a random World Series highlight?
They want guys to get hard tonight.
SB FY!!!
Although the bias is still obviously there, it is not nearly as blatant as during the ALDS. I bet there were complaints.
Or else these guys are just Angels fans. And only secondarily Rays fans.
Big stolen base!
Now hit him in, Papi.
Come on, Papi.
Chip Caray appears to have started his career in Orlando, so some homerism might be expected.
we call our white dog tala "skinny face", so we think "skinny run" is amusing.
we're the fucking Red Sox.
Nice, Jere. I think you're right.
Youk chants at the Trop
tbs showing "game 7 faces" at the trop - in game 1!!!!!
What is it about Joe Maddon where he constantly looks disappointed? Is it his Decemberists glasses?
Youk's chance. According to TBS, he was filling in for Lowell in the lineup.
yeah -- yook, the bench player with the chance to make good -- who also led the team in RBI during the season
I love how the bullpen guys were running around like they were headless chickens.
What is it about Joe Maddon where he constantly looks disappointed? Is it his Decemberists glasses?
The emo face came free with the glasses and he couldn't say no.
OFF HIS GLOVE!!!! ANOTHER RUN!!!
YES!!!
HOOOYEAH!
CLANK!!!!!!!!!!
CLANK! Nice D, Crawford.
BIG RUN!!!
We're the fucking Red Sox.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!!!!
The Red Sox bench players strike again!
How'd that feel, Carl?
Ouch! My neck is injured from doing a Townshend Windmill just now!!! But it's worth it!
Right ON the tip of the glove!!
E-7 if you ask me
Here comes the second coming of John Rocker. Give him time - he'll develop more characteristics.
And the vaunted & venerated FKR bullpen can't hold their 0-1 lead
The emo face came free with the glasses and he couldn't say no.
Ha! "With this pair of glasses, you get a free sourpuss and a copy of Panic! At The Disco's first album."
"we're the fucking Red Sox.
Nice, Jere. I think you're right."
Well, seriously, it's amazing how up through last year, and even this year, you hear people acting like we'll "choke" just because we're the Red Sox (which was silly enough BEFORE '04.) How many championships will it take? And fans seem to do it, too. I got two different emails today from Red Sox sites saying "you're probably nervous about this series...." And granted, they followed it with "here's why not to be," which is a step forward, and granted, the heart always pumps for Sox fans in October because obviously this shit means a lot to us. But still--are we not at the point were we can be like, "Okay, let the other team be all nervous and worried, we've proven we can win in any situation"?
Buck: "He sure did"
DRINK, M-FUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!
So, any Nick Cave fans in da house? I just saw him in DC a couple of days ago.
Jeemer warming.
Shit, don't hit our guys.
Holy shit. That one hurts.
Balfour, you shithead.
Shoulder! Close to the head. Fucking ballfour.
Where's Ococ- charge the mound!
I hope he's ok- that could've hit him in the head.
Guess they decided they're losing this one anyway.
Get revenge...get a GS
Don't fucking say "potentially fatal blow" after that HBP, you assholes.
This season... Sox pitchers have hit 11 Rays. Rays pitchers have hit 15 Sox.
Farell: "BULLSHIT"
Balfour figuring instead of a BBI he'd just plunk him.
It's part of my game.
all we needed was a damn fly ball there
Augh.
Well, at least Bay got his cuts.
What? Drew hit a grand slam in last year's ALCS? REALLY?
Fuck, Bay. At least it's up to Kotsay now, and not Tek...
I got two different emails today from Red Sox sites saying "you're probably nervous about this series...."
I think people are just trying to push your buttons.
That shit is totally dead now.
Oh damn. But at least we got another run.
Aaaaaand Kotsay goes back to doing nothing.
Caray: "Balfour did his job..."
Does that include him drilling Drew? Probably.
Bleh.
So, an X-minute wait for Daisuke. Is he even going back out there?
Was there a warning after that HBP?
Question: how can you guys stand listening to the announcers? I started firing up iTunes for the playoffs a few years ago, and have never looked back. Much more preferable listening to "Do It Again" by Steely Dan instead of Caray and Buck spout gibberish.
BTW, one nice thing about being an adult is being able to appreciate Steely Dan. Those guys wrote some great songs.
I'd guess Dice's night is over.
ish said...
