Red Sox - 000 002 030 1 - 6 10 1Jonathan Van Every's first major league home run -- a solo shot to dead center off Jensen Lewis in the top of the 10th inning -- was the difference tonight.
Spiders - 210 200 000 0 - 5 8 1
Lester (6-7-5-3-7, 109) struggled through four innings, putting Boston in a 5-0 hole. Stymied by Carmona for 5.2 innings -- the Cleveland lefty retired 12 in a row at one point -- the Sox battled back. With two outs in the sixth, Jason Bay walked and Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek followed with back-to-back doubles. 5-2.
In the eighth, Lowell singled with one out, Varitek singled, Jeff Bailey reached on an infield error (bases loaded), Van Every singled (5-3), pinch-hitter J.D. Drew drove in a run with a fielder's choice (5-4), and Jacoby Ellsbury's third single of the night tied the game at 5-5.
Relievers Hideki Ojakima and Manny Delcarmen handed out four walks and a HBP in the eighth and ninth, but escaped untouched. With two out in the eighth, Jeemer walked Mark DeRosa and Ben Francisco and hit Kelly Shoppach, but got Grady Sizemore to line out to Van Every in right. JVE recorded the first out in that inning with a fully prone dive into foul territory to snare Ryan Garko's pop up.
MDC walked two men in the ninth, but got Jhonny Peralta looking to send the game to extras. After Van E was Van E, Jonathan Papelbon got the save. Ellsbury chased a DeRosa fly to deep left center. Francisco singled, but Bot snuffed both Shoppach and Sizemore on strikes.
The Royals win over the Blue Jays means Boston is back in first place, by .015 percentage points over Toronto.
On to Tampa Bay!
***
Jon Lester (4.88, 103 ERA+) / Fausto Carmona (7.36, 66 ERA+)
Kevin Youkilis, showing professional restraint last night:
We didn't lose the game on that play. There were other opportunities. It's all right. We'll go back out tomorrow and play another game.From Joe Posnanski's SI article I quoted earlier today:
The gentle relief pitcher for the Royals, Dan Quisenberry, wrote a poem about his manager Dick Howser, the refrain being Howser's quote for every occasion: "Piss on it." That was Howser's answer for losses, for slumps, for bad pitching performances, for anything gone wrong. Piss on it. Get 'em tomorrow.13 wins in the first 20 games of the season. That's .650 baseball -- a 105-win pace.
A bad loss? Piss on it.
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Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Jason Bay, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
Jason Varitek, C
Jeff Bailey, 1B
Jonathan Van Every, RF
Nick Green, SS
Grady Sizemore, CF
Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B
Victor Martinez, C
Shin-Soo Choo, RF
Ryan Garko, 1B
Jhonny Peralta, SS
Mark DeRosa, 3B
Ben Francisco, LF
Kelly Shoppach, DH
Lineup temporarily cured of Swine FLugo.
EI has tried to fuck me over for the last 2 nights, giving my the CLE feed. Luckily, I was able to find NESN on one of the Rogers regional stations.
Don't make me have to get lucky a third night.
I WANT NESN on 474!
NESN!!!!
that + my lucky 2003 red shorts with white hearts = victory
As joe just put it, neither team deserved to win last night.
that + my lucky 2003 red shorts with white hearts = victory
I blame them for that DP dp.
pfft. you're two-timing me with the sosh game thread, aren't you?
redsock said...
NESN!!!!
that + my lucky 2003 red shorts with white hearts = victory
There's a vision I didn't need......
fine, i'll keep the jpg to myself
redsock said...
fine, i'll keep the jpg to myself
F'in funny
pfft. you're two-timing me with the sosh game thread, aren't you?
Making dinner, actually.
2 hits in the first and only get to the cleanup guy , you have to love double plays...
Two E-1s on 2 consec. defensive plays
Another hit turned moot.
guffaw!
fuck - bad leap?
I haven't seen Lester command the zone much this year.
Ellsbury shoulda had it. Just jumped a split sec too early. This defense is horse patch.
no don - swinging at 7 of 21 pitches is not aggressive
Let Mike Lowell time begin!
I have a feeling my almost-namesake (Carmona) is gonna get killed tonight.
2-out magic from green?
Let's just never swing.
Time for the Jet to take off!!!
well he's thrown a lot of pitches.
Shit. 2 innings, 5 baserunners, 0 runs.
18 minute wait for lester
great ... now i'm singing that fucking supertramp song they played during the pitching coach visit.
DeRosa Records dong. (You have to be a vinyl collector in western Connecticut to get reference.)
Who died and made DeRosa Pujols?
I've never even wondered what's the most pickoffs in a game by one pitcher until right now.
Tippy Martinez of the O's picked off 3 guys in one inning (Jays, I think)
Tigers with a scrotum fly, 1-0. Joba: 2 hits, 2 walks early.
Tippy Martinez of the O's picked off 3 guys in one inning (Jays, I think)That must be one of the craziest stats I've ever heard. He picked off the side?1?
plus i think it was the 10th inning
i am reading pearlman's clemens book and there is a story of billy loading the bases, getting pissed and picking off the guy at third, then at second, then at first, ending the inning. i assume pearlman did his homework and it's true.
