Yankees - 001 000 000 - 1 7 2 Red Sox - 001 030 00x - 4 7 1SWEEP!
The three-game sweep of the Yankees capped a 9-0 homestand -- and extended the Sox's winning streak to 10 games!
This game turned over the course of five pitches (with an intentional walk thrown into the mix) in the fifth inning. Boston had runners at first and second with two outs when David Ortiz doubled to the wall in left. Nick Green scored -- giving Boston a 2-1 lead -- and Jacoby Ellsbury went to third. Pettitte walked Kevin Youkilis intentionally to load the bases for J.D. Drew, who had struck out in his previous two at-bats.
Drew swung through the first pitch. Then, while Pettitte was getting ready to deliver, Ellsbury took off -- and stole home*!!! He was trying to run so fast, he stumbled at the very end and sort of fell/slid head first across the plate, but was in safely ahead of Jorge Posada's tag.
[* It was the first Red Sox steal of home since Jose Offerman on August 30, 1999, though that was part of a double steal. The last straight steal of home was by Billy Hatcher on April 22, 1994.]
Drew looked at another ball, then stroked a double to right, bringing in Ortiz. The Sox led 4-1 and the bullpen -- Hunter Jones, Michael Bowden and Takashi Saito -- shut the door.
Masterson was excellent: 5.1-6-1-1-4, 99.
***
Andy Pettitte (2.53, 193 ERA+) / Justin Masterson (3.18, 163 ERA+)
The last two games -- both played in 4:21 -- have not only been amazing Red Sox comebacks, they have also been crushing losses for the Yankees! Wonderful on every level.
The Red Sox's current nine-game winning streak is the best April stretch in team history. A win tonight would complete a perfect 9-0 homestand! It would also, providing Toronto loses to Chicago (2 PM), put us in first place.
Mike Bauman, MLB.com:
If the Red Sox continue to win games the way they won the past two, this season is eventually going to remind a lot of people of 2004 and '07.Bryan Hoch, MLB.com:
Yes, it is extremely early for major pronouncements, but there is never an inappropriate time to turn seemingly certain defeat into extremely uplifting victory. And extremely early is a terrific time to prove to everybody that you are completely capable of this kind of transformation. ...
There is no need to exaggerate the importance of what the Red Sox were able to accomplish in their first two meetings with the Yankees this season. They performed the way that winning teams -- postseason teams -- perform: with resilience, persistence and determination.
The tight quarters of the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park have taken on a funereal pall after the first two games of the weekend, with Yankees players shuffling about silently and preparing to make their exit ... out the dank concrete corridors of the ancient ballpark.Current Red Sox hitters have done extremely well against Horseface: .365/.425/.557/.982. Yankee hitters are 9-for-18 against Masterson, though no one has more than five plate appearances.
Masterson:
I feel more assured of myself and who I am, and I feel like I'm understanding my mechanics, like, what makes me good. I think I'm understanding that better. I'm not overthinking.Gil Velazquez was told he'll likely be optioned to Pawtucket tonight, meaning Julio Lugo will rejoin the team in Cleveland. ... Record of the rivalry at Fenway: 446-446, with four ties.
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1 – 200 of 372 Newer› Newest»wow is the perfect word for yesterday. Almost as good as YES!!!
This is my favourite stat of the young season:
Sabathia ERA: 4.81
Burnett ERA: 5.47
Yankees team ERA: 6.41 (bwahahaha)
Granted, I don't expect that to last all year, but that $243 million is paying off so far!
http://totallylookslike.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/edwar-ramirez.jpg
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Bay, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
Jason Varitek, C
Nick Green, SS
Lineup is following the if it aint broke rule.
Brett Gardner, CF
Derek Jeter, SS
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Nick Swisher, LF
Robinson Cano, 2B
Jorge Posada, C
Hideki Matsui, DH
Melky Cabrera, RF
Angel Berroa, 3B
MDC, Ram-Ram and Bot are unavailable tonight. So Michael Bowden is up from Pawtucket (replacing Gil Velazquez). It'll be a one day stay, as Lugo returns tomorrow.
It's time to destroy these fucksticks. Deee. Fuckin'. Stroy. Make them understand the last two days were actually a paradise compared to the beating that awaits them at 8:10.
WE WONT NEED THE FUCKING BULLPEN TONIGHT, RIGHT? RIGHT???!?!?!!?!
If Donkey can go 6, all will be well. Some or all of Saito, Jeemer, Lopez, Jones and Bowden will do the rest.
Jays 4, Pale Hose 3.
Damn. No 1st for us today.
WTF?
There is a national blackout for this game on MLBTV?
When the fuck did this shit start?
Redsock--ESPN has the national rights.
But I have seen Sunday games at work before, like last season.
Just this game so far.
Feeling hopeful of the sweep tonight. I love Masterson, wish they'd leave him in the rotation instead of Penny when DIce-K gets back. Maybe they will if he does well tonight.
Go Sox! Kick those MFY hard when they're down!
