Red Sox - 010 001 000 - 2 6 0Lester had a nine-batter, 35-pitch nightmare second inning -- HR, single, HBP, K, K, single, double, single, K -- and his teammates' bats slept walked through the rest of the game.
Athletics - 050 010 11x - 8 12 0
Kevin Youkilis homered in the second, giving Boston a short-lived lead. He also doubled in the fourth. The Red Sox's other run came on a one-out walk to Rocco Baldelli and singles from Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz.
***
Jon Lester (9.00, 54 ERA+) / Dallas Braden (4.50, 96 ERA+)
We need bats.
GoodAfter six games, the Red Sox are hitting .242/.329/.424, 93 OPS+.
AVG OBP SLG OPS+
Kevin Youkilis .522 .577 .739 237
Jason Bay .294 .500 .824 234
Jason Varitek .278 .316 .722 157
Bad
AVG OBP SLG OPS+
Dustin Pedroia .167 .259 .375 61
Mike Lowell .174 .208 .391 50
David Ortiz .200 .346 .200 46
J.D. Drew .125 .176 .375 37
Jacoby Ellsbury .208 .269 .208 26
Jed Lowrie .056 .150 .056 -44
Braden pitched on Opening Day against the Angels and allowed three runs and nine hits over six innings. Ian Browne calls him "a soft-tossing lefty who relies heavily on command".
BP 2009 on Braden:
An obscure 24th-round pick in 2004 ... his fastball sits at a pedestrian 89-91 mph, but he's always doing something with it -- he'll cut it, sink it, add and subtract from it, and use it to try to set up his average slider and effective changeup.Lester lasted only five innings against Tampa Bay in his previous start, giving up eight hits and five runs.
330 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 330 of 330I am starting to seriously hate NESN.
Couldn't agree with you more Jere.
For non-NESN people, before that dong, Remy and Orsillo were passing money around, makin' bets, and then Boom
I miss 2008 Lester.
I was wondering what they were doing with that money. Of course I mute Don and Remy for the most part.
I miss wins.
Bruins show graphic featuring typical city graffiti -- at least 25 years behind the curve.
Wicked Lester is no longer wicked this year :(
Better not be the pressure from having every effing person outside of NYC pick you to win CY.
Nomar... that's how Ococ got his name. A and I were fixated on "did you know his father's name was..." for a while.
Maybe Beckett slipped Lester a mickey when Bradford called Josh the "other ace."
I do like NESN's Bruins coverage a lot. Mostly because there's a lot of Kathryn Tappen and their analysts are very good... But their supposed bread and butter. The whole reason NESN exists - their Red Sox coverage has been terrible.
Bruins show graphic featuring typical city graffiti -- at least 25 years behind the curve.But our market research shows that it's in tune with our target market's interests! We've got the Fonz coming in tomorrow to do an endorsement for it!
dong is coming
good play braden
dong is comingAll over the Athletic supporters in the stands?
WE NEED A GLIMPSE OF THE PAPI DING DONG.
NESN sucks and they're still one of the best, as far as I can tell (from when we get the away feed). The whole medium is so lazy and stupid.
Hopefully a dong comes. This game is not endearing itself to my desire to stay up and watch.
WTF Blogger?
...
abc
fonz !!
ha ha ha ha
Why is blogger deciding now to not allow some of us to separate text into paragraphs?
Here comes the cocktease?
hmm, for some reason it was not putting spaces after the italicized quote for me. noticed it on #200 by ish as well.
25? more like 30 yrs.
let it flo
It's like how every day a new company comes out with the "get your ____ on" slogan a good five years after even suburban white kids stopped saying it.
even suburban white mothers have stopped saying it.
Really? The pitching coach is coming out with a 1-1 count? Crazy Moneyball!
and it's ____licious.
whenever anything appears in a mcdonalds or burger king commercial or in the new york times, it is at least 6 months out of fashion.
hahaha L, that one pisses me off to no end.
come on mr papi...
Also gotta love McDonald's five year long hip hop themed campaign.
It's not a dong but it's SOMETHING.
woohoo, glad that ball was slicing
hallefuckingluyah!
Et tu, papi?
No no! Good shit!
TIZZLICIOUS!!!!!!!!
There's one.
Yeah they milked the shit out of that da-da-da-da-da thing. Talk about persistence. But hey, it worked - it's been entrenched in our brains. Fuckers.
I see "RUN(s)" !!
oh yeah, add rap to anything, you are suddenly hip. that's what they tell the marketing ppl, anyway.
you're fired, RS, for that one!
Lets go Euc!
Eucharist!
this guy's like a pitching machine. how bout a double, Youk?
The audio logos drive me NUTS. I HATE how when I see the logo, I think of the sound. Fuckers.
bahahahahahaha
Bleh.
Fuckers!
fuck
motherfuckers.
Why can't Drew take a fucking pitch this year?
drew
3 AB
4 total pitches
he only takes a pitch when he's looking at three strikes
Argh. Fuck, you'd think if you're batting under .200 you might you know - NOT SWING AT THE FIRST FUCKIN' THING THAT COMES TOWARDS YOU! GAH DREW! FUCK!
alright I'm closing the laptop for a while.
later.
Radio is running commercials for a new text service where you text them a question and they will be able to answer "everything". It's called KGB. How nice.
JD TAKE A FUCKING PITCH YOU MOTHERFUCKEr
shit
Glad I had that 8:30-10:30 nap.
Average Lester is back on the hill.
ish--those kgb ads have been on tv for a while. Including a Bill Buckner one which pissed me off.
