Red Sox - 400 000 021 - 7 8 1The first five Red Sox batters hit safely against Chamberlain -- Ellsbury single (and stolen base), Pedroia single, Ortiz RBI single, Bay 3-run home run, Lowell single -- before Joba (5.2-6-4-2-12, 108) settled down.
Yankees - 003 000 000 - 3 10 1
Beckett (6-10-3-1-5, 108), Okajima (6 batters, 6 outs) and Saito (a perfect ninth) made sure those four runs were enough on a rainy night in the Bronx.
Chamberlain benefited from a very wide strike zone and became only the fifth pitcher since 1900 to strike out at least 12 batters in 5.2 or fewer innings. Nine of his 12 strikeouts were on called strike threes.
In the fifth, at the same time he was dispalying such finesse, Joba drilled Bay in the back. It was obvious retaliation for Bay's first-inning dong, but the umpires did nothing. Beckett chose not to seek revenge tonight.
The Red Sox have won their first five games of the 2009 season against the Yankees. The only other seasons in which that has happened? 1912 and 1985.
In 1912, the Red Sox went 19-2 against the Yankees, winning their first 14 games against New York, including four victories in three days in mid-June by scores of 15-8, 11-3, 13-2 and 10-3. In 1985, Boston won the first five meetings, then dropped the remaining eight.
The Red Sox and Yankees will meet again at Fenway Park on June 9-10-11. The next series at Yankee Stadium is scheduled for August 6-7-8-9.
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Josh Beckett (7.22, 70 ERA+) / Joba Chamberlain (3.13, 103 ERA+)
Beckett's last two starts have been crummy: 9.2 innings, 20 hits, 15 runs, 7 walks, 11 strikeouts, 13.97 ERA. Only Chien-Ming Wang would be pleased (giddy, even) at that level of performance [sic].
His season BABIP is .338, so there he's had some bad luck here and there. Mostly, though, he needs to start pitching again. Maybe tonight's match-up will inspire him.
504 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 504 Newer› Newest»Eck: What a game this is huh? You make a pitch like that, the guy swings like that, and he gets a base hit.
That does make baseball awesome and maddening depending on what side of the ball you're on.
GDGD - singles on a soft ground ball to P... ?
Classic swinging bunt?
check swing hit, but now Matsui flies to center
check swing and a damn hit, eh?
With 2 K's and that for a hit I do believe
Beckett's Ass > Tush's Era
dogs have been out this whole time. now it's dark, still laying out in the grass!
12 strikeouts without throwing a strike, go figure
What an asshat Chamberpot is. I'm surprised Youk's beard didn't leap off his face and charge the mound.
Rain falling quite a bit. Maybe it could hold off until Beckett can come out and plunk a guy then pull out the tarp.
tek makes 3rd out
beckett out
drills cano and/or swisher
tarp
official game called
sox win
Evening all.
I'd really like this game to be called for rain, not just to win, but to see the Yankee fans get Epicpissed(TM).
sup ofer.
Unfortunately this game will never be called by rain with just a one-run defecit.
Hey Ofer.
Just one flash of lightning is all it would take...
Eck after he's thought mic has been cut: "Varitek's gonna... hit .200 again this year."
that's a strike ump, ya methhead
WTB a consistent strikezone. Will offer Joba's mom's meth.
i'm surprised dud did not get thrown out on a ground rule double.
jeemer up
come on josh - this guy is no hitter
buckett needs dirt -- mfy fans pissed
Tell me when Kay starts talking about how impressive the grounds crew is.
On-field delay - rain?
"drying agent" on mound and plate area
fixing the mound
Beckett must be taking some pride in making the Yankee grounds crew put more dirt on the mound.
enuff with the painting
Eck, on not being sure of whether you'll slip or not with your landing foot: "It's not conducive to painting."
Love that guy.
Eck: They'd HAVE to pinch hit for that piece of shit Molina
joba zone strike!!!
Sit
Game called after this inning? stankees got their chance to score and didn't so over.
big out
Kay just said that Sox games are so long always because of Tek going to the mound.
I'm sure Wakefield games are longer because the ball goes slower.
haha. "YOu'd think with a $200 million salary they'd have somebody o the bench."
better get molina after all this talk about how shitty he is
Molina was punched out.
gumball being yook at first!!!!!!!!
Molina never had a chance.
Now let's pull away.
6 IP, 3 runs in the end for Beckett. Acceptable, I guess. How did he look?
BAAAHAHAHA MOLINA is like a moped being bogged down by a fat guy riding it.
ADIOS!
Eck is like Joe Biden.
the rain let up though. But it is supposed to start up again.
Alright time to tear this shitty excuse for a bullpen to shreds.
