October 3, 2008

ALDS 2: Red Sox 7, Angels 5

Red Sox - 400 100 002 - 7  14  0
Angels - 100 110 110 - 5 12 2
Wow. 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.

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:
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)
Only one other game today:
White Sox (0)/Rays (1) at 6

1,328 comments:

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Grant Salzano said...

I hate everybody.

Joe Grav said...

ah cockbag munchfucker

Tony said...

Ah, fiddlesticks.

Not Petey's finest hour these last few games.

Grant Salzano said...

WOW, I had 1001 too??

nixon33 said...

FUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKK

Pepe Lepew said...

Wow, pedroia just *leapt* at that bag, didn't he? It almost worked.

Rob said...

frod's got like an orange in both cheeks. or nuts for the winter.

That's a big chaw.

efd said...

Top of the order coming up for the Angels. And you know what that means...
...the MIDDLE OF THE ORDER can't be far behind!

SoSock said...

"What has made K-Rod the spectacular closer he's become Chip?"

"Well, he's an Angel, so he has to be the best out there, and can do no wrong"

dammit
At least he didn't throw a tantrum and hurt himself.

Rob said...

Masterson's back out there.

allan said...

nah - i'm thinking he's got someone's nuts in there.

Jere said...

god's balls

efd said...

nah - i'm thinking he's got someone's nuts in there

They're from the rally monkey.

Tony said...

Man, remember when Frod (love that nickname, btw) was the lovable kid with the crazy Yankee-baffling off-speed shit? Now he's a gigantic douche. Nothing like a few years of perspective.

allan said...

maybe mdc not available -- maybe it'll be bot for 4-5 outs. tito said he'd do that now.

Tony said...

Well. That was really, really bad.

Grant Salzano said...

Fucking fuckbag cockmuncher FUCK

s1c said...

Thought for sure that Tito would have bot in, and guess what, now we have problems.

fragging kidding me.

Rob said...

Playoff Assassin Tito took an early flight back to Boston.

SoSock said...

I'm smelling extra innings :(

nixon33 said...

i cant believe this.

allan said...

bugger

Rob said...

BOT.

Patrick said...

Will someone text Tito something like: WTF? MDC!

Grant Salzano said...

Well, this will be Papelbon's most epic appearance ever if he could pull this off.

Joe Grav said...

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh

this is going to be a difficult assignment

Jere said...

no, CHIP, you're in dire straits because I've changed my anti-violence stance

Tony said...

Can Bot wriggle out of THIS jam???

Rob said...

Plan.

Bot gets out of this jam.

Red Sox actually score a fucking run or three in the 9th.

MDC.

nixon33 said...

jesus fucking christ.

Patrick said...

Is he getting pulled? What's going on?

Rob said...

"The game is on the basepaths for the Angels"

Er....

Rob said...

Sager holding a rally monkey by the ass looks rather fitting.

Grant Salzano said...

We evolved, fuckers.

allan said...

it's only the tying run....

... we can nail frod in a minnit.

Joe Grav said...

i support capital punishment for whoever started this monkey bullshite

Rob said...

Surprised the "fans" haven't left.

Tony said...

Sager doesn't buy his suits - he just purchases old 70s curtains and chops them up into suits. Right?

allan said...

bot > simians

Grant Salzano said...

This would be the most epic thing ever. CMON PAP

allan said...

we need the death-stare mega-bot here.

Jere said...

K Aunt Edna please

Rob said...

I see bringing a stuffed monkey to the stadium useful for stuffing food in its ass and smuggling it into the ballpark


POP UP!

Grant Salzano said...

STUNNINGLY AMAZING

CMON PAP!

efd said...

Bot pop!

Tony said...

HUGE out. Keep hacking, jerks!

SoSock said...

1 Pitch - 1 Out
YESSSSSS!!!!!!

Jere said...

"That's gonna stay in play." Great call, doof, it was almost a fair ball!