Caray: "Balfour did his job..."
Does that include him drilling Drew? Probably.
How blatant can Balfour make that HBP, Drew coming up first base open lefty on the mound, yank the lefty, first pitch hits him......
Dice Kay is still out there...
And I'm wrong. Well, how about that.
What does pussy metal have to do with the ALCS?
1 Insurance Run only - booo.
Maybe we need a lizard on staff.
Dice-KKKKKKKK - back out!
How blatant can Balfour make that HBP, Drew coming up first base open lefty on the mound, yank the lefty, first pitch hits him......
Also very little excuse for a fastball being that errant.
What is DiceK's pitch count? I am surprised to see him back out there.
112 pitches.
Okay, THAT should be the end of Dice's night.
I have to say, even after that hit, that I like this move by Tito. I really hope I don't get proven wrong.
No? Well, okay.
Yeah, get him out of there. NOW.
C'mon.
Aw, shit.
tekballa
Guess not. Francona has confidence.
Crumbs.
At least the runner didn't advance....
Listening to these announcers makes me feel like they are playing a video game as the Rays, with the Red Sox as the computer team.
Shit shit.
WP? please.
heidi is official scorer??!?!?
...
bullpen? must trust assassin tito ...
And THAT's finally the end of Dice's night. Thank Jesus.
Just think, Okajima could've started this inning with no baserunners.
jeemer
I'm gonna write to TBS and request that we see TWO Bon Jovi song montages each game. One just doesn't satisfy me.
Not glad to see him come on with MOB.
get 3, infield
if this inning ends 2-1, i'll be happy.
Throw strikes, asshole.
you walk the guy on 4 pitches, your contract is voided
I fell asleep at my desk.. We are the fucking Red Sox.
Thanks, Drew.
STOP SAYING DREW'S STRUGGLING
Big out!
Drew struggles again??
I put the laptop away for a while. back, at least briefly.
Count me as a nick cave fan, though I've slacked a lot in the last few years. Saw him at ..
what the fuck. drew struggles? bah fuck you dudefuckasscracktwad!
Masterson time.
nice struggling catch
STRUGGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
more 3-0 shit from maddon!!
Yeah I don't get all the hacking on 3-0.
Crap, I don't trust Masterson here.
Thank god for Drew's struggles today. And that wasn't neither a a pop up or a lazy fly ball- that was damn well hit.
Drew "STRUGGLES" again - hahahahaha
It's not struggling you asshole - it's making a great play.
J.D. "Struggles" Drew
anyhow, saw nick cave at the 2nd lollapalooza--he was awesome. Also saw him give a reading from And The Ass Saw The Angel in Central Park somewhere 'round that same time (93ish).
good show, I take it?
TBS meeting before playoffs: "Okay, guys, we're gonna take a new angle on this thing. I want you to look at every single situation, every at bat, every game, solely from the perspective of the team playing the Red Sox."
Masterson in to get the ground ball.
Is Paps warming up?
Be the Bat
Where was that second pitch?
when I think Nick Cave I think of "triangular film." I'd like to see someone pick up on that reference!
DP!
Nick Cave was in the Birthday Party, right?
BIG DP!!!!!!!!!!
IN MASTERSON WE TRUST.
He got that DP!
MASTERSON SAYS FUPHIL
D-freaking-P!!!!!
anyhow, saw nick cave at the 2nd lollapalooza--he was awesome. Also saw him give a reading from And The Ass Saw The Angel in Central Park somewhere 'round that same time (93ish).
good show, I take it?
Oh, yeah. But since he's one of my all time favorites, I had unreal expectations, so it was almost a disappointment. But he's an amazing performer. And his new album is very good, too.
redsock EXTRA happy with 2-0!
first two on, and 3-0 to Pena, and quickly they die.
MASTERSON STRUGGLES FOR THE GIDP
It worked! DP for the Master!
Runs, please.
In my best Samuel L. Jackson impression:
"Hell, yeah!"
Cave was at Lollapalooza '94, not '92. Fourth one, not second one. I saw that one, too. (Unless he was on second stage or something in '92?)
Who's the excited writing fan in the ads supposed to be? A blogger?
Heh, SurvivingGrady is using coveritlive.com to liveblog this game. I'm used to seeing that on scotusblog.com coverage of U.S. Supreme Court opinions.