In a major league game?
TCM? No. Junior college, I think.
Tigers leave em loaded (Joba did not pick off all 3 runners), 1-0 Det after 3.
Yeah I feel like we woulda remembered that.
From Wikipedia: Martinez may be best known for picking off three Toronto Blue Jays off first base in one inning during an August 24, 1983 game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The Orioles, having replaced both their starting catcher and his backup while rallying to tie the game in the ninth inning, entered the tenth with reserve infielder Lenn Sakata in the game at catcher. Three consecutive Blue Jays hitters reached first base and each one, thinking it would be easy to steal a base on Sakata, took a big lead. Martinez picked off all three baserunners and then became the winning pitcher when the Orioles won the game on Sakata's home run in the bottom of the tenth.
Still, after the first two pickoffs, the guy on first would have to be sound asleep, especially since he's right handed.
Hey! The hat-changing old man in the front row! I forgot about him. This inning's color is yellow apparently.
Plus the fact that that Sakata dude ended the game with a walkoff homerun makes the whole story even crazier. It's the cool thing about baseball.
How about that! That's one correct factoid that remains stuck in my brain.
Shit, can't let DeRosa bat with men on base.
drum guy's glasses are seriously out of date. i wore shit like that in 1982.
wihff
way to get outta that Sid
August 28, 1909, 1st game of DH
Washington pitcher Bill Gray walked 7 straight batters in the second inning.
so when does the carmona meltdown begin, exactly?
4-1 NY
Bill Wight and Jerry Garvin each picked off 4 in a game. That's the most since 54. If I used P-I correctly.
fucking shit vac
Good evening everyone. Threading from the living room! My sister bought an Acer netbook today and gave me her laptop. It's slow as sludge but hopefully I'll be able to at least watch the games with my dad here in the living room and thread with JoS.
Allan, did you not put my "piss on it" comment through? Ha ha ha.
was that you mentioning pissing on my face? :>)
well, it was a name i did not know and i figured it was a fairly rude first hello, so ....
Man, of the Sox rotation, the 1-2-3 pitchers started the year fairly bad, the new #5 pitcher has been really bad, and the team still has a .650 mark. Interesting. Especially considering that the star DH's only dong so far is his own one.
Ohh! I guess I must have wrote that on the new laptop with my sister's name! Oops.
Upon further review I also thought I should leave things like that to Andy. :>)
Yanks got 7 in the 4th. Now Swisher has HRed for the second straight inning, 8-1.
Suppose I'll turn the MFY on the little TV.
Ouch! 8-1??? Not a good evening shaping up so far for us.
F the MFY. I hope Greinke beats the Jays.
run
Dr. Being Dr.
Looking up the game thread, there has actually been a case of the swine flu reported in my county here in southern Maine. Scary but also as far as I can see it seems to be different from the "normal" flu rather than something a lot worse. Scary, yes. Concerned, yes. But I'm not crazy scared of it. Yet.
And oh look! Dr. Doubles has arrived at the ballpark!
eh, this country could use a good thinning-out. If only there was a virus that hit just the people who don't use their signal, text while driving, etc.
yeah Tek!!!!
I'm liking this two out rally.
Runs. I like runs.
Tek actually got a double on a ground ball that wasn't down the line
gumball could make it very interesting
About the flu: I wouldn't be too concerned about it here in the US. I am fairly worried about my friends over at Mexico. It's a whole different situation there.
the globe and mail is totally out of control with flu hysteria, all out of proportion to the true threat to any one person.
eh, this country could use a good thinning-out. If only there was a virus that hit just the people who don't use their signal, text while driving, etc. -- That would really thin it out, wouldn't it?
The Daily News posted an "worst case scenario" article, but did it as if it were already here.
"That would really thin it out, wouldn't it?"
Yeah, we'd be like the Carmoniacs.
the globe and mail is totally out of control with flu hysteria, all out of proportion to the true threat to any one person.US media. Mass hysteria is their bread and butter.
Meanwhile Lester is getting shit ish together.
his ish together*
Time to change the course of this game.
Let us hope this protection of the Cleveland bullpen comes back to bite Wedge.
Is it just me, or does Green get hit by a pitch all the time?!
Nick leads league in HBP
tying run up
more 2 out stuff
tiz can tie it!
We need clutch Papi.
We need clutch Papi.Indeed. We need BIG Papi.
L is home and says hi.
Hi, Laura
he shoulda spun around on the last one for the hell of it
OK CUT THE SHIT, SCORE SOME CUNTY RUNS MOTHERFUCKERS.
tying run on again. Or so Castig told me--Verizon seems to have died. All channels black.
yook ph?
ok I'm back.
Can we have Yukalisp pinch hit?
lets go gumball
LAY INTO ONE KIDDO
BYAH
everybody's safe. thank you Surfer Rosa
OK! I"LL TAKE IT!
"Trying to get too much done at once and gets nothing done." -Don Orsillo
amazing
describes my life right now! lol
Now this is fucking interesting
Keep the line moving
getting closer......