Nice job Mrs. G.

Rob said...

I wouldn't be opposed to putting Tex on here. Set up a DP.

Jere said...

"Did it hit him?"

You're the only one who doesn't know....

allan said...

who's up now - blair or jo?

Grant Salzano said...

That first pitch = perfect

efd said...

Caray almost having an orgasm thinking that pitch hit Teixeira.

Benjamin said...

Fuck.

Ron said...

mixing food metaphors into a yummy grilled cheese sandwich

Tony said...

Rats. Well, he got 2 outs at least.

nixon33 said...

FUCKING CUNT>

Grant Salzano said...

Lick my balls.

I hate everyone.

Fuckshitasscockmotherfucking
dickmunchingcocklickers.

Benjamin said...

Seriously, why is this fucking homerism on a national broadcast?

Rob said...

Angels fans loves the scrotum fly.

s1c said...

Crap, now we have to get some runs.

Patrick said...

OMFG!!!!

Jere said...

I wish Youk had gotten that tag on Chone's foot a second earlier, when he fucking left the bag jumping for joy on third base.

SoSock said...

It's OK, I had figured we were tied after a lead-off 3b.
I'm just glad Bot has settled things down.
Now we win.

allan said...

dreamboat's got a noodle - sigh

Benjamin said...

Only 5 pitches so far, at least.

allan said...

in the 9th

ortiz
yook
drew
bay

Rob said...

We should pool together to buy him some arm viagra.

Tony said...

God, every time Vlad takes a swing it looks like he's going to twist his torso entirely around his hips like an action figure.

Joe Grav said...

dicklicker

Grant Salzano said...

I still hate fucking everyone.

Jere said...

ok, take lead and win

nixon33 said...

PAPI>YOUK>DREW.

WE FUCKING NEEEEEEEEEED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rob said...

A triple and three pop ups.

Let the fans have their fun. Now we stomp on their balls.

Patrick said...

Bay may have a chance to be a hero again...

Grant Salzano said...

Lame shit. Lame, lame shit.

How bout it Sox? Let's fucking GO.

Tony said...

Pap did his job. You cannot ask for more than that.

Time to tag that little jackass!

Joe Grav said...

Why is Caray such a LAAAAAAAA homer? I thought he was a Braves guy??

Rob said...

PA Tito made his plane turn around.

Rob said...

Why is Caray such a LAAAAAAAA homer? I thought he was a Braves guy??

He's whosever guy TBS tells him to be.

nixon33 said...

great job by pap.

Grant Salzano said...

If Bay is the hero I will officially, finally, call it 'Worth It' giving up Hansen, Moss, Ramirez, and 20 million dollars for him.

Rob said...

Sox are lucky they've been able to keep the lead with 5 runs for as long as they did, though.

Joe Grav said...

i love pap

allan said...

david ortiz makes the monkey fill his diaper in fear.

Rob said...

STOMP ON THEIR BALLS.

SoSock said...

Wait, that can't be right.
If the heart of our order were coming up, the announcers would have told us about it, excitedly too. I mean, that is what they do, right? I mean, I know I've heard them say stuff like that, haven't I?

Benjamin said...

Papi getting it started.

Rob said...

Tizzle is AWAKE.


Coco pinch-running!

Grant Salzano said...

That ball was ANNIHILATED.

Tony said...

TIZZLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Greatest Hero in American History strikes again! Holy shit, I thought that was gone off the bat.

SoSock said...

Papi - DOUBLE!!!!!!!

nixon33 said...

BUNT? BUNT??? DO WE BUNT???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

efd said...

FUCK YOU, FROD!!

Rob said...

In-N-Out Glove

Jere said...

goddamn that was close. eat it Krod.

A Conformer said...

PAPIIIIIII!

allan said...

october
angels
ortiz

=

WINS!!!

nixon33 said...

CRISP RUNNNING!!!!!!!!!!!

Grant Salzano said...

