Red Sox - 010 100 000 - 2 8 2Nick Green made a two-base throwing error with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, back-handing Ronny Cedeno's grounder and then airmailing it over first base into the camera pit. It was Green's second error of the afternoon and his 8th in only 23 games at shortstop.
Mariners - 020 000 001 - 3 11 1
The Red Sox intentionally walked Ichiro Suzuki. Franklin Gutierrez then whacked a 1-0 pitch through the 3B/SS hole into left field. Jason Bay's throw home was late and the Mariners won the game.
Masterson pitched very well (6.1-9-2-0-6, 93). He had a rough second inning, allowing a first-pitch dong to Russell Branyan and then a double and triple with two outs, but otherwise kept the ball down and in the infield (grounders and strikeouts accounted for 14 of his 19 outs).
J.D. Drew scored both Boston runs. He singled with one out in the second, took second on a fielder's choice error, went to third on Jeff Bailey's single and scored on Jason Varitek's fly ball to left. Drew crushed a 2-0 pitch to right field for his 6th home run to start the fourth inning.
He also made two fantastic catches: running back onto the warning track towards the right field corner to snag Ken Griffey's long fly in the third and then leaping at the wall in the eighth, snaring Branyan's drive right at the yellow line that runs along the top of the wall.
The Red Sox missed plenty of scoring opportunities. They loaded the bases in the second, but scored only once. They loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth and could not score (Bay P3, Lowell GIDP 643). They had runners at first and second with one out in the sixth, but Varitek GIDP 463. And finally, in the ninth, they had runners at first and second, but Jacoby Ellsbury popped to second and Dustin Pedroia flied to right.
Ellsbury singled in the fifth to extend his hitting streak to 13 games.
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Justin Masterson (4.89, 102 ERA+) / Jason Vargas (1.04, 439 ERA+)
This may be Masterson's last start before heading back to the bullpen:
I feel like I've gotten comfortable in the starting role as far as knowing my routine and what to do. ... [I]t's not like if I go back to the pen it's a demotion or anything like that. ... This is a case of a guy [Matsuzaka] coming back to reclaim what he already had, which is understandable. ... Wherever I am, like I always say, I've just got to pitch well.Today's lineup:
Julio Lugo left last night's game in the seventh with a sore left groin -- "something that's been sore for a few days". Lugo said after he singled in the fourth "and tried to go to second, it got tight then. Through the course of the game, it got a little tighter." Terry Francona thought it was "more of a hip flexor" issue.Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Jason Bay, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
J.D. Drew, RF
Rocco Baldelli, DH
Jeff Bailey, 1B
Jason Varitek, C
Nick Green, SS
Vargas was in the National League from 2005-07; hip and elbow surgery kept him out of pro ball last year. In 2009, the 26-year-old lefty has appeared in three games. He started against Texas last Tuesday -- his first start since July 31, 2007 -- with a pitch limit of 75-80: 5-5-1-2-3, 73.
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From The Bill Chuck Files:
So far this season, the most runs the Indians have scored (22), the Red Sox have scored (16), the Rays have scored (15), and the Orioles have scored (12) have all been in games against the Yankees.
229 comments:
1 – 200 of 229 Newer› Newest»I will feel good knowing we have Masterson as our long reliever in the Pen. In games Masterson started, he never gave up more than one run in the first three innings. Seems like a perfect long man to me.
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Jason Bay, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
J.D. Drew, RF
Rocco Baldelli, DH
Jeff Bailey, 1B
Jason Varitek, C
Nick Green, SS
Ichiro Suzuki, RF
Franklin Gutierrez, CF
Ken Griffey Jr., DH
Adrian Beltre, 3B
Russell Branyan, 1B
Wladimir Balentien, LF
Rob Johnson, C
Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
Ronny Cedeno, 2B
Ben Francisco hits a 3 run HR to retake the lead, 3-1 over TFR.
MIN: 000 0
MFY: 000 0
CWS: 200 00
TOR: 100 3
(& 1 so far in 5th)
Slappy made a big splash with a dong in his first AB, but he's at .154/.371/.385 in his 8 games.
Actually: .143 (0-for-2 today).
Apparently there was a screw up on the roster card by Magadon, and Longoria had to sit up in favor of Sonnastine.
woops.
sit out*
and by magadon, I mean maddon.
And it's really the Pirates you are talking about, right?
no, the rangers, and by sonnestine, I meant Duke.
Oh, that is gold! Box with Cleveland using the DH and Tampa's pitcher in the 3 hole!
uhhh, yeah, that's what I meant.
SoSHer: "The lineup card had both Zobrist and Longoria listed at 3B with no DH listed. Since Zobrist played 3B in the top of the 1st he stayed in the lineup and the pitcher has to bat in place of Longoria."