Jere did Eck actually refer to him as a piece of shit?
I think they should just call it. Both starters had their game. Call it now.
OK, I really do wish we'd put in that 15 minute call now.
Lizard or no lizard, a little insurance would be nice.
"Jere did Eck actually refer to him as a piece of shit?"
The point was he was suggesting it.
But the later it gets, the more of a chance Eck says something that could get him....never called back to do this again.
eck: he finally caught one!
Why would you change out pitchers after 2 batters and an unproven guy is coming up? This is why you use Swisher as a pitcher.
I would like to watch a game in a suite with Eck.
Thank god he brought in the Van Every Specialist.
Game almost got away there.
we should do that next year. Get a Legends Suite--and demand Eck.
Looks like the rain has let up.
That looked real good there. DP needs to swing.
FY Special!
i vote millar for the suite.
Kay, "that pesky Pedroia."
FYnds the corner
i want some good times, flo
I don't think Millar has reached Legends Suite status, though maybe after he stops playing....
Millar would be better in the bleachers.
Damn
Original 1 thru 5 hitters - 6 for 12. New #2 and 6 thru 9 - 0 for 13.
Now Petey makes it 7 for 13.
AlbaladA-hole up.
Eck: Aboladejo.
Don: On Cinco de Mayo.
we'll buy him a ticket -- he's just a guest!
fuck you spike, i hope you catch a cold.
Holy shit that was funny. I stumbled over what you wrote a few times Jere.
Correction - new #1 & 6-9
ish that is even better. I can't believe Don said that.
My Dad burst out laughing and said "Ohhhhh Spike Lee. He looks like such a dork."
Coke is on, well, coke. We stay right here to honor america says kay. If I get up to get something to drink am I gonna get kicked out of my house?
Hey it's fucking raining out here. Call the fucking game already.
andy - nice.
actually, gotta give spike a little credit for still being there. gettin' his $2500 worth...
Somehow the lady on tv lost her finger tips and a foot or leg to nicotine? If anyone has YES, what the fuck?
drill CI and call it a night
Eck has trouble with "collectible" for 2nd straight night. He's so sure the word is gonna be "collector" until that pesky B rears its ugly head.
Hey my wife is pregnant. Lookin like a boy. Too early to tell.
Andy I went on a ten minute tirade on my drive home about how the Red Sox radio broadcast aired the national anthem. Doesn't make sense! Why why why why why!!! If they don't do they get kicked out??
Collectorble. Awesome.
Yeah, but Spike's really just selling that stupid hat. (It actually is a hat his company created.)
only 3/5 of a real hit
Andy on NESN they have a lawfirm that specializes in class action lawsuits. You know. If you or a loved one have been injured or died, call these guys.
It solidifies more and more for me that new yorkers or at least the yankees contingent believe that the 9/11 attack was actually just aimed at New York City not the country as a whole.
Jeemer
Andy - exactly. You don't hear of the national anthem being aired for every game at Nationals Park... In WASHINGTON......
Jeemer won't be plunking anyone.
thanks, judas
hahaahha
weeeak!!!
Damon's reaction to that whole play was PRICELESS.
Noodle arm - noodle bat
So what do we all think about joba's k's? So many were looking, disproportionate right?
he got some calls,but the sox just stood there and took 'em inning after inning.
come the fuck on it's pouring.
Don actually bothers to relay the announced attendance of 46k+
NY cop is telling beckett something interesting.
Andy, see my 9:02 comment
Also, Andy, did you ever see where I posted a screen shot of you from Anaheim?
Oh yeah the propoganda on ESPN last night was equally offset by one of those guys calling the yankers out on their stadium's flaws.
I did and I need to upload the screenshot i took off the tv when I got home from the friday night game. I think you saw it.
they zoomed right in on me my wife and the two angels fans next to us. We were on the 3rd base line. I think you commented.
TRUPED. For a moment.
Yeah Mark that's gone! Way outta here!
almost gone, you idiots in the stands!!!!
Tex looks like he's taking a dump and it's not going well.
oh, no I don't think I saw you in that game--just on every pitch of the next game.
So far I'm really liking the Tush Era.
Ball goes back up toward the NESN booth. Eck: Whoa. I was so locked into this TV set here, it coulda hit me in the back of the head! I always thought we were too far back to get them up here.
Don: Guess again.
how does Matsui hit with a four-hour erection?
that was a fun day. andy texting L at work, L posting his comments, andy emailing me, me emailing jere's comment and instructions to stand up to andy ...
WTP. Almost.
warnign track power from shemp
Im not sure what you mean Jere but I can tell you how I would bat with a 4 hour erection.