That is an incredibly, incredibly stupid idea.

Rob said...

We need some 1000 octane SWEAT POWER

Sarah Haendler said...

Wait, things were going so well when I left the theatre...

Papi! Nice Double, nearly left... Run like hell Ococ...

Joe Grav said...

My friend just texted me:

"Thunderstix?
Rally monkey?
Halos nickname?
Bullshit 'smallball' style?
LAAoA name?

Congratulations,you've officially been demoted to the NL"

Rob said...

(red sox chants)

nixon33 said...

I THOUGHT IT WAS GONE!!!!!

Patrick said...

HELL YEAH!!!!!! RUNS PLEASE!!!

Jere said...

make
contact
youk

Grant Salzano said...

I love Kevin Youkilis a lot.

Tony said...

Fuck.

Grant Salzano said...

I hate Kevin Youkilis.

Rob said...

Cock.

Someone watered down the sweaty go-go juice.

Benjamin said...

Bleh, youk.

nixon33 said...

FUCKKING FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!!!

SHOULD HAVE BUNTED HIM!!!!!

Jere said...

i should've fucking specified "and hit it to the RIGHT side!" God dammit Youk! Get your fucking head in the game

Tony said...

Wow. How did that NOT nail Crisp?

Grant Salzano said...

GASP.

Rob said...

HAHAHAHA Angels are jumping up and down like they had Coco. They had him too!

NO! He slid under his legs!

That was ever-so-close.

allan said...

aybar swatting bugs!

Grant Salzano said...

Wow, we're going to win because of that, aren't we?

Jere said...

If you'd made the tag you'd have a beef.

Martinez: DIE

nixon33 said...

WTF!!!!!!!!!

efd said...

what the hell, do the Angels practice jumping around after calls go against them at spring training??

Rob said...

Where's the fire?

nixon33 said...

PLEASE DREW PLEASE!!!!

allan said...

ya gotta tag him for an out, aybar

Grant Salzano said...

Come the fuck on.

Rob said...

This is where I love listening to Castig. I really appreciate his play-by-play.

Jere said...

when you yell "got him!" it leaves no mystery as to who you're ROOTING for

Rob said...

DEEP INTO THE NIGHT!!!!!

Sarah Haendler said...

what the hell, do the Angels practice jumping around after calls go against them at spring training??

Key drill, that one.

Benjamin said...

DREW!

Jere said...

ugfugofuygwougwoigfwiuhgw

Benjamin said...

FUCK YOU FROD

Rob said...

WHERE'S THE FIRE???

RIGHT FUCKING HERE!!!!

efd said...

BABY'S ON FIRE!!!!!!!

Sarah Haendler said...

YES!!!!!

Benjamin said...

DIE IN A FUCKING ON FIRE

Tony said...

I'M NOT SAYING BOO!

I'M SAYING DREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!!!

nixon33 said...

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s1c said...

Fragging JD FRAGGING DREW DONG!!!!

I am so fragging happy
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

SoSock said...

Where's On Fire?

THERE'S On Fire!!!!!!

allan said...

FILE UNDER FIRE

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A Conformer said...

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Drew's timing is suspect all the way out of the stadium!! FUCK YOU, KROD!

Jere said...

piceodog shit announcers silent fuck em all ALL

Sarah Haendler said...

I smell SMOKE because someone is ON FIRE!

Pepe Lepew said...

DREEWWWWWW!!!!!!!
Oh, I'm *so* sorry I ever disparaged you, you magnificent overpaid bastard!!!!

allan said...

SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR MR. FROD:

A BIG FUCKING BOWL OF DICKS.

BON APPETIT.

Benjamin said...

REMEMBER HIS BACK IS SUSPECT

efd said...

IN YOUR FUCKING FACE FUCKING K-ROD!!!!!

where's that skyward finger pointing now, motherfucker?!?!?

Joe Grav said...

I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THEM.

Rob said...

Wow!!!!

