Red Sox - 400 100 002 - 7 14 0Wow. After Chone Figgins tripled off Justin Masterson to begin the bottom of the eighth and scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly off Jonathan Papelbon, Boston stormed back against Francisco Rodriguez in the top of the ninth.
Angels - 100 110 110 - 5 12 2
David Ortiz pounded Frod's first pitch to deep right. Reggie Willits leapt at the wall, the ball hit in, and then fell out of, his glove, and Flo had a stand-up double. Coco Crisp went in to run before Kevin Youkilis grounded to third. With J.D. Drew at the plate, Frod tried to pick Crisp off second. His throw to Willie Aybar was in plenty of time, but Aybar neglected to tag the Crisp and Ococ slid back in between the shortstop's legs. Drew swung and missed on two pitches and worked the count to 2-2 before crushing a home run just to the right of dead center.
Drew: "I squared it up really nice."It broke the tie and gave the Red Sox a 7-5 lead. Frod continued to melt down, allowing an infield hit to Jason Bay and a line drive single to Mark Kotsay. Jason Varitek hit into a double play to end the inning.
Bot had come in after Figgins's triple and had retired three straight Angels in the eighth on only seven pitches. Torii Hunter began LA's last gasp with a hard bunt towards third. Youkilis sprinted in, bare-handed the ball and fired to first. One out. Pinch-hitter Gary Matthews popped a full count pitch towards the third base camera pit. Yook ran over, timed his leap, and snared the ball over the heads of the crouching photogs. Then Bot whiffed Howie Kendrick to give Boston a 2-0 lead in the series.
The ninth-inning dugout TBS shots told you everything you needed to know about this series. The Angels were in shock, staring out at the field with glassy, dead eyes. As Frod struggled to get outs in the ninth, they knew they were playing their last home game of the 2008 season. As the Red Sox rolled to their 11th straight post-season win over the Angels, they knew they were finished. (And WTF was with the announcing team of Chip Caray and Buck Martinez? Were they auditioning for jobs as LAA's Hawk Harrelson-type announcers? I watched the last 3-4 innings on mute.)
The game looked initially like a rout, as the Sox scored four times in the first. But the Angels chipped away, scoring one in the bottom of the first, on three straight singles from Mark Teixeira, Vladimir Guerrero and Hunter. Boston made it 5-1 on back-to-back doubles by Alex Cora and Jacoby Ellsbury, but the Angels got that run right back. Juan Rivera walked to start the fourth and scored on Chone Figgins's singled to left.
Matsuzaka walked Teixeira and Vlad to begin the fifth and Hunter singled home Tex. After that, Dice bore down, striking out Rivera, getting Kendrick on a fly to center, and retiring Kendry Morales on a pop to third. But that was the night for Dice (5-8-3-3-5), who threw 108 pitches in five innings, including 61 (!) in his final two innings.
Hideki Okajima pitched a perfect sixth, but allowed hits to Teixeira and Guerrero to begin the seventh. At that point, those two guys were 8-for-8 in reaching base. Masterson came in and got three outs, but not before walking two more Angels (the first on a blown call by the home plate umpire) and forcing in LA's fourth run.
The Red Sox wasted a golden scoring chance in the sixth. With one out, Kotsay reached on Hunter's error on a fly ball right at him in center. Varitek singled, chasing Santana, and Jose Arredondo walked Cora to load the bases. Ellsbury fanned on a slider in the dirt and Dustin Pedroia (0-for-5) grounded to second. Boston also could do nothing with a couple of two-out singles from Drew and Bay in the seventh.
But in the end, Boston dined out on monkey burgers. They get to enjoy another off day on Saturday before getting back to some broom work on Sunday.
***Boston 1st:
Ellsbury PF5, Pedroia K, Ortiz single, Youkilis single, Drew double (1-0), Bay home run (4-0), Kotsay single, Varitek P6.Earlier this evening, Tampa Bay beat the White Sox 6-2, to take a 2-0 lead in the other ALDS. The NL is off tonight.
***
Daisuke Matsuzaka (2.90, 158 ERA+) / Ervin Santana (3.49, 125 ERA+)
Lineups:
Red Sox Angels***
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF Chone Figgins, 3B
Dustin Pedroia, 2B Garret Anderson, LF
David Ortiz, DH Mark Teixeira, 1B
Kevin Youkilis, 3B Vladimir Guerrero, DH
J.D. Drew, RF Torii Hunter, CF
Jason Bay, LF Juan Rivera, RF
Mark Kotsay, 1B Howie Kendrick, 2B
Jason Varitek, C Jeff Mathis, C
Alex Cora, SS Erick Aybar, SS
Mike Lowell calls Game 2 "a monster game for them and a tremendous opportunity for us".
