Red Sox - 112 000 000 - 4 8 0Lester was hurt by the long ball again -- Ichiro Suzuki hit dongs in consecutive innings -- and the Red Sox bats came up empty against the Seattle pen, including last night's closer, David Aardsma.
Mariners - 000 014 00x - 5 11 2
In 47 innings this season, Lester has given up 10 home runs. He allowed only 14 in 210.1 innings last year.
Bright spots: Jacoby Ellsbury and J.D. Drew both went 3-for-5. Lyndon doubled, tripled and singled in the first four innings. Daniel Bard pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, getting out of a self-made jam in the seventh; he did not record a strikeout.
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Jon Lester (6.31, 79 ERA+) / Chris Jakubauskas (7.67, 60 ERA+)
After a nice game against the Yankees, Lester was pummeled in his last start, allowing eight runs and 10 hits to Tampa Bay in 4.1 innings.
Jakubauskas suffered similar abuse from the Twins in his last outing (4.1-8-9-3-0, 103). (It's a shame we can't hear Jerry Remy attempt to pronounce the rookie right-hander's name tonight.) Seattle has lost nine of its last 10 games.
As noted earlier, David Ortiz has the night off.
The Seattle area could be called Red Sox West:
Jason Bay (Trail, B.C.), Jeff Bailey (Longview, Wash.), Jon Lester (Tacoma, Wash.), and Jacoby Ellsbury (Madras, Ore.) all hail from the Pacific Northwest. Jed Lowrie (Salem, Ore.) would be on the list, but he's back in Boston rehabbing his left wrist.Surprise! Javier Lopez cleared waivers and was sent to Pawtucket. I would have thought one team would take him.
Bailey lived in Seattle for a few offseaons, and Bay lives there now in the offseason; his wife is from Seattle.
Thanks to Center Field for this bit on Daniel Bard's ardent admirers.
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Also: Manny Ramirez had no traces of hCG in his system, but he is not in the clear (no pun intended) by any means. ... Jim Leyritz, awaiting trial on DUI manslaughter charges, reportedly threatened suicide and voluntarily checked himself into a psychiatric ward.
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Jason Varitek, C
Jeff Bailey, 1B
Ichiro Suzuki, RF
Jose Lopez, 2B
Mike Sweeney, DH
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Damon was going for some kind of Yankee record--most games in a row with an XBase hit I think. And he gets ejected in the third inning to end the streak and fail to get the record.
MIN: 010 1
NYY: 000
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the phrase "dumber than a box of damons" didn't come out of nowhere.
MIN 3-0 in the 5th
MIN: 010 11
NYY: 000 0
Morneau with 2 dongs off Hughes (6 H and 4 BB in 5 IP).
Wow, I assumed Drew was hurt after They pinch-hit for him yesterday against the lefty.......
Why is it only 8:53? I am already tired and have to get up early for a early flight to DC tomorrow...
I sure am glad this is that last west coast trip for the season.
I have to wake up and be set to call the radio station at 8:15. I am NOT a morning person. Ugh.
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CI dong makes it 5-1.
I think you meant 3-1. But Mauer added a dong so it's now 4-1 Twins.
We should call Matsui "Justin Porneau."
Yikes. I don't think I'm going to make it...
zzzzzzzzzz
Finally game time, and I am already dozing off.
got to leave work early and am home for this one.
That's good. But I hope it doesn't mean they don't have enough work for you.
I have to get up at 5. 8:15 sounds late to me.
Looks like a beautiful evening out in Seattle. Whenever I see Safeco on a sunny evening on TV I always remark about how much I'd love to be there.
Amy I bet if you were to just go to bed now you'll feel a lot better waking up at 5. Heh, it's so hard when the Red Sox are playing. I remember years ago on school nights! I'd be a zombie the next morning because I'd stay up to watch.
it's a holiday weekend up here. everyone left a couple of hours early -- and there was no work.