Stupid stathead nerd Maddon.
Hahaha! I hope they lose by a run.
Our friend Kevin Cash is playing for the Yankees today.
Twins with runners on first and second with one out.
twins get a run in. 1-0
wild pitch by Burnett, 2-0.
TFR have the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth with NO outs.
Base clearing double, 6-3 Rays.
Sonnastine got an rbi double (according to Yahoo)
jokes on us.
Watching the MFY on TBS (not sure why they're there)
2 wild pitches in 1 inning results in an insurance run for Twinkies.
Yay!
And it was our old friend Cash who let the ball get away - actually I would have been more likely to call the second one a passed ball.
This Yanks game is on TBS if anyone didn't know.
I asked Kim about the KISS bank thing, and she said she just thinks it's one of the things that comes up in the software program they have that flashes different things. Like, she thinks flowers and stuff occasionally pop up. I just don't get it. She also said she's been stuck at the light for a long time, and stared at it, without seeing Kiss. So it's very rare but it does happen.
A-Rod dong. 2-1. It's a real shame no one was there to see it.
TBS shows a national game on Sundays. FOr the last couple years. Today they chose Yanks-Twins.
"Joe Maddon Is A 2.4 Gigahertz Linksys Router"
Denard Span is a motherfucker who should die.
Allows the inside the park HR the other night, now, with tying run at third, shallow fly ball to him, and he throws it like 40 feet from home plate.
Crazy catch by Punto on his ass though.
I'm eager for this half inning to end at Florida. Kershaw hasn't allowed a hit yet. Tune in!
L-O walk by Twins and a stolen base.
It's a start
loaded for the Twins (and they've had a guy thrown out on the bases this inning), one out. I need minimum four runs, Twins. You can't be trusted with less than a 4-run lead.
8th walk by Yanks gives Twins a full boat with 1 out
10,000 ducks on 10,000 ponds
I listen to one at bat, and its a double.
Sorry Kershaw.
I turn on MLBTV for the Dodgers game. I see one pitch -- a hit to left center. :<(
ok, Spann, 2-0 count, can you gimme something? Third pitch way off plate, but Tomko gets the Rivera call. Fourth pitch low and away, again with the Mo Strike. should be 4-0, instead 2-2. Too bad David Wells is talking about bullshit so we're getting no replays/commentary on these pitches.
Damn Jays win 8-2. Them fuckers need a lesson to be taught.
And class begins on Tuesday.
Gotta give Tex credit - good play.
Dammit
force out at home. Teix with a nice play, but treated by these guys as if , well, as if they are Michael Kay. That play did not call for screaming.
wow - 123 pitches for burnett
6.2-6-2-6-7!
Twins squander
speaking of these guys doing Kay impressions, now they're talking about the "ghosts" move across the street. I'm gonna come right out and say it. I hope terrorists blow up this stadium, with the Yankees in it. No, wait, then they'd probably try to take credit for some kind of sympathy championship.
Has Wells been rambling non-stop like this the whole game? Jeter with his usually pus-filled shit-hit. But somehow cheaper than usual.
Cool clip!
An Excited Black Sabbath Fan.
get shemp now
YES - K! from 3-0!
Shemp seriously helped out there
heidi talking about a "tight groin" ...
got sox and mfy on the mlbtv split screen. home laptop too slow for that.
Mo with a Mo strike.
well outside from the overhead view - fruitbat gets the K call.
I'd be "amazing" too if my strike zone was three feet wide.
Did Roberts say that Youk hasn't been as productive as you'd like?
He said "David".
something like "solidified the lineup with youkilis out and david not being as productive .."
ok. I heard the Papi but thought he said AND Youk.
OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at the toilet
CRAZY play! In the Yanks game. grounder off pitcher, comes back to catcher who leaves plate unattended, runner tries to score from second, catcher runs back and dives as the runner slides, and tags him out!
Outta here for a short.
Grandson has woke up from his nap (that's what happens when you have 2 sisters spend the night, or so I've heard)and we've got a couple of places to get to before 6.
(witching hour on Sunday in the south)
Hopefully back in just a couple or 3 innings
I feel like Mauer may have been deking him with a fake throw to first.
yeah at first catcher looks at first, thinking he'll go there, but then see whoever rounding third and coming home. he spins and runs back and dives to tag him before he crosses the plate, also head-first slide.
Bronxtras again.
Drew single (by choice)
nice catch cedeno--other dude gets the E though
pirates had a 10-run 7th
huge gamble for a deke - mauer had a ways to go back to the plate.
on the computer, and split screen, i had no idea where the ball was. i see the pitcher spin around, then the catcher does the same, then the race to the plate!
o'neill plays it on a hop.