94 pit thru 5 for Lesterzaka
O'Brien: "Well I guess the one good thing about Lester's outing tonight is he hasn't walked anybody tonight."
At this point I sorta wish he'd have walked a guy or two.
it's called kgb? that is not cute.
i'm going to keep using that other service .... the internet.
those ads are not on tv up here.
"i'm going to keep using that other service .... the internet."
Ess-actly. They came up with a great service had it been 1989.
Yeah, what's wrong with google?
Promising note to go out on.
i want to go to sleep, but i'm afraid if I do, there'll be a big comeback.
in which case i should go to sleep for the good of the team
9 outs, shit.
Good start.
Now...I GOT A FEVER...
I hate this commercial because Don just sounds mad instead of excited in the calls.
A mysterious clubhouse attendant just came up the tunnel and whispered in Terry Francona's ear, "L-Girl is going to bed. Spread the word."
And Tito proceeds to tell the rest of the team that L's gone to bed, so they can make their big comeback now.
yay bay
Old person fact: when I was a kid, you could call the library and ask the librarian a question - about anything. They'd look it up and call you back.
The NY Public Library will still do this. Up to 5 q's per phone call.
"they're saying Wu-ertz"
You fucking kidding me? I hate this radio affiliate because they do all of their identifications five or ten seconds late... So I'm sitting here, hearing "North Shore, 104.9!" Look at the TV and see whatever the hell just happened, happen.
Fucking First-Pitch swinging again.
AAARRRGGGHHHH!
Ish, that's hilarious. Just to make sure, I'll sign off and just listen to the rest of the game with my eyes closed.
Let's waste that leadoff single! Yay Sox!
*cues up X-Files theme*
Chris Carter being Jason Giambi with that swing. Vicious.
Why are they showing the scoreboard? I've got it on mute.
...is that ad really for a place for "Cache Creek"?????
Fucking silicon valley. Nerds.
They're probably making fun of the coliseum's old-school scoreboard.
Another KGB commercial.
carter was introduced as nick green.
Nah, Carter got introduced as Green, so they're feeling bad for him since his friends/family are there. They finally at least changed it on the board, but he never got announced as himself.
ahh, i'm just oblivious then.
and then Remy said he used to get called "Jerry Reeemy", and then said maybe if Carter doesn't get a hit, they could put the out in Nick Green's column.
I'm happily oblivious. When they were showing the scoreboard it reminded me of when they'd do those mega-closeups of the moon and snicker about it.
in other words, i'm missing regular-ass NESN.
ah yes -- the lunar eclipse -- when the sun comes between the earth and moon
When they were showing the scoreboard it reminded me of when they'd do those mega-closeups of the moon and snicker about it.Ahh, the good ol days when they brought a big reefer into the booth.
Dazed in Heidi's gaze.
In local Ontario news, Jays fans are hoisting the MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner this week.
you're missing her slightly altered voice due to what seems to be a cold. Not the scratchy voice that so many of us dudes can't seem to resist, just kind of a nasal thing.
you're missing her slightly altered voice due to what seems to be a cold. Not the scratchy voice that so many of us dudes can't seem to resist, just kind of a nasal thing.See I knew I should have un-muted the TV.
There's your favorite commercial, Allan.
which commercial? i think we're seeing different ones.
Terrible job on the giant drip coming off one of the graffiti letters--I think that's to let people 70 and over know it's supposed to be paint.
Wasn't sure if you got the NESN commercials - they've got a whole ad for that show done up in the "inner city graffiti"
oh yeah, saw that in the early innings - only time i've seen it is tonight actually
I think it's a new show, maybe something to do with the playoffs.
Wow, 0-2 on the dives tonight.
The show is "The Bricks", similar to "The Remys."...What's worse? Having graffiti graphics or tacking the name -Dawg on the end of all the "awards" from the show?
OK that does it for me, going to watch the comeback while falling asleep. Will be back possibly to celebrate victory.
Night JoS!
For those who don't know... Andy Brickley is the color analyst for the Bruins on NESN. Brickley. Brick. GET IT?!??!
She saved $2628! That girl from the H&R Block ad can sit in the front row at Yankee Stadium! With three bucks to spare. Oh wait, the convenience fee is 60 bucks.
that's a fucked up swing by lbj
This is the most runs the A's have scored in a game this year so far.
oh, to answer my trivia question---when I was little, the rf grandstand and bleachers used to go back and forth with 'less filling' and 'tastes great'. I'm sure it wasn't unique to Fenway, though.
it's fitting that Pepsi sign is misaligned, as their new logo reminds me of a lazy eye. Or a drunk Pac-Man.
saito still pitching on a 2-4 count
OK, that's it for me.
Goona wake up with my head in the keyboard if I don't go.
Manana
i.e., balls 2 and 3 were strikes 3 and 4
Saito sets... He waits. The 1-4 pitch... Line drive right field base hit!
saito has been underwhelming
he probably didn't get strike four because of his long statue-pause after strike non-three
I predicted big things for Saito. He's proving me wrong so far. He's like the actor that played Costanza in the pilot--they cast him in the part of '07 Okajima.
blevins up in A's pen - i thought he was a ball boy at first!
Even the coaches look deflated on the bench.
OCab with a big yawn. It's only 9:48 to you!
6-run dong ties it Bay
tying run on quintuple deck
fin
Nomar makes the final assist.
If you're on quintuple deck, how many holes are you in?
If you're on quintuple deck, how many holes are you in? Ask Andy.
tying run was in the quadruple hole.
Didn't drink enough "rally juice" tonight. Will rectify that tomorrow night.
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