Allan, what holiday is that?
What holiday?
Ish, you are right. I will be heading to sleep soon. Probably will just watch the first half-inning.
ugg. don't know how long I'll last. Seems to be a tired crew here tonight.
I just watched the video of damon's ejection. he did seem to have a legitimate beef with the call, but there he goes pointing out where the batter's box lines are with his bat. gone.
Hi everyone - finally able to join for a whole game!
FSN feed on my Extra Innings, unfortunately.
Jacoby starts things off right.
Worth staying up for that start!
Double to start. Nice.
efd - we got stuck with it too.
Nice start!
Holiday is Victoria Day. Mostly called "May long weekend" here.
That's what all the holidays are called - July long weekend, February long weekend, etc.
Too many late night games, Nick, have worn out the JOS crew.
Okay, so at Fenway, every pre-game ends with some kid they found on Yawkey Way yelling "the two words we all long to hear" into a microphone ("play ball"). I heard a kid yell "play ball" in Anaheim this weekend, and now in Seattle. It seems like everyone just wants to be us these days...
Is it Queen Victoria's birthday or something?
Hi Efd!
I'm guaranteed to be out by the 3rd inning. I've been up since 6 and have work tomorrow.
yah, amy. I've been having exhaustion naps lately. pass out for 15 minutes before making dinner, etc., just to make it through.
Luckily after tomorrow there are no more 10:00 starts.
ON FIRE! And our boy comes home. Great start to this one.
another 30 yo rookie? wtf?
awesome bloop. I so didn't want to see that start squandered. good!
hi efd and all you other regulars.
Hi L-girl! Is the capital "L" new for 2009? :)
Nice start to the game so far!
Ish said...
Luckily after tomorrow there are no more 10:00 starts
Jesus, alot of whining about how late it is, remember when you were younger and the party didn't start till midnight.......Wake up People..
Fiery RBI
I have to admit that I have to look carefully to tell Bay and Drew apart. Is it just me?
Blogger finally lets me get rid of that lower case L. No more asking newbies not to call me I-girl.
Bring in da nick, bring in da Funk Davies...
LOL, 9C! And some here are still in their 20s!
yeah, 9casey, but we're all old now. I'm older than Lowell.
Amy said...
I have to admit that I have to look carefully to tell Bay and Drew apart. Is it just me?
What are ya sayin all of us white folk look alike...:)
"Jesus, alot of whining about how late it is, remember when you were younger and the party didn't start till midnight......."
Not for me. Never. I always started early and crashed early. Sorry 9C!
Any idea when Blogger will allow us to separate into paragraphs with coded input?
"Jesus, alot of whining about how late it is, remember when you were younger and the party didn't start till midnight.......Wake up People.."
9er, you just said what I think every time I hear this stuff. My thing is, It's a Red Sox game! I got up at 6 AM for the Japan games, why can't the morning people stay up late a few times a year?? I dunno, maybe it's just cuz I grew up listening to the west coast games as age 8 under the covers secretly...
There are people older than Lowell?? Wow.
I was thinking that myself, 9C, about all white guys looking alike.
But then it's just Bay and Drew for me. Maybe it's the one syllable names also.
Yeah, why don't we all live Jere's life? He really knows how to live.
I'm hoping that Chris Jakubauskas and Jarrod Saltalamacchia end up on the same team someday.
It's not like you're being asked to stay up for a dental exam, it's a Red Sox game!
Amy, you can't just hit return and get spaces? I mean, without that stupid itals problem.
L-girl said...
Not for me. Never. I always started early and crashed early. Sorry 9C!
That's cool put ya to bed , and still have time to hang with the boys....
some sox games are like root canal
...
though i took a nice nap during my root canal ...
Sorry, but my life has more than the Red Sox to manage. I'm not suffering through a 12-hour work day on 4 hours of sleep for a non-playoff game in May. Simply not worth it.
