Mets - 100 000 002 - 3 6 0Josh Beckett took another huge step towards reasserting himself as the ace of the Red Sox staff. Although it was his own error -- on a pickoff attempt -- that helped the Mets score in the first, it's still considered unearned. (8-5-1-1-5, 117).
Red Sox - 200 000 000 - 2 6 1
Boston returned fire in the home half, as Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia both singled (18-game hit streak for Lyndon!), then pulled off a double steal. After David Ortiz struck out, Kevin Youkilis lined a two-run single to left.
Both starters settled down after that and we had a nifty duel. Pelfrey ended up going seven innings (7-6-2-1-6, 111) and Beckett set down 12 in a row at one point, from the first to the fifth. He also got out of a sticky 1st/3rd, one out jam in the seventh, getting a strike out and liner to center.
Jonathan Papelbon walked Gary Sheffield on five pitches to start the ninth, but roared back to overpower and strike out David Wright and Jeremy Reed, both swinging. But then Omir Santos then drove the first pitch he saw -- 97 fastball right over the plate, maybe a little high -- off the small ledge on the Wall for a two-run home run, though umpire Joe West had to go look at some video before the actual call was made.
Down a run, Youkilis walked to start the home ninth and was forced by Jason Bay. That was a tough play for the Sox, as Wright made a nice backhand to get the ball, then Luis Castillo saved an errant throw at second while still recording the out. J.D. Drew lined out to right and Mike Lowell grounded to shortstop. Lowell's ball was deep in the hole and anyone else on the roster would have beaten it out. But alas.
The Yankees walked off with a 5-4 win over the Phillies and the Blue Jays lost to Atlanta 4-3.
The top of the AL East:
***Blue Jays 27 19 --
Red Sox 25 18 0.5
Yankees 25 18 0.5
Mike Pelfrey (4.61, 95 ERA+) / Josh Beckett (5.85, 84 ERA+)
Pelfrey balked three times in his last start, against the Giants last Saturday. Afterwards, he spoke with a sports psychologist who has helped him in the past:
The mind is pretty powerful, and it controls all your muscles and all those things. So if it happens, then I'll be able to -- in my own little way -- I'll be able to tell my mind what I want to do, and hopefully, all the muscles and everything follow that.Mets manager Jerry Manuel:
That's the way you try to solve things. If he said, "I don't have an issue" and continued to do that, then we've got a problem.In seven starts, Pelfrey has pitched 41 innings, allowing 46 hits and 17 walks, while striking out only 11.
Matchups: David Wright is 1-for-15 against Beckett. No Red Sox batter has ever faced Pelfrey. ... Also: Phillies/Yankees at 4; Blue Jays/Atlanta at 7.
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Jason Varitek, C
Nick Green, SS
(It's from Cafardo, so it's probably correct. 60% chance, I'd say.)
PHI: 010 03
MFY: 010 0
John Mayberry Jr., in his MLB debut, konks a three-run dong off Horseface!
redsock said...
PHI: 010 03
MFY: 010 0
John Mayberry Jr., in his MLB debut, konks a three-run dong off Horseface!
Easy now, a lot of the women here find him very attractive...
84th Hr at the toiet on pace for 350 or some crazy number like that...
They are averaging nearly four dongs a game -- and thousands of asses!
we go to the 8th, Phils 4-2.
PHI: 010 030 000 - 4 6 0
MFY: 010 001 003 - 5 8 0
Shit.
What did Lidge do to wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?
Slappy hit a 2-run dong to tie it, then a Cano single/SB and Dud single won it.
I think there will be a lot of 'omers tonight.
"What did Lidge do to wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?"
What he's done is allow over 11 hits per 9 innings. He really needs to develop a third pitch, fastballs and sliders just aren't cutting it anymore.
The Phillies are my NL team, so I'm fairly familiar with what he's done this season.
"more of a flare than a bullet" -Joe
Drink!
On Hell Puh Gone
is not as much fun to say as
Angel Pagan
get out of the way idiot.
this sounds pretty ridiculous thus far.
Let's moot the fuck out of that point.
That is why you don't want pitchers trying to field balls. they are always in the way
Freaking ridiculous.
jeez, is josh throwing this game?
Crap
Beckett creates a run for the Mets...
At my sister's apartment, trying to adapt to her TINY acer netbook keyboard! I don't have the hugest hands but it feels like I do! BIGGGG HANDSSSSS.
What was Beckett doing over there anyways?
wtf was he doing? you NEVER see pitchers sprint over there on popups so high?
Fragging Mets, lets go beckett
At'em ball!
whew! It's so nice to have that ugly beast back.
So am looking at the hot and colds for Ellsbury and Pelfry. Strength vs Strength.
Would be nice to see them get the run right back.
going to the yip machine
18!
AND COUNTING!
I love me some Fuck Yeah.
Time for Papi to return to being Papi
i want a cookie.
I was at the gym earlier, watching the NESN pregame and they put a mic on FY on Wednesday during batting practice!
The result? PURE GOLD.