**Just this game so far.**
Well, ain't that fuckin' grand.
ESPN has always had the national rights to the Sunday night game, but MLBTV had the right to show it anyway.
That's pretty shitty, since not everyone has access to ESPN.
When did Masterson become the donkey and why? Geez, miss a gamethread around here and you're lost. ;)
Hey, I've only been able to watch one Sox game thus far, so I'm worse off. xD
Some other pitcher referred to Masterson as The Big Donkey or something like that last year, so we picked it up.
Not in the glossary and now I can find no evidence of that nickname anywhere. I asked about it in spring training, but no one knew anything.
I have used the word "donkey" exactly once at JoS -- and it was a 2004 political post.
I don't think comments get searched, so maybe it lurks in there.
No donkey mentioned in any of the threads for games in which Masterson pitched last September.
"No donkey mentioned in any of the threads for games in which Masterson pitched last September."
It seems to have come out of the blue this year. But maybe that's b/c I don't follow spring training.
The MLB audio/video page lists MLBTV Regular has the game but MLB Premium does not.
I'm tuning in to radio, as always at work. I have to leave at 10. I hope it's a blowout!
It's there now! Whew!!!
On the ESPN intro, they're showing clips of the first two games, set to Green Day's "Welcome To Paradise".
Irony fail.
Let's make these jackasses wish that Wang was starting this game.
Let's put their team ERA over 7!
I was wondering about the donkey nickname also. Perhaps he is a Democrat?
My eyes are already closing tonight, so I may spare my eyes the double challenge of the TV and the computer. I will see how it goes.
I have the broom ready....
Nothing about calling him a "mule" either.
I have not missed Jon Miller or Joe Morgan.
That's 1!
"My eyes are already closing tonight, so I may spare my eyes the double challenge of the TV and the computer"
I will be doing that a lot this year. I need whole games w/o threading. I'll miss the thread, but I have to get away from the computer at night.
There's a joke in there somewhere with mule and Phil Coke...
That's how you range to your left, Jeter.
I remember pissing off people in threads last year by counting down outs. :)
OTT!
Sit.
I like the cut of this kid's jib.
Games without threads feel empty now that I have grown used to everyone's company. But these eyes are tired.
OTT. Good start.
OTT
Pettitte is no longer throwing a no-hitter.
Lyndon!
And a good start on the offense!
Hmm...why don'tcha give me "Ape Tit" for $200.
Lyndon is heating up..
that espn graphic on fy will please jere
Nice. I sat down after spending a fantastic grand-kid kinda day, and then getting the front yard mowed, flipped on the tube literally as Tek was firing the last warm-up down to 2nd.
And A GREAT 1st half inning!
i want some of what this ump is smokin.
Fuck.
ARGGHHH
rats
That's OK.
I always tell my little guys - if you're already hitting the ball that hard, good things ARE going to happen.
no one left on base
that's got to make some of you happy!!!
HAHA no LOB, good one RS
"no one left on base
that's got to make some of you happy!!!"
Right! People go nuts over LOB, they go nuts over DPs... which is it, people?!
JOKE
Why does Fox use the behind-the-plate cam for the first pitch of every half inning?
"Lyndon is heating up.."
Is it hot in here or is it me?
Fox?
swisher fans on strike 4.
Sit
All right - gotta make a quick road trip. Take the World's Greatest Granddaughter back to her momma's.
Back in about an inning or so - hopefully to a lead!
"Games without threads feel empty now that I have grown used to everyone's company."
I know. Me too. But some days I am typing for 7 or 8 hours.
Cano a statue at the plate? Castig is ragging on him.
I don't think L is joking.
ACK! Castig just said the ultimate swear word on radio. G___ L___
I was joking!
If people start bitching, I may stop joking then. But now, joking.
OTT!
Masty is Nasty.
Just toyin' with 'em.
Another nice inning. Maybe this game won't last over four hours?
1st: 3 BF, 14 PIT, 1 K
2nd: 3 BF, 14 PIT, 1 K
keep it going'...
G____ L_____?
ESPN SUCKS
This Masterson kid, I love him.
Nix, do you need to buy a vowel?
G___y L___e
You know that feeling when your head keeps snapping back and you realize you feel asleep for a second?
Very disconcerting. Especially during a Red Sox/Yankee game.
now there's a statue.
Steve Phillips Commentary = Magic Johnson Basketball Commentary.
"You see, you wanna get more points than the other team, whoever has the most at the end of the game wins. You wanna get more points than the other team."
I missed the G L comment. That's fine with me.
Ok, that was quite possibly the lamest at bat ever by Drew.
Amy, sounds like you should like down, close your eyes, listen to the game and drift off to sleep.
You'll wake up in the 5th inning and we'll be ahead 8-0.
L, I'm dumb.
"You see, you wanna get more points than the other team, whoever has the most at the end of the game wins. You wanna get more points than the other team."
The man's a genius.
Fox?
Eh, these shitty national feeds are hard to keep separate.