Jere said...
age 8 under the covers secretly...
That's enough about your childhood..
The fact that it is a Sox game is why we're here even when we'd rather be in the land of not. a little kvetching helps keep the eyelids up...somethimes.
Suns still up here.
That's true, Nick. I'd be sleeping by now, or almost.
well, it is Ichiro.
Did you see how the Yanks topped themselves tonight? A "bloop inside the park home run."
I was talking about the italics problem, Laura.
As for staying up late, for some of us our bodies don't give us that option. Even if I did want to. It doesn't make us less of a fan.
Andy, did you go to any of the games against the Angels?
Jere i used to listen to telephone porn under the covers.
I saw that play, Jere. At least there was no one on... although if there were they might have gotten in Gardner's way.
self-important blah-blah
snarky response.
Pop-up or K would be nice here
there's Kevin's K!
There's the K
K for Kevin. Kute.
I love those generic comments. I once saw a great blog post that was a typical internet argument reduced to generics. Quite brilliant.
Lester craftily setting up the force at second.
L-girl said...
I love those generic comments. I once saw a great blog post that was a typical internet argument reduced to generics. Quite brilliant.
I think I saw that too. I quite enjoyed it.
I was testing the power of the [br] (where [=<}.
Chris Jakubauskas and Jarrod Saltalamacchia • Maybe Jarrod has a sister and she marries chris and hyphenates her name. Be like Stephanie Saltalamacchia-Jackubauskas
does this guy pronounce his name Vlad or Wlad?
excellent!
So are we enjoying the Dave Roberts fill in for the dawg?
Houdini
This guy has no number on his bat knob. I wonder if there's one guy on every team who just waits, makes sure everyone else has written his number on his knob, and then just puts all his bats in the rack and goes, "the blanks are mine."
(Plenty of "knob"s in there, don't waste this opportunity.)
Ha ha, Fox showing funny signs. "If you like the Sox so much, why don't you move to Boston?"
Please let this be the spring board for Lester. Let him kick ass righteously and never look back.
Ish, I like it!
s1c said...
So are we enjoying the Dave Roberts fill in for the dawg?
No.....
I can only hear "that's a nice piece of hitting" so many times
my knob's got your number.
I only heard Roberts once so far, but he just increased my appreciation of Remy. I love the guy, of course, but that gig must be a lot harder than it looks.
as an analyst, roberts is a good base stealer.
"Ha ha, Fox showing funny signs. "If you like the Sox so much, why don't you move to Boston?""
I'd say to that person, "if any of you liked the Mariners at all, I'd see you at Fenway when they play the Sox."
No, I'd just think it. But I'd keep crafting it in my mind until it came out somewhat smooth and less wordy.
I haven't caught any of the Roberts games, but I have to say I enjoyed Eck last weekend.
or, "if any of your friends gave a fuck about the team, they'd have bought these seats before I had a chance to."
There used to be a young guy in the threads who lived in Oregon, was all excited about Ellsbury being called up. Remember Charlie Pioli? (Or something like that.)
Jere said...
No, I'd just think it. But I'd keep crafting it in my mind until it came out somewhat smooth and less wordy.
like, "suck it!"
L-girl said...
I only heard Roberts once so far, but he just increased my appreciation of Remy. I love the guy, of course, but that gig must be a lot harder than it looks.
Exactly.........I bet it is hard for Don not having Remy as well
Would be interesting to compare dawg in his first year to Eck and Roberts,
Though I have to admit that I liked Ecks games
I think Dave Roberts is surprisingly blah. But not obnoxious like others. Or as stupid as others.
But I miss Remy, and I hope he is doing better.
Joe Nathan not exactly slamming the door on the Yanks.
I found Eck less boring, but also more annoying. All the cheese and hair comments were amusing at first and then just annoying.
My knob is shooting blanks.
A hit for Bailey!!!