FY: If Millsy didn't have #2 I would wear 2. Why is he wearing #2?
Tito: Because he's #2!
FY: Like Dr. Evil!
awww, having some short stop problems Mets? I wonder what that's like.
Beautiful!!!
Double your pleasureeeeee!
Oh god. Double steal. I need to change my pants.
OW.
not faster than a speeding bullet.
Youkbacca!!!!
OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
Youkkk!!!
yoooooooooooooook
SWEAT-FLAVORED RIBEYE.
MVP
Sweaty RBIs!
Eck: They don't rub balls up enough in the 9th inning.
Toronto jumps ahead 2-0 in the top of the third.
"there you go, load it up ... right?"
eck does NOT think much of the mets lineup!!
Love that.
Don: Gets that by him at 95.
Eck: That's what I'm talkin' about. Do it again!
No he doesn't. Just blow past these guys! Especially those guys uh... um... Santos, Martinez, and uh, Castillo!
who was he talking about earlier -- "you don't do that to X, let alone a good hitter"?
I missed it.
There we go, now RUNS
don't let up, bats -- moiderize him
Atlanta takes the lead back from Toronto. 2-2 bot 3rd.
OTT
maybe it was pagan, i should have posted it when he said it.
with martinez up: "this is a mismatch, right here"
Allan, go to NESN.com and check out the videos on the right - FY mic'd up are the two most recent videos.
Bleh, wasted opportunity.
FY: "Oh my god. Pitchers hitting. What a joke."
Donkey can HIT!
(funkytown ...)
I read about that softball pitcher with the 24 or 25 perfect games in SI. I was telling L: In 93 games, her ERA is 0.06!
Runs, pound this guy
Yeah I was kinda admiring Masturbate's swing.
can someone post a link of the videos? I seem to be an inept web surfer.
Patrick, all you do is go to nesn.com and there's a video box on the right side of the front page there. Let's see if I can find you a link though.
haha I just got the mlb bot on justin.tv to copy a link to rickroll
doh! I kept going to espn. I'm a tad lysdexic.
damn - another sweepy shorthop scoop
"longest hit streak by a latino"
oh come the fuck on.
Yes I can't find a direct link to it anyways.
"I read about that softball pitcher with the 24 or 25 perfect games in SI. I was telling L: In 93 games, her ERA is 0.06!"
Softball is such a horribly imbalanced sport. Girls and women should play baseball.
"longest hit streak by a latino"
who said that?
videos 2 and 3 now
Girls and women loooove their softball. Don't be telling the women playing softball they should play baseball, they don't wanna.
eck was talking about luis castillo and a long hit streak he once had. thought it was 40 -- then he said 35 games. someone from the truck telling him, then as an afterthought, cause the guy was probably still feeding him stuff, he said that.
thanks. boy is that stupid.
i like to be that guy who has to look up shit real fast and feed the info to the tv guys. i'll bet that guy has a super fast laptop!
you'd be too busy scoring to get them their facts. and threading!
i wanna a softball player to try throwing a baseball with her motion. i guess it wouldn't work well or someone would have done it by now. bay's sister is a pitcher.
mrs. fy!
she's on the national team, i think?
don is out of Q!
She seemed deathly afraid of Eck.
Looks like she has one in the oven, FY with kids omg
Story on Lauren Bay-Regula aka Jason Bay's sister
Atlanta pulled ahead of Toronto with a D. Lowe single. 3-2
Some of us don't have NESN...
s1c I have never heard it put like that before! Nice.
Comments in last nights game at MLB.com -
LAROCKS wrote:
It looks like this may be your last year for a while to make the playoffs. You do not have a decent SS, your ace Beckett is average at best and your team is old. Varitek, Lowell, Papi, Wakefield, Smoltz am I forgeting anybody? Plus I heard rumors that the Yanks are pursing Bay becasue they lost Nady. I guess Bay is unhappy with what took place in the offseason. The Rays just put Kazmir on the dL and Their closer is retiring. They bring up that stud Price and they have plenty of talent to trade and/or develope within the organization. Of course Kazmir will be back. What a young talented team that seems to be getting better and better. Now it is not just the Yanks you have to deal with anymore, maybe a tougher opponent in years to come the Rays. I have also heard that the Rays are going to build a new stadium in Orlando because of the bigger fan base. Wow, Rays and Magic, now thats an exciting sports town. You guys better get trading.
5/23/2009 4:17:01 PM
Sounds like a MFY Fan
Heading out to find some ice cream now!
Good call, Ish.
The 'Wakefield is old' argument doesn't hold much weight. He's been 'old' for years now.
Gold Glove play!!!
An MFY fan making fun of the Sox for being old is like Yook ragging on someone for sweating a lot.
That was so weird. It was as if NESN cut to the wrong camera, but it happened to be the one trained on the guy who made the play.
We could throw Pesky out there in 2010 and he's have a better UZR than Jeter.
For anyone to look at the Red Sox farm system and young players and say "they better win this year" is ridiculous.