Yeah that whole day was my favorite of all time. Those other obvious days were more stressful. The game day was awesome the whole way through, I think we lost but I really can't remember it. The score never registered with me all game.
i would love to write about a tour of shemp's porn palace. what doe she have, how much? rarities. etc. i should call larry flynt.
that's cuz you were busy filming every batter!
Chevy player of the game poll now. Joba and Damon on there. If they go on to lose how dumb are those polls?
Imagine Ira Glass narrating a Matsui porn segment.
You were too busy watching me, or my torso at least. I have a sexy torso.
arod would not have had that.
yeah that poll is dumb--I saw some of their game vs LAA and the Yanks weren't down by too much and all four choices were Angels! Nice to see them get a little more confidence against their rivals...
That's a start
Demarlo Hale is a joyless bastard.
We'll take it
BAAAAHAHAHAHA Bay exacting revenge! Sloowwwwwly and surely.
L'arceny
Bay creating offence.
Albaladongo?
Bay will always be remembered for being part of that 3 way deal that moved manny, says kay.
I actually forgot until he said that.
Do you pronounce the g in that? Dongo? It looks like you should.
Haha cuz he's canadian
choco rain
I need a deep to semi-deep fly ball!!!!!!!!!
Stick it up their ass, Gumball.
Ooh bernie williams concert tonight after the game. Everyone tune in.
Albaladingodongomango throwing 80mph intentional balls. Why so hard? Lol.
Gumball, make 'em pay.
There will be 46k+ in attendance at the concert.
lookin for a DP. Ya think Eck? Think maybe that's why they walked him inentionally?
Get me some mp3s of Bernie, I'll post them next off day
OK bottom half - time to produce. And you don't even need an actual hit - just produce dammit!
Bernie will play only different renditions of America the Beautiful and the National Anthem.
error, IBB, HBP.
Stick it up their ass, Cap'n.
Captain Dingle Dongle?
Make them pay, G-ball.
I will see what I can do Allan. Jere get in on this.
Bernie will play only different renditions of America the Beautiful and the National Anthem. - Naturally.
HBP!
Bernie was supposed to play at a concert at Fenway I went to a few years ago. But he backed out day of!
shoulda PH kot
He homers here i lose my 4 hour erection.
GDGD shows pitch #2 all the way in the other batter's box
Tek GS? or Tek gidp....?
COME ON, JASON!
bernie plays jazz like joba's mom is straight edge
I get the opposite reaction, Andy. Well, sort of.
"GDGD shows pitch #2 all the way in the other batter's box"
the one at Citi Field I believe.
Tek is washed up and it's not even late june yet.
seriously - do hardcore mfy fans trade peanuthead bootlegs???
I lose my erection because the squirrel will have lost his nuts.
tek channeling boggs?
I will take the sac fly.
yes Tek! that's the run we wanted
Semi-truped.
And Andy gets to keep his hard-on.
that totally works.
I SEE RUN(s) !!!!
Don: The Red Sox get a run without the benefit of a hit.
Do we drink to this? I say yes.
Since it's Tek, I'm satisfied with that.
Not ecstatic, but satisfied.
trying to figure out how bad this rain is. will they play the 9th?
testes musca domestica
This thing is starting to hurt. I hope someone hits a HR here.
Tek's sac keeps Andy hard!
i am drinking when don uses words with vowels.
Eck can't see why Molina was hurting. I can't either. He just got grazed! You're a manly man.
Is it wrong of me that I laughed maniacally when I saw molina get hit live?
Eck is the anti-kay
GREEN!
soon you'll be typing without vowels.
green!
Green is no longer.
You must be incredibly sloshed right now, Allan. And yet you can still type!
Go Green!
Living a greener lifestyle? /Sterling
Bring in the next asshole Joe!
Loving the non-Lugo era.
Run(s)!
I certainly am.
sweet
Andy - I laughed out loud and said HA HA HA when Molina got hit.
Boy that ass-chewing I gave 'em really brought out the best in the bottom half, didn't it?
Or maybe it's just this shitty pen :)
Chocolate Rain in.
Ok this commercial is about how nicotine cuts off the circulation to the extremities and eh lost most of her finger tips and a leg. What the fuck still? That is ultra rare and most likely was caused by an underlying condition.
Second pitching change for Van Every.
i think spike is pitching the 9th
covering his hat now! Stupid Spike.
Next thing you know there will be a shift for VE
You know it's bad news in New York when the only "celebrity" they could find is Spike Lee - so they show him three times throughout the course of the game. He somewhat resembles a rodent.
Where is he? YES isn't saying anything about him. I guess kay is a bigger celeb then spike.
just sayin'.
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