Yeah, was tired of that sub 200
that's a hard bunt!
"No, I'd just think it. But I'd keep crafting it in my mind until it came out somewhat smooth and less wordy."
Thinking like a writer now, nice.
Bailey showing his wheels there
THAT'S LAURA'S BOY!
Jacoby going for the doubles record
THAT'S MY BOY!!!!!
Now he's got to go for the cycle! Got the triple out of the way.
I look away for a minute and Gumball and Lyndon decide to work together and put up a run.
Wait, he got 3 on that? And a double in the first?
Yanks: loaded, two out, down one, bottom nine.
"I bet it is hard for Don not having Remy as well"
Don is doing really well adjusting to all the different broadcast partners, working with their different styles. Can't be easy.
OK, I have made it through more than the first half inning! I am giving myself another 15 minutes. Then I will MAKE myself go to bed, even if I am still awake.
Wait, he got 3 on that? And a double in the first?
*Some* of us are watching the game!
Turn on WCBS and hear "...with a two-run single and the Yankees win it 5-4." Then I turned it off.
Frikkin Melky singles on the first pitch, 2 score, Yanks win. Joe Nathan can't hold a two run lead, fuckin hole.
Turns out it was Milk Dud with the big hit. Be interesting to have Milk Dud and Gumball on the same team.
JuanPierreWood?? Is that for real? At least Mannywood had a certain ring to it.
Oh man, I gotta get away from this computer. Time for a little game sans thread, then zzzzzzz. G'night all, go Sox, et.
That is, etc.
the all candy team. isn't there that guy who was named after the candy bar or the bar after him or something?
Good night, Laura. You are a good role model for me.
g'night L'irl.
I remember thinking in the first that Jacoby had 3. But he stopped at second. Then when he hit it in the gap in the second, I saw that Bailey scored and started typing, and didn't realize Jacoby got to third until L said it. The weird thing was, I thought, hey, halfway to the cycle, thinking that was a double and the 1st one was a triple. Then I remembered it was a double in the first and was like, Aww, NOT halfway to cycle. Until L said it.
good night, Laura!
'ood 'ight, '
DP would be nice here
Gee, Jere, maybe you are tired? :)
On the NESN crawler it has the "headlines" for NESN Sportsdesk and one of them says, "Ortiz gets benched in Seattle."
Seems like forever since Lester had a HOF inning
Pretty good start to be halfway to the cycle by way of double and triple only in the second inning.
Or another K
Down by way of the K.
(I'm hearing Don in my head, since I can't hear him on my TV)
Ichiro's shtick at the plate is tiresome.
Just was following two games and typing about both...all my mind needed to know was that Jacoby was in scoring position. Second, third, same difference with two out.
Ichiro can do that schtick on my team every day and twice on sunday
"Down by way of the K.
(I'm hearing Don in my head, since I can't hear him on my TV)"
Sounds like you need my new t-shirt!
Pitch count getting a bit high, but at least he's getting outs.
Hi, S1C! And yes, IF he were on our team, I'd take it, just like I didn't find Nomar's shtick tiresome. Well, I did, but in an endearing sort of way. When he was on our team.
s1c: pls email L re jos1.
ha Jere, nice!
since when does the current MLB home run leader qualify as "trivia"?!
More Fire!
did don say that drew "scampered" into second base?
Great win for the Yanks...woulda thought Melky would fly out, but he has been pretty solid this year....just what we need to start a nice long homestand....
Sock, making my way through the e-mail, been hectic last couple of weeks and today was the first time I really got a chance to go through the personal mail (over 200 to read yet)
The outfield is doing quite well at the plate so far tonight.
OK, it's looking good for the team. So I am off to sleep. Enjoy the game, nightowls.
Damn! Close one!
And Lowell loads them up.
almost baldy salami dong
goodnight, Amy!
I'd say goodnight Amy, but you're leaving now? bases loaded no out?
foul balli?