What's the country song that has "one in the oven"...? I can't think of it and can't seem to google it either. Famous Nashville type like Loretta Lynn or someone like that.
ooh! Dwight Evans announcing!
eck told to sit up straight in his chair!
stop getting cute, blow this guy away!
don't walk that bum!
L: You have Hernandez and Darling? Everyone says they are very good.
this is what I like about Eck--how he's right there with every one of us, going, I can't believe I have to read a damn promo when we should be talking about the game!
Whew
GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...
somewhere lugo is crying.
Green makes a play for once!
We know Slugo wouldn't have caught that!
Josh just called him Greenie. I'd say.
Mets b'cast, yes. Normally radio on Sat, so I wouldn't have NESN anyway.
Piece of bat on sleeve!
shatters bat -- piece sticks to his right sleeve and stayed there while he ran to first -- still theer!!!
Is SNY catching this too? An actual piece of bat still stuck on his sleeve and he still hasn't noticed.
okay Papi, it's proverbially on.
Pelfrey loaded up the ball, he went to his mouth with the glove hand.
One thing about this broadcast, they are able to talk about Bay without bashing Manny. I appreciate that.
LBJ on the run!
wanted to make sure he got at least 1 tonight
Atlanta 6 outs away. I think the Jays might be in third fairly soon though. I thought that about TB last year, too.
Something with this site is crashing my Firefox cache, twice in 2 days now.
I also got url run-on (too long)errors last game.
eck clearly refusing to say "pootz"
PUTZ!
I use Firefox, and have been having no problems here, fyi.
holy shit green. you look like an idiot out there.
No play anyways I think.
I reluctantly switched to Firefox b/c I find Blogger works better with it.
right, probably no play, but he looks pretty lame.
Clutch.
SIT!
don is excited!
I love good defense.
Nice! Now RUNS PLEASE
Runs, please, RunSSSSSS
that looked bad off the bat. sinking.
dr
tek
green
paging doctor tek green.
sny trivia: who are the 8 3bmen to win 3 WS in a row?
Had to watch the MFY "walkoff" at my partner's grandparents' apartment. What a shitty ballpark.
were you the only non-nyy fan there?
their trivia Q has EIGHT answers?
Yes! I thought I read it wrong at first, but no. 8 answers!
Sal Bando (A's 72-74)?
And whoever played for NYY in the 30s-40s-50s!
!
Scott Brosius (NYY, '98-'00)
That's all I got.
"more of a flare than a bullet"
Drink!
Sal Bando's a definite.
And I also just checked the two big Yankee streaks ('36-'39 and '49-'53) and I see Red Rolfe was the 3b for '36-'39, but I wouldn't have known that.
You know, now I'm thinking I must have read it wrong. Maybe it was just win 3 WS, not in a row. Because one of the 8 was Lowell. So it can't be 3 in a row.
Now Don's calling what pitches are coming.
"Hard stuff away."
So besides those, we're talking guys who switched teams and won 3 in a row.
eck: you wanna pound the strike zone with salad?
don: you gotta do it with cheese!
Sorry! It's much easier now.
PUH (HE) GONE!
Sit down Pagan!!!
I'm liking this resurgence of good starts! Was only a matter of time.
Their 40s-50s 3bman was Bobby Brown, he was in four WS and the Yanks won them all. So, Brown, Rolfe, Bando, Brosius are 4.
Some of the 8 I caught on the answers:
Lowell
Brosius
Robinson
Cey
Bando
Trying to remember the other three...
very fine job Josh
Well then I fucked up the question. :/
Yeah baby, now lets get some insurance
old man sheffield going to endure a pap test.
we can make it a jeopardy game. i'll name the 8 3bmen and you tell me what they did 3 of
The Beckett of yore is back, it would appear.
yay josh
I'm going to smack the first person to say "vintage Beckett"
vintage beckett
I don't know what he meant but Eck said "You still have to get it up 86 times."
Smack.
Shenanigans
snuffin time!
.201, then .268. Eck accurate to within one percentage point. That's some center cut brain.
I think there will be a lot of 'omers tonight. I couldn't have been more wrong. 11 hits. 11 singles.
Beckett ERA now 5.01
last chance for the jays down 4-2.
were you the only non-nyy fan there?
As always.
Jays rallying, cut it to one, tying run on third.
Benjamin, are they serious baseball fans?
damn - leadoff walks ALWAYS score.
Millar pinch hitting for Jays, loaded, one out, down one, top 9.
except when they don't
Not that I'm complaining, but why on Earth are the Mets not pinch-running for Sheffield?
HAIRY GASSY CHEESE!
Overpowered my namesake.
187!
188!
Old friend Luis Alicea...
Could it have been 8 3rd basemen to win WS MVP?
Benjamin, are they serious baseball fans?
Serious but pathetic. They love to laud that fellow on their team named "Teckserra".
WOW.
Fuck 'em up!
b2bk, one more pls
Teckserra! I love that guy Teckserra! Looks like Texas!
That's a home run.
oh holy shit
shit gotta be gone
us and TOR down to last out at same time! Will we pass them into 1st????
Not yet. home fucking run
oh god!b
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