Canuckingle!
Finally, the BABIP gods decide to throw us a bone.
Nix, no you're not, but I can't bring myself to type it out. It's someone's name.
Probably true, Laura. But if I fall asleep now, I will be up at 3.
Nix, think 2003.
We really need to get Drew into a lower spot in the lineup.
Got it. Fuck That Guy!
and bay higher.
don't eff it up, cap'n.
Canuckingle!
Single-payer health care?
"Canuckingle!
Single-payer health care?"
:D
Love watching that replay of Tek's GS!
millared it...
Meh.
truped by the camera
Oh, well.
Meh
Is Horseface loading up the ball? That last shot of him, he had the top of his glove tight over his mouth.
Kevin and Benjamin on same page.
Hasn't Petitte always done that with the glove?
wtf bay -- stepping back? come in and catch the fucker
More meh.
That was not pretty.
Crap
Petitte - yes
Horseface? Toucan Sam I get, but horseface I don't.
I find it difficult to get any hate on for Petitte.
Free outs are good.
K or pop-up please
I actually think Petitte is nice looking. I like the strong features.
I think he's nice looking too, I always have.
Perfect. Letting NYY score first seems to be working so far.
Grr
bunting like it's the 8th in a pitcher's duel. trying to squeak out a run. hey girardi, the sox can hit, 1 run ain't gonna do shit.
Dammit
Not a fan of this inning.
Lowell not having a good game in the field.
Done.
Alright
Score runs
Amy said...
I actually think Petitte is nice looking. I like the strong features.
Thats wahat a nice round of HGH can get ya.
Going to go off the computer for a while, at least.
Will come back later if the eyes allow it.
I am sure the Sox will be ahead when I do, or even if I don't!
Looks like E5s are contagious.
I WANNA BE LIKE MIKE!
Must be gophers in the infield.
That works.
Bad infield dirt at 3rd tonight.
Who tried to take out Jeet.
GREEN
Does Petitte still have a move? Or does everyone know it now?
Redsock--was that in response to me?
I just call Green who. Sorry.
yeah, nick green
Lyndon!
there's a taco.
Taco Time!
LBJ is under his skin
rattlin' tucan
gold glove!
Whoo-hoo!
Haha
Gold glover!
Hahah
Papi breakout time? Please?
time for tiz to beat a dead horse(face)
Tied ballgame.
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
Pettitte is no longer pitching a shutout
castig: "credit the legs of ellsbury"
we do we do!
fuck no
Fuck.
why dustin why
Pedroia is apparently still trying to prove that he's faster than Kevin Youkilis.
FY: you are not Lyndon. Don't try to steal on lefties.
Good news is Youk leads off?
that was kinda close at 2b -- teix bad throw to jetes's right.
I;m limited to between innings threading. WTF PEDEY?
Off to eat my falafel
skimming the sosh thread - espn sounds positively brutal.
Sit
3-0 to a K
fu, swish
Meh
ESPN is the usual. Spent several minutes arguing over who's fault it was that Pedroia reached.
Phew.
let's compare 138 games with 24
Runs, please.
chokers strand a pair - for the 2nd straight inning
That helps the pitch count.
Alright, more runs please.
"let's compare 138 games with 24"
translation?
65 thru 4
how nyy did with slappy last year and how they did without him.
got it. dumb. typical.
I thought Joe Morgan got fired? wtf?
Goddammit, Drew.
Drew thoroughly disappointing tonight.
So far.
Jason, thank you for not letting him K the side.
Impressive.
SuB
Bleh
You gotta swing!
Video stream on espn360.com has excellent picture quality but a full batter behind.
From Fanhouse's article on Phil Hughes:
"Hughesie's been throwing the ball really well," manager Joe Girardi said. "I'm excited about the reports on his starts.
Stealing Tito's nickname pattern...shame on you, Joe.
GDGD doesn't have pitchfx data today, so no double checking Cederstrom's strike zone.
"Stealing Tito's nickname pattern...shame on you, Joe."
He inherited it Torre, who did that for his entire time w/ the Yankees.
^from^ Torre
Farrell interviewed on ESPN and says Saito will close tonight if save situation.
That press photo of Teixeira ESPN's using looks like it's from his bar mitzvah.
It's so funny how they don't update those pictures.
who knew jeter could still pull the ball?
How many K's for Masterson?
After trades, it looks they photoshop in the new cap.
How many K's for Masterson?
4
Whew!
WTP
4 Ks for Justin
that's 45 rows deep at the new toilet, right?
I have to get ready and leave work. If this game goes into extras, I'll see some of it when I get home.
FUCK YOU TEXASSHOLE
"Morgan: If I were a fan at Fenway and had the means...."
Shithead.
Oh yes, please discuss sacrifices here. It's the way to sound intelligent.
Oh fucking shut up already.
Morgan claims credit for the K, of course.
sox have not hit a fair ball since ortiz's sac fly.
Big opportunity, don't waste it.
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