The Angels are facing the possibility of heading back to Boston down 0-2. The worst case scenario for the Red Sox has them tied 1-1 with Josh Beckett set to pitch on Sunday night.
Yesterday, Beckett had what Terry Francona called "a pretty aggressive side [session] ... Nothing was cut short. His fastball had some finish to it and he threw all his pitches." Depending on who you asked, he threw either 65 pitches (John Farrell) or 67 (Francona).
Farrell:
[T]he extension that he was able to get with his fastball, the down-and-away area to a righthanded hitter, which is always going to indicate the furthest extension from the throwing arm [was good]. There was no discomfort in the oblique. So provided that there's no concerns coming out of his exam, or a follow-up exam tomorrow, he should be on line for Sunday.So Dice now has a mohawk? I could not find a picture though.
Lowell probably will not be in the lineup tonight. Francona may rest Lowell and play Mark Kotsay (7-for-18 against Santana) at first, moving Kevin Youkilis to third. (More on Yook's great play late in Game 1.)
Mike Timlin says "there's a real possibility" he could retire after this post-season. ... Transcripts of Thursday interviews with Francona, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Mike Scioscia and Howie Kendrick.
A Boston victory tonight would set a franchise record of nine consecutive postseason victories. The MLB record is 12, set twice by the Yankees. ... In the eight wins so far, the pitching staff has a 1.88 ERA. ... A win tonight would also set a major league record for consecutive playoff victories against a single opponent (11).
Starting times for the rest of this series were announced:
Only one other game today:Game 3: Sun at Boston, 7:17 PM
Game 4: Mon at Boston, 8:37 PM
(8 PM if CWS-TBR series over)
Game 5: Wed at Anaheim, 9:37 PM
(8:37 PM if CWS-TBR series over)
White Sox (0)/Rays (1) at 6
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«Oldest ‹Older 601 – 800 of 1328 Newer› Newest»Forgive me, but I don't understand the tone of your response. I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not.
Definitely sarcasm. Ever heard Tom Waits' song Small Change?
K! Daisuke out of the jam.
Hahaha.
BOS - 5 7 0
LAA - 2 7 1
1 run aint shit. GET IT BACK
Yes, love Tek in the crouch with all that monster gear on!
Are these dudes rooting for the Angels or just trying to make casual fans keep watching by acting like the game's closer than it is?
Definitely sarcasm. Ever heard Tom Waits' song Small Change?
Nope. I'll look it up, though.
redsock said...
You wanna know the facts of life, Mrs. Garrett? "Your team sucks".
oh boy......that one has been in the vault for a while
what - tek uses that glove when he catches wakefield? wtf?
I wasn't sure about that either so I just rewound during the commercials... he was saying that Varitek got in the habit of loosening the webbing in the mitt when he caught Wakefield, but then added "which he doesn't do anymore."
I'm calling a black dominican dong right here.
Are these dudes rooting for the Angels or just trying to make casual fans keep watching by acting like the game's closer than it is?
I think they're trying to keep the casual fans from changing the channel to whatever else is on TV out in California tonight.
Dice-K is an enigma.....I don't understand how he gets in out of jams , by all of sudden becoming dominant, it can't be considered luck, he does it all the fucking time....
I think Dice thrives on stress and the adrenaline rush.
Hunter's little tantrum is still as funny as it was the first time.
BTW, do we have an all-profession team? Hunter, Carpenter, Baker, etc...
Warning track power.
A Conformer said...
Hunter's little tantrum is still as funny as it was the first time.
BTW, do we have an all-profession team? Hunter
When did that become a profession?
Damn
Too many English names are professions.
When did that become a profession?
There must be some people that live off hunting, no?
Wow, that half-inning took, like, 12 seconds to play.
There must be some people that live off hunting, no?
Poaching, sure. Hunting, not so much. Hunting is a hobby around here.
Blogger phil said...
Too many English names are professions.