"loa-ded, loa-ded..."
---that one dude at Bellmore Cafeteria in Taxi Driver
well it worked out like a deke, as soon as Gardner saw that, he kept running home.
way to hustle just in case Drew
Tek seems less ineffective this year with the bases loaded.
Tek was 1 for 16 last year with the bases loaded.
Until today: 1 for 8 this year (with a GS).
come on 3-run triple
But run it again including sac flies.
dammit, Damon with a winning dong. He'll get a gruesome injury soon. Oh great, and a dong for Seattle at the same time.
Bleh.
Damon puts one over the short porch in the 10th.
what's up with the kid in the crowd in Seattle with a hat with the Sox logo backwards? Behind righty hitters.
It's a good thing Bay can hit, because he sure can't field.
2B, 3B & HR this inning.
We used to say that about Manny.
I wonder what Masterson's SLG is when throwing that alleged slider.
At least sometimes.
Tek with Loaded:
2008: 19 PA; 1-for-16, single, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SAC, 1 HBP
2009: 9 PA; 1-for-7, HR, 5 RBI, 2 SACs
fx data should have slider data, no? i think ben is our man for that.
Dr Double...play
Masterson really needs to get back to pitching in the bullpen, he's nearly lights out there.
Masterson as a reliever: 2.68 ERA, 1.190 WHIP, 2.77 K/BB, 72.5 AB/HR
Masterson as a starter (before today): 4.12 ERA, 1.325 WHIP, 1.49 K/BB, 29.8 AB/HR
I was kind of hoping that Masterson could be a viable starter and Brad Penny could be put to stud. But yeah, he can't really be a starter unless he can come up with a third pitch that actually does something.
"We used to say that about Manny."
Not all of us.
And as soon as I post that he pitches an OTT.
mlbtv coming back to nesn early - roberts checking with don about what beltre did last inning.
ON FIRE
MONSTER ON FIRE BLAST CRUSHED
ON FIRE!!!
He hit that ball real hard.
I wouldn't be surprised to see stats showing that Bay is a worse defender at Fenway than Manny -- Manny obviously has worse range, but he positions himself correctly, plays the wall well and has a sneaky-quick throw back to the infield.
roberts happy to see his first sign in the crowd (dave & don) -- "i have chills right now ... i gotta get that sign"
bay is no gold glover, but there have been many plays this year where i have thought there is no way manny would have got to that one (home and away).
did don just say grienke lost a complete game shutout?
Sit
GDGD has Johjima as the Mariners' catcher in this game.
ESPN Gamecast had Tampa Bay with a 10-man lineup today, Andy Sonnanstine leading off and pitching and Matt Garza DHing in the cleanup spot.
Greinke's last start was on Friday. 7-1-1-2-6 106/72
If the question is "Who did the Red Sox trade to the Phillies for Heath Slocumb in 1996?" then the answer is Dan Duquette. Duquette did the trade.
If we somehow don't score here I'm going to be really disappointed.
09 Bay = 05 Tiz
Guaranteed runs!
Edward: they screwed up the lineup card (listed two 3Bs), so they didn't get to use a DH. Sonnanstine hit a double anyway.
need runs bay because lowell will gidp.
He can't if Bay hits a double.
Jason Bleh.
"Edward: they screwed up the lineup card (listed two 3Bs), so they didn't get to use a DH. Sonnanstine hit a double anyway."
It's always hilarious when that happens, but leave to the FKRs to redeem themselves with a good-hitting pitcher.
i should say slowell is simply a strong gidp candidate.
"Jason Bleh"
Oh come on!
it's sad that tampa's #3 hitter today was more productive than our usual #3 hitter.
Yeah, I saw the lineup fiasco by Tampa Bay, and I don't blame the Gamecast software for not being able to figure that out. I just have no idea how listing another pitcher as the DH could possibly be a natural outcome.
i hate being so smart.
Fucking Lowell.
I am...so very angry.
They didn't list another pitcher. They just lost the DH, so the starting pitcher had to bat for himself. That's a slighly corrected card.
No offense, A, but my mom could have predicted that one.
maybe maddon's computer told him to bat his pitcher 3rd, but he made it seem like it was a mistake to avoid being labelled a wacko.
better to be considered a dummy than a wacko.
"It's always hilarious when that happens, but leave to the FKRs to redeem themselves with a good-hitting pitcher."
Not a common thing, though.
Losing the DH? No, not common, but I remember a couple of times. Usually everyone is talking about it the next day.
I love when pitchers get hits, just in general.
I thought you meant having a pitcher in the starting lineup because of it. Yeah, losing the DH in general is way more common than that.