The funny thing was Castig said "K-Rod" with such a light K it sounded like A-Rod... JUST like right before Manny hit that walk-off dong Game 2 last ALDS!

Tony said...

Frod looks a little stunned. Two straight years he's come in during the playoffs to stop this team, and two years in a row Boston's given him a good old fashioned curb stomping.

A Conformer said...

Tito looked oddly not happy about Drew's dong.

Benjamin said...

Could they have no-called that dong any softer?

allan said...

the name is fire.

on fire.

Jere said...

nice try dog ball licker

Tony said...

Man, for a team that does the little things the right way, they've sure fucked up a lot tonight.

Benjamin said...

That's the eleventeenth dropped barehander of the night.

Rob said...

(cue Price is Right losing sound here)

Castig: "So much for the rally monkey!"

Grant Salzano said...

I have never hugged another man that long and that hard in my life.

And it may have been the most straight thing I've ever done, actually.

allan said...

maybe frod can point to the sky at that ball sailing 440 feet away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jere said...

oh what an incredible Angel rally oh oh oh oh I love the Angels oh god oh god

efd said...

one reason frod got all those saves: he didn't face the Red Sox that often.

Jere said...

POUND
POUND
POUND!

Rob said...

The playoff assassin BOSTON RED SOX.

Benjamin said...

The wheels off the bus come round and round.

Tony said...

And THERE'S the "Let's Go Red Sox" chant. The rest of this stadium is dead silent.

Yeah Kotsay! Frod's just getting smacked around now. Huzzah!

Pepe Lepew said...

The wheels are coming off the cart! :)

Joe Grav said...

I have never hugged another man that long and that hard in my life.

And it may have been the most straight thing I've ever done, actually.


Word.

Grant Salzano said...

I LOVE EVERYBODY.

allan said...

man i fucking PRAYED for this

a total bitch slap of frod

and it's happening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

efd said...

oh how I would love to see frod pulled from this game.

Rob said...

Frod is losing money as we speak.

Sarah Haendler said...

BURY THEM. Make them come to the East Coast still shaking from the beating.

allan said...

the way we are kicking laa's ass is MULTIFOLD!

Jere said...

and the "extra base hit monkey" is off their backs--but more importantly, they still lick donkey dick

Benjamin said...

F-Rod has a 27.00 ERA for the series. :)

Tony said...

Man, too bad it's the Ghost of Tek at the plate.

Grant Salzano said...

Hahaha leave it to Tek :-P

Sarah Haendler said...

Or, you know, that.

allan said...

Frod is losing money as we speak.

the meter is running .. in reverse!

Tony said...

That DP was damn near preordained.

Pepe Lepew said...

Oh, well.
Shock the monkey!!!
Shock it with 50,000 volts!!!

Jere said...

Caray still fuckin with us, calling Drew's power "Mickey Mantle"-like.

Patrick said...

O Captain my Captain!

A Conformer said...

OK, time for Paps to be Paps, Red Sox to be Red Sox and Angels to be assholecunts. Sweep these fuckers.

s1c said...

Time for a HOF bottom of the inning Bot!!!

SoSock said...

I like this commercial. It has a "Big Fish" feel to it.

allan said...

closing in on 1200!

Tony said...

Well, now that the MIDDLE OF THE LINEUP OH NOES!!!!! is pretty much over with, the Angels can close up shop and pack for Boston. I hear it's a long, long trip.

nixon33 said...

I CANNOT FUCKING BELIEVE IT!

JD DREW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jere said...

Drew becomes a true Yankee every October

Patrick said...

...that Angels middle of the order sure is sweet... Sure is...

allan said...

J.D. Drew is a beast.

Grant Salzano said...

I thought there was... NO WAY... that would get out.

Rob said...

Have we ever had a 1201?

efd said...

'07 Bot, plz

nixon33 said...

who called the drew HR?

Jere said...

we have had tremendous fortune in Frank TV postseasons

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