Cooper, Sawyer ... Smith
How is it that their pitcher has given up 5 runs, yet Caray has compared him to Lester, said he's found his rhythm, and has gotten back into a groove? This is unbelievable. They might as well be calling Red Sox home run balls by saying, "and it's gone! And that's just what the Angels needed, as it clears the bases, and eventually this inning will end and at some point the middle of their order will be up, and they'll have a chance to tie it, take the lead, put the game away, and then take the next two..."
say, where has L-girl been for the last hour or so?
lets fucking go dice.
Cartwright. etc.
Silence is deafening
Too many English names are professions.
I think that's in all languages. Makes a lot of sense, too. Part of the evolution of names.
AND JUST LISTEN TO THAT ANGELS CROWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kinda reminds me of being at a concert and you yell something very personal and the room goes silent right as you announce you really need to take a dump. or something.
I'll bet they are playing some extra crowd noise over the PA.
Teixeira has a sort of confused Papelbon Face.
If you're in the stands at Angel Stadium, you may want to watch what you say. You never know who could hear you from across the park.
I'll bet they are playing some extra crowd noise over the PA.
I remember there was a controversy with an NFL team doing that last year, I think. They were playing in a dome, too! They wanted to make more noise so the other team couldn't communicate with each other.
I was worried that the TV guys would talk a lot about how strange and wrong it was that Jetes and the MFY were not here. I guess we'll have to wait until we get Buck/McMoron on Faux.
How the hell has Vlad managed to not swing yet?
You know, watching Dice-K pitch sometimes is like watching hangnail surgery.
Kinda reminds me of being at a concert and you yell something very personal and the room goes silent right as you announce you really need to take a dump. or something.
Ha, we used to do that on purpose. When the music stopped, we would yell out "abortion" or "rimjob" or something like that.
I was worried that the TV guys would talk a lot about how strange and wrong it was that Jetes and the MFY were not here. I guess we'll have to wait until we get Buck/McMoron on Faux.
Don't know if you know, but TBS has the ALCS this year.
Not so fast, Vlad.
Not all that close, Vlad.
I think I caught a glimpse of Tito biting his nails in the dugout.
But I'm sure Faux will mention Jetes and MFY during the NLCS. And the World Series. Every night.
C'mon, Daisuke.
In 2005?, when Bush threw out the first pitch in St. Louis, the club played cheers over the PA to drown out any potential boos.
FUCK
TP plz
SHIT. Come on, Dice K. STOP THIS.
MDC warming
I think it was the Indianapolis Colts who played cheering on the PA system.
dice's plan: load 'em up and shut 'em down.
dice's plan: load 'em up and shut 'em down.
Then throw it to the bullpen.
Castig: "Living dangerously."
Danger his is middle name. Daisuke Danger Matsuzaka.
Hunter is swinging like he's MAD. Or maybe he just doesn't want to run the bases on his bad knee.
A friend of mine used to call me Robbie Danger. It was strange.
No... Hunter's been pissed off ever since he hurt himself. Maybe he'll pull the racial card after this game.
hunter is no vlad with those hacks.
OH FUCK
Eh, just one run.
Have to get one in the 6th though.
Bleh.
Think Lowrie couldna had that one?
coulda
Outs, please.
SHIT. Get it together, Daisuke. NOW would be good.
manny woulda nailed him.
Throw fucking strikes.
MDC is strapping on the Saturn Balls, right?
I agree about Manny.
Still could use that TP anytime now.
I hate how this guy pronounces DiceK. Accent on the K.
WAHT.THE.FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????!!!!!!!!!!
Here comes pitch #100
Hard to believe Kazmir pitched better than Dice-K did.
Ahhh, this guy would drive anyone crazy!!!
I still feel good about this game though.
dice-K
Hey Patrick. You able to watch this game?
Okay!
DP now!
29 pitches so far - to 4 batters
Finally an out.
OK! NOW A DP!!!!!!!!
29 pitches so far - to 4 batters
That's amazing. In a bad way.
GYROBALL!
DP, please.
One more...and then can we put DiceK to sleep?
That was ugly watching Vlad stumble and bumble to third.
dice toying with the crowd, get 'em excited, STOMP on their throats.
one more.
One more out. Then he'll pitch a 5-pitch 6th.
I remember the Red Sox doing that a lot to Cleveland fans.
And Yankee fans.
Dice won't be out for the 6th... won't start the inning over 110 pitches
ain't biting on the sasahe, jason.
Get the fuck away from Youk, Cora.
STOMP ON THEIR THROATS!
It is done.
