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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JONATHAN DONG EVERY (/L)
OOOOOOOO YA
Wow
YES! So who Is this guy?!
GET IN THE VAN MOTHERFUCKERS
Over the 400 marker!
Caps win! Caps win! Caps win! Caps win!!!!
Oops, wrong thread. Ummmm ... never mind.
VAN EVERY!!!
I don't think you even have a nickname yet!
NESN's shitting the bed.
Still worried about how Bot is going to do..
*Every, of course.
<3 the balding Dutchman
yeah my NESN froze there too
Pepe did you DVR that and just get around to watching it or something? Haha
The Royals are kindly kicking some Blue Jay ass, I see.
Pepe did you DVR that and just get around to watching it or something? Haha
My favourite quote of the night:
"we don't like Sean Avery because he doesn't respect women..."
Not a bad time for your first career dong.
Snuffin' Time!
Lugo - you suck. Take a few lessons from the freaking rookie.
Watch it, Meunier, we are not allowed to worry about Papelbon apparently....
My favourite quote of the night:
"we don't like Sean Avery because he doesn't respect women..." -- Haha he doesn't respect anything except... Handbags or something right?
Heather Van Every:
TURNOFFS:
Overbearing, nosy people, and laziness.
FAVORITE BOOKS:
"Brave New World," "The Grapes of Wrath."
Pap - be the Bot!
yawn
1
Remy truped.
One out
I was worried LBJ was going to miss that one again!
Big Phew there.
Pap is definitely NOT the same pitcher. Call me negative all you want, I see what I see.
Don sounded truped too!
-- Haha he doesn't respect anything except... Handbags or something right?
Most of all, he doesn't respect the game.
Uno
There was a Van Every estate in Ontario.
Amy--remember that Manny high five play in Balty last year--I think that was Van Every's first game, and so he got quite an experience. I think you could see him when they showed the players watching the replay in the dugout. Only played in 11 games for us last year though. Was in Indians organization for like 7 years before that in the minors.
Come on, get picked off again..
there's a 2 for 1 sale on the Ben Francisco treat and Kelly's goin' Shoppin. Meaning this will be a DP
If ya have to explain it....
Francona's nickname for JVE is probably just Every-ee.
Most of all, he doesn't respect the game. -- A frustrating fellow as far as the game is concerned. He's always capable of being a very good forward but he won't change the way he is. I like how he finds different ways to get involved in the games but he takes it way too far.
Why does it seem this AB is taking hours?
Van E Being Van E
SIT
Dos
Kelly went shopping.
Two away---one to go.
stoppin shoppach
Two!
My second favourite quote of the night:
"You know Sergei Federov and Alex Ovechkin are from the same country."
Focus on Grady like the ladies do, Bot.
Pap should throw over three more times, throw another strike past Sizemore and then three more pick off throws. Then strike three.
Two strikes!
Please.
timeout FAIL
Sizemore's no Abreu.
fuck
Please.
One strike and it won't matter.
He's not going to chase that split.
Our water is dirtier than their burning river.
GDGD picked a bad time to shit the bed...
WATER!
CHEESE.
And WATER. Dirrrrrty extra innings water.
YES!! Pap, thank you!
WATER
seriously people, what a win
Van Every isn't wearing a red undershirt.
Sox win! Sox win! Sox win!
Ovechkin vs. Crosby!
Ooops, wrong thread again.
Good game---especially the few innings I got to watch!
TOronto down 11-2! That means first place again.
N0 one named Grady fucks with us anymoree.
I see the BeeJays getting slaughtered.
"Van Every isn't wearing a red undershirt."
They just showed him--he does appear to be wearing one.
Toronto's losing 11-2 in the bottom of the 7th.
Pepe who do you like in that Caps/Pens series?
They just showed him--he does appear to be wearing one.
Didn't see one during the handshake line.
Surprised with these uniforms they're not wearing dark blue undershirts and things.
Still don't see one on the replay.
Good night, all.
Pepe who do you like in that Caps/Pens series?
Caps!
Ovechkin is my daughter's favourite player, so I have to say that. She is very excited that he won the MVP award today.
Ish--they just switched back this series. To red underclothes. The Blue Sox are over.
It's a short sleeve shirt, you can see it under his sleeve peeking out when he runs.
Boy, against Detroit, all of a sudden, the Yankees look good again.
"against Detroit, all of a sudden, the Yankees look good again."
Not Mo!
That's where I'm looking. Oh well.
A frustrating fellow as far as the game is concerned. He's always capable of being a very good forward but he won't change the way he is. I like how he finds different ways to get involved in the games but he takes it way too far.
Yeah, at times you can see he's got talent, but it just doesn't seem like he gives a damn about actually playing good hockey.
Pepe, you mean Ovie's a finalist right?
This was a good series, all things considered
Pepe, you mean Ovie's a finalist right?
Oops, you're right.
Nothing wrong with 2 out of 3.
Go to GDGD, click the vid hilite of the JVE dong, and you'll see the red below left sleeve. And just now with Heidi it was clearly there.
His sleeves turn red when Heidi gives him that look.
you don't wanna see a race van in the motherfuckin red
Pepe, you mean Ovie's a finalist right?
Sssh, don't tell my kid. That's what she told me.
I'm sure he'll win it, though.
Nothing wrong with 2 out of 3.
Hate to be a nattering nabob, but it coulda been 3 out of 3.
Pepe, I think he'll win it too.
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