Not really, Nick. Just getting ready. Hard to tear myself away even though I know I should.
May I help you? Nah, just lookin'.
lugo will deliver.
If Rocco had hit a grand slam I was going to go with Rico Baldy Grand Salami.
Lugo, please don't kill this rally. You've been decent lately, and I'd like that to continue.
"I'd say goodnight Amy, but you're leaving now? bases loaded no out?"
I was writing a much longer version of this complete with crazy logic and reasoning, glad to see you summed it up, and Amy, glad to see you're sticking around to see what happens. My girlfriend (morning type) does this sometimes--I can see going to bed, but you can't leave in a key spot!
4-0!
Well, THAT was a lucky break!
whoops! No double play for you!
Ish - the NESN scrawl about the benching, it is from a headline Ortiz Benched
And on that note, I am really leaving now. Okay, Nick? :)
that almost-dong got me singing "night on baldelli" (disco-like).
damn. thought that was gonna be a DP. far better!
Run(s)!
Jere, for the record, saying good night here does not mean turning off the TV, just the laptop.
2 run forceout...that's rarely seen.
permission granted. :-) Have a good night and non-exausted AM.
NO
you leave this blog, it's good night red sox!!!
scooping gumball
Well, that helps the pitch count.
very nice inning for sid
Single! So here we are in the 4th and all he needs is a dong for the cycle!
one step closer to the cycle!
cyclist!
Only needs the HR now
3/4 of the way to the cycle!
so what's that, a homer and two triples for Jacoby so far:)
``If you look up and David is hitting .217 or something in August,'' Francona said, ``we can move the lineup any way we want.''From benching ortiz article
L says she has to stay up to see if he hits for the cycle (aka "see his dong")
L says she has to stay up to see if he hits for the cycle (aka "see his dong")
good one! I almost snarfed my beverage.
okay, I've got a good one. What's the most runs scored in a game with no multiple-run half-innings? I mean, in history, not potentially, as that answer would be a non-ending game. Or, infinity minus one.
boo - jackinthebox puts up a bagel
8
late to the party, fucking Twins gag it in the 9th.
This should be a nice rocking chair win for the Sox tonight.
Blowers (SEA announcer) tried to Trupe us on that hit.
nix--Brett Gardner had the Yankiest HR of all time. Bloop over third that scoots past the nonchalant left fielder, and he goes all the way around.
Ish, was that your answer? It's gotta be more than 8. I would think.
actually I think it was Sims - he did it again on that foul.
Jere, in a 9-inning game wouldn't the most possible runs be 17? one team gets 9 one-run innings, and the other gets 8?
how come announcers don't understand that if the hitter stands there and makes no attempt to run to first, it's gonna be foul, on those long flies? Don has done it twice tonight, and a lot in the past.
Jere saw that inside the parker. A most frustrating game to watch, the Twins had Hughes on the ropes ALL FUCKING NIGHT and couldn't cash in. I was already in my "MFY lost tonight so the Sox can pick up a game on them" mode. The MFY have been rolling over in games that that this year, not tonight. Nathan was awful.
in a 9-inning game, yes.
Well-timed K
How about another?
because the annc are watching the ball?
Just got in - liking what I was seeing on the bottom line score trailer at the bar/grill.
Looks even better now.
Of course, a lot of things lok good after 4 margaritas.
Yikes!
4-pitch walk to the #8 man - not good.
Jere I said 8 but I was thinking for one team. I'll be adventurous and say 13 as a wild guess for two teams.
you can look at the whole field while the ball's going out and see the guy's not running. PerryFarrell vision!
and a guy who saw 6 pitches in his first AB -- leading the SEA TV guys to say he rarely sees that many pitches in a game
yeah 13 could be about right.
yeah, they mentioned Betancourt has doubled his total walks for the season with the two he's had in this game.
Hard to see Lester last six at this point.
SIT!
Houdini strikes again
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