Angels have left 8!
YAy. We are still leading.
RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phew! One run.
Dice-K exhausts me!
I remember the Red Sox doing that a lot to Cleveland fans.
And Yankee fans.
Eh, no, these are the Angels. We sweep the Angels, then we taunt the next team. That's how it works. It's fucking tradition, man.
So, does Tito leave him in until a runner reaches?
I'm beginning to yawn. Dammit.
Well, that could have been a lot worse.
Let's get some runs back!!
Dice-PC:
16-12-19 25-36 = 108
Lordy.
GET SOME MOTHERFUCKING RUNS
108 - iffy. I say get him gone.
MDC, Jeemer, Bot.
Time for me to watch and not type. Just taking all my energy not to fall asleep.
My shift is over at midnight, but I don't want to miss 2 innings driving home (esp. the 7th/8th). I guess I'm staying late!
Jeemer warming
Just checking in...mood at The Bar is moderate, but Sox fans in attendance. One more from Dice and some good bullpen action?
That Bay HR was more than I could hope for.
'Til later...
HuntEr
That's you Torii, ya fuckin wuss
no ESPN radio affiliate in TO, I guess.
(not that there's any reason for one to be there; your comment just made me realize that I take it for granted that I can listen to these games in the car.)
HAHAHA.
Kotsay once hit an inside-the-park home run past Hunter in center field.
TOR-E
Tor-E!
Jump, Torii, jump!
FUCK TORI CUNTER
Haha!!!
I knew Willie Mays. Willie Mays was a friend of mine. And you, sir, are no Willie Mays.
Man, Hunter must be SUPER PISSED now!!!!!!!!!!!!
Torii Hunter played 146 games this year... Not 1 error committed this season.
Jump in the air again, Tor-E
Excuse Me!
Jetered.
TEK ACCIDENTAL HIT!!!!!!
efd late with the Tor-E comment.
L suggested radio - not good enough for me.
Buck saying "we're lowering the bar" on good pitching, yet they're SUCKING THIS GUY'S DICK for giving up 5 runs in 5 innings.
Bullpen game now.
Hearing some faint Red Sox chants. Mixed with Angels chants.
Came back to say---TEK!
phil, the difference is, Jeter TRIES to do that crap
JOSE IMANASSHOLE IN TO PITCH
So Daisuke should pitch to at least 2 batters. It's inconceivable that Santana will outlast him.
And that was a very ugly hit by Tek.
COME ON GENIUS!
6 IP, 3 ER = Quality Start
But it turns out that a small percentage of QS are like that. Most QS are truly very good starts.
Facts - Ya might wanna check 'em out, Buck!
They've got to get Kotsay home and make Hunter's error even worse.
Buck saying "we're lowering the bar" on good pitching, yet they're SUCKING THIS GUY'S DICK for giving up 5 runs in 5 innings.
What I understood from what he said is that it's not a quality start if you don't get the win. And if you stay in the game long enough for your team to score enough, then it was a good start.
If Buck can't stop talking, what makes you think he has time to do research and preparation?
Yes, Caray, a ground ball DP COULD end this inning. And the Angels COULD go all the way to the World Series. But I'm not seeing any sign of it! What is their problem?
K-WHO????????
"Buck saying "we're lowering the bar" on good pitching, yet they're SUCKING THIS GUY'S DICK for giving up 5 runs in 5 innings.
What I understood from what he said is that it's not a quality start if you don't get the win. And if you stay in the game long enough for your team to score enough, then it was a good start."
Here's what I'm saying: He's talking about quality starts and that pitchers are getting too much credit in general. Yet all night long they're acting like a guy who's fucking shitting the bed is like, the best you can do!
TBS going national really hurt Chip Caray. I used to like listening to him when he did Braves games. Just like Dave O'Brien. He's great on Red Sox radio.
Pond is filled with DUCKS.
gotta pull the plug on buck - need some peace and quiet.
Time for Mr. Septober!
OK TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They're like, "oh, he's getting it back," "he's got a rythym going," "five in a row!" As if he's throwing a shutout.
Yes, Caray, a ground ball DP COULD end this inning. And the Angels COULD go all the way to the World Series. But I'm not seeing any sign of it! What is their problem?
They did it a couple of times with "if he hits a HR now, it will be a 1-run game". Well, thanks for the math lesson.
i hear ya, jere.