There's the un-updated logo flag again.
DP please?
Jimy Williams used to fuck up and lose the DH seemingly every other week.
Oh, the kid turned her head--the hat in question has the Sox logo facing one way on one side and the other way on the other side. Which explains why one is backwards.
"power to all fields"
DRINK!
Nice
The BABIP gods owed us that one.
Oh Jimy, yeah. And I remember laughing at a Mets manager who did that a while back. Probably in the 90s, when I was given to laughing at the Mets.
firewalking
chewing gum / walking
White: 16.1 innings:
12 hits and 11 walks
Poop.
roberts: "good job by varitek, looking for something up"
like sasahe?
aw fuck me -- shit poop fuck
Oh look, another Red Sox batter grounds into a double play...
We have to be leading the league in that stat
masterson at 71, should be able to go 7.
"We have to be leading the league in that stat"
Anyone?
Coming into today, we had 40 GDP.
Tied for -- yep -- first in the AL, with Jays and Tigers.
How many each for the 2nd and 3rd place?
Nice slider for the K.
Sit
LAD led the NL with 37.
Tigers had 1 = 41
Jays had 2 = 42
Sox have 3 = 43
We led all of baseball!!! WOO HOO!
But not a very big diff btn Tor, Det and Bos there.
mariners 37
royals 34
twins 33
...
AL avg 29
...
rangers 17
we were 4th last year
white sox 157
jays 150
yankees 149
red sox 147
"AL avg 29"
Well that's a big difference.
Seattle is 4th in the AL in GIDP despite being last in OBP. That is quite impressive.
"Sacrifice double play"?
Only the Mariners could pull that off
Actually, the Nationals could probably manage it too
Kevin said...
"Sacrifice double play"?
Only the Mariners could pull that off
I know we are making them look terrible?????
Sit
MDC has stranded 4 of 6 IR this year.
that's a FUCK YEAH play
Hi, everyone. Just getting home from a weekend in DC. Looks like we have had lots of close games. Just catching up on the game thread along with two days of email etc.
MDC!
5 of 7 stranded.
Sit
Time to score some runs
Same score as when I left 3 or 4 innings ago.
Time for something to happen now!
Hi Amy
Did you straighten everyone in DC out?
Amy, you went away without a laptop, how brave.
SoSock, that would be impossible. I was happy just to go and return!
Laura, we had Harvey's little Acer netbook, but I hate typing on that baby sized keyboard so had to wait til now to respond to emails, etc. We are both way too addicted to go away even for 36 hours without some internet connection.
First thing I checked this morning and Sat morning were the Sox scores. One disappointing, one good.
"We are both way too addicted to go away even for 36 hours without some internet connection."
Well that's good to know.
You're so funny - "baby sized keyboard". Clearly not a texter. :)
seriously hairy paint from lowe
mmmmmm
K's the side, don't care too much for that.
I text a bit---mostly to my kids and Harvey, but very brief messages. And I use all the shortcuts to make it less burdensome. But I still like to type in full sentences and with real spelling for email, and that little keyboard cramps up my fingers!
Scrolled back a bit. See the Twinkies lost to the Skankies. :( That game had such great potential, too.
jeemer and saito up
griffey fouls off ball 5, keep hacking kenny.
dammit
more dumb baserunning pls
come on manny - concentrate
Oki time. Get it done.
Does it seem that he no longer throws his head down as low as he used to?
Jeemer it is.
DREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TRULY TRUP'D!
got back to the wall in time, and leap a little and grabbed it against the yellow line along the top of the fence.
no soup for you, branyan.
Let's go BBrdsma.
Oki Dokey
Runs plz
Dear Red Sox hitters: You may not have noticed this yesterday, but that is David Fuckin' Aardsma out there. Yeah -- the same guy. So let's start takin' some BP.
Pedro up for Sox.
"BBrdsma"
I like this.
Tek with the double.
make it count.
CAPTAAAAAIIIN!
TEK! He really has been hitting better this season, no? Maybe his average isn't great, but he sure is getting more clutch hits and extra base hits.
Kot dropping shit from his bag running in from the pen.
he has to run all the way in from the pen -- then be a PR. catch your breath. no hacking green
snuffer up too
i think aardsma wears false eyelashes.
ABA
Anything but a DP here, plz.
Amy - I have the same perception. The numbers might not be a lot different but it seems he is not leaving us dissappointed as often as last year
DO NOT WASTE TEK's DOUBLE!
shit
Meh.
And squander.
squandered - bleh
re tek: i linked to his splits for 2008 and 2009 above. you can see what he has done different situations (bases/outs).
RR in.
Pedro time!
buh bye
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