HEY HEY HEY!!
FUCKING DICE-K, HUH? Wonderful.
I'm still nervous, but this game is AMAZING!
dice = kills rays dead
Blogger Jere said...
Cave was at Lollapalooza '94, not '92. Fourth one, not second one. I saw that one, too. (Unless he was on second stage or something in '92?)
Fri Oct 10, 11:45:00 PM
I was at Lollopalooza '93 -- Primus, Tool, Dinosaur Jr. and Rage Against the Machine.
I'd love to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation between Bay and FY.
Sure would like another run. Not trying to be greedy, but...
A friend of mine went to see the Rage Against The Machine/Wu-Tang Clan show back in 97 or 98. He still has the shirt from that night. I'm still jealous.
I'd love to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation between Bay and FY.
I was just thinking I wish one of them was wearing an "I ain't got my taco" mic.
whoops. 4th Lolla..right. I went to the 1st, 4th, and 5th, each in a different state.
Verve performance at the 4th was amazing...huge huge thunderstorm right at the start of "a storm in heaven".
I had the song "shivers" stuck in my head at one point last night (nick's pre-birthday party band and on the soundtrack to "Dogs In Space").
Triangular film involves him and rollins drunking it about?
Of course - that was NOT almost a home run, even though it was hit deeper than the ball in the 1st, because it was hit by a Boston player
I wish I wasn't so tired...
make hay vs dice-k?
buck: "they sure didn't"
I'd love to be listen to FY from BP on every game. I bet he is a laugh riot.
Oh Amy, I know. I think I fell asleep for five or ten minutes earlier. Need this game to finish soon.
Blogger nick said...
whoops. 4th Lolla..right. I went to the 1st, 4th, and 5th, each in a different state.
Verve performance at the 4th was amazing...huge huge thunderstorm right at the start of "a storm in heaven".
I saw it in Portland, Ore., and I mostly remember my girlfriend at the time overdosing on codeine halfway through the Primus set. I had to rush her to the emergency room.
Snuff it, paps.
All right, Pap. Let's close this fucker out and go pound some Budweiser.
When you all talk about music, I feel like I am a dinosaur or that I have been living on a different planet. I know what Lollapalooza is, but never heard of any of these bands. OTOH, I knew who David Archuleta was.
David who?
Yeah, Ish, I was awake at 5 am today. Been fighting off sleep all evening.
The guy who sang GBA.
I saw '94 in Rhode Island on some airport tarmac, and '95 in Hartford. Couldn't get tix for '92 or '93 and was pissed. And '91 I just didn't know about the whole deal yet.
sock - i said the same thing to L, that is far from a tater, but it is far closer than upton's routine pop to bay in the 1st, which was nearly a 17-run home run....
amy, you're telling me you don't know who the Wu-Tang Clan is? That makes me feel either really old or way too young. :D
Snuffin' Time!
bot in -- i don't think tbs showed him warming at all!
I have a problem. I see the Angels acting entitled against the Sox and now I see the same attitudes from the raymonds. These teams are forgetting that this Sox team was built for the postseason. They are not the same team as in the regular season. Just because you did well against a team that was probably resting someone or leaving pitchers in longer. You did well against a team without any doubt that they would be in the postseason. Now you get hurt when you can't do as well against this new team in their element.
bot in -- i don't think tbs showed him warming at all!
They did.
Ok, I'll tell you what triangular film is. From Henry Rollins' spoken word album chronicling his days in Black Flag, he talks about Nick Cave at some schmancy party going around to people asking if they'd act in his movie, and holding his hands out, looking through the triangle shape he put them into, and telling people he was the first director to use "triangular film."
Time for bot to be bot
"No reason to take a pitch [against Paps]".
Well, there is that splitter.
Yeah, Tony, I have previously confessed my ignorance of much contemporary music. I know lots of pre-80s stuff and some of the stuff my kids listened to growing up and now (pop stuff, mostly), but not these bands with odd names!
TBS cameras thought Crawford swung! They cut to the camera angle high above home plate.
They showed him warming but didn't mention him by name.
Amy, if it's any consolation, I've missed pretty much all the references to 70s whatever it is that Allan keeps refering to.
We all have our pockets of knowledge. The world is one big venn diagram.
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dealing with other people's ODs is never fun.
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