3 runs in 6 ip is no QS sez martinez.
but 5 runs in 5.1 (maybe 7 runs) is "in a groove"
He threw two strikes! He's got a rhythm.
Why aren't they saying, "and a base hit could blow this open"? It's all "here's how good can happen for the Angels." ALl night long.
BAD AB.
TIME FOR PEDROIA TO BE FY
I'd love me some FY grand salami.
Or at least an FY double he's so good at.
Come on, LASER SHOW!!!!
Fuck.
Meh. Living dangerously is not scoring any runs with a bases loaded, 1 out situation.
fuck no.
fucking pathetic.
I'm getting close to death threat level on Caray.
TBS: "8.44 ERA = ACE!"
Dice is done.
I'm going to enjoy the rest on mute.
Jeemer in!
the rays are laughing their asses off at these times right now.
where was that 3rd pitch????
the count should be 0-4
Kinda like how we act when we watch the Rays/White Sox series, Nix?
...Just as long as you don't put us on mute, Redsock. :>)
where was that 3rd pitch????
Anaheim.
Yknow, I thought I was going to be more relaxed this post season w/ the 2 WS under our belt, but man, I am having some ulcer issues today
you're out fuckface. who's next
.Yknow, I thought I was going to be more relaxed this post season w/ the 2 WS under our belt, but man, I am having some ulcer issues today
That sounds like one of those times where the crowd would go silent just at the right time.
"I'M HAVING SOME ULCER ISSUES TODAY."
now take yr 2-step-fake-bunt bullshit back tot he dugout you little bitch
maybe if go crazy arguing like Hunter even though you're out, you can buy a piece of shit call for later .
Now serving #9
Huh.
I got the Zen of Manny in me.
(Right now, anyway.)
Caray figures that if he keeps on saying "Angels looking for their first extra-base hit" it'll look like he's a genius if they finally get one.
strikes pls
Bat warming.
"Caray figures that if he keeps on saying "Angels looking for their first extra-base hit" it'll look like he's a genius if they finally get one."
If that was true, why isn't he doing any "hey, what if the Red Sox did THIS awesome thing now?"
hey - jake of all trades is there again tonight!!
woooo
i feel a lot calmer once i log on to JoS
37 outs left in your season, LAA!
I'm with Redsock... forget if it was in the comments or the main post, but as he said earlier the worst that could happen is that they go back to Fenway 1-1 with Beckett starting on Sunday.
And right now coolstandings gives us a 75% chance of winning this one.
I just noticed something: the announcers didn't mention Daisuke's 250-pitch game even once. Gotta give credit where credit is due.
TRUPED!
Fuck you, Trupe.
JD "FUCK YOU" DREW!!!!!!
Okajima: "Well, I did my job..."
oh man, I truped myself on that one! Nice catch, Drew!!
TRUPD
I just noticed something: the announcers didn't mention Daisuke's 250-pitch game even once. Gotta give credit where credit is due.
Great SoSH line: "What they don't tell you is that he went only five innings in that game."
I've just never needed that "chance of winning" thing. The day it says the losing team has a better chance of winning, I'll give it some respect. Until then, I don't need someone else to tell me what's likely to happen in a game I'm watching anyway. And besides, if it said the Red Sox had a 100% chance of winning this game, would you turn it off and go to bed?
TBS: A part of the Trooping(TM) tradition since 2008
Caray was really trying to Trup us there, but looking at Drew I knew he was gonna catch it.
Ballpark giveth, ballpark taketh away. Or something
Drewwwww!!!!!
I'm sorry for all the bad things I said about you...
... well, not really.
TRUPING* (?) I guess. lol
I mean, are any of us thinking, "I bet the Red Sox have about a 20% chance of winning this game. 75? Get right outta town! Now I'm confident!"?
Castig blamed that ball not leaving the yard on... dew.
Wind coming from the ocean, dew forming on the hitter's backdrop, air getting damper, heavier, etc.
LET'S TACK SOME ON
BIG POPUP
Jere, I don't put a lot of stock in it myself; just thought it was an amusing thing to mention.
And for that matter, I got it wrong - that 75% is the likelihood of winning this series, not this speficic game.
The fans were truping that long ball. my wife was all upset. i knew it would get knocked down like the other 2 hits by the Sox
Lugoesque
bah
Nice fucking catch.
Actually more like a Pokey play.
801!!!
efd--yeah, i figured you weren't huge on it, being a non spring chicken like me.
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