HOLY SHIZER
TITO SENDING IN A FIRE
Just finished with a late dinner. Grilled chicken with orzo pasta and pesto. Very tasty.
bailey and van every say
WE WILL NOT GO QUIETLY
All night so far 3 runs felt like so much! Now all of a sudden it feels much closer! A well placed hit can tie it!
that worx
Drew grounds into the double play but Captain Planet cleans out Brak Brak!
one more now
hoolio
how bout a two run triple?
How about he at least dunks one into right? OR UP THE MIDDLE!!!
trybe tyme???
TIED! He left that pitch in the zone...was supposed to be a waste
DREAMBOAT!
L says she is the good luck charm
I'm sorry I thought LBJ was overmatchjed there
It's still not Tribe Time!
Hahaha! I get "home", and the Sox tie the score! We did it again!
Toronto down early to Pro-Zack
the best news?
LOPEZ HAS ALREADY PITCHED IN THIS GAME
Acceptable inning
ANd whenever Ish links to that, I link to this.
baseball<3
MDC
Wondering when Greinke will allow an earned run. Anything yet? Like to see him keep the streak going as far as he can.
KC 4-2 after 3
yes two ER
Well then. Sort of reminds me of that high school pitcher who had a four GAME hitless streak.
!
This Van's a rockin!
Van Superman!
His palm is still on the ground
Nice catch!
So lots of subs in tonight for the regulars, it seems. Well, three, if you count Lugo as the regular and Green as a sub.
By way of the K!
elevate AND by way of the K
somked
Van Buren boy showing his gang signs!
So, this is a pretty interesting little game we have going on here.
I see Tito figured out (for now) that you're supposed to use your shitty pitcher when you're behind and your good pitchers when you're tied or ahead.
MDC looks hurt.
Sack up, MDC.
WTFMDC
John "Throw Fucking Strikes" Ferrell out for a visit.
Sticking with him with the gimpy leg.
Did MDC get hurt, hit? I missed it threading.
what happened?
small victory: Yanks up 8-1 going bottom 9, yet are forced to go to Mo with two outs. 8-3, 2 on.
ANd the dude hits a three run dong off Mo! 8-6, but unfortunately, 2 out in ninth.
Bleh.
Yanks hang on 8-6.
repeat of the sox 2nd
2 outs
BB, BB, HBP
LBJ k back then
Funny watching the Yankees jump around after they won... Keep in mind they almost blew a 7 run lead.
I feel like someone told Don he needs to amp up his calls a little more. He's sounded somewhat more animated the last couple of nights.
bah
is MDC wincing the sign that he's hurt? Is that what everyone is picking up on?
HOLY FUCK!
RUNS PLEASE
Phew!
wh - FUCKING - ew
MDC SQUEAKS out of that one!
VAN BUREN BOY WITH THE GANG SIGNS MOFOS!
ok, now lotsa runs
Jam escaped.
Score runs
Phew, only an almost meltdown for MDC.
And now, runs!
if (inning.end) { alert("runs, please"); };
if (!event.good) { alert("bleh"); }
BTW, all three games in this series have gone into the 9th inning tied, and none have gone extras yet. Let's see what this one brings.
Took him 31 pitches, though.
Nix, MDC was landing very gingerly on the left leg and shaking it about. Seemed like it was bothering him. He wasn't really wincing though. As far as the Red Sox seem to be concerned, however, he's not hurt.
DAVID ORPLEASE
THANKS ISH!
Grady Sizemore, diving unnecessarily since 2004.
Remy: "Delcarmen love that action."
I think he said that. I love hearing parts of things.
Only a stiff wind blows in Thunder Bay.
yuck
NO RUNS TO BE SCORED.
Yovani Gallardo for the Brewers hit a home run and struck out 11 Pirates today... His dong was it! The Brewers won 1-0.
Alright, don't score runs.
Let's keep it tied this time, shall we?
Fuck. Tito is doing it again.
BYEBYE
assdribble
I don't have a lot of confidence in Okajima this year, but I don't have so very much in Papelbon either.
Okajima and Lopez aren't even in the same league, though inexplicably they're playing on the same team.
wow okis splits have never been that dramatic
i'm singing the Okee Dokee along with that drumbeat
O
K
A
....
etc
don't get excited, crowd
It's hilarious just how excited they did get. But then again so would the Fenway crowd.
Of course a ball hit that far would be more interesting because the CF would be racing back to chase it down at Fenway.
Damn. Missed it!
I was at the bar where the MFYs were on the big screen and keeping up with the Sox score on the ticker.
When I left they were down by 3. I get home and we've tied it.
good times
Uch, could we stop walking people please? At least there are two outs, but still...
Throw strikes.
NOW RUNS
WE NEED RUNS
OVERTIME! Thanks, DokiJeemer!
And again I say, Phew.
SCORE SEVERAL RUNS.
Sit
Score runs
OVERTIME
OKEY - DOKEY!
This "vote for the greatest moment" contest isn't weighted toward one moment or anything....
VAN AVERY!
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