Yankees - 000 000 000 - 0 2 1
Red Sox - 041 100 10x - 7 9 0
David Ortiz banged a two-run bomb to dead center to put the Sox on the board in the second and Beckett (6-1-0-2-8, 93) cruised along, setting down the Yankees with a breaking ball-heavy arsenal.
Burnett had next to no control (2.2-5-5-5-1, 84) in the steady drizzle, throwing 43 pitches in a lengthy second inning -- J.D. Drew brought home the other two runs with a double high off the Wall -- and 22 more before being yanked in the third.
Nick Green homered over everything down the left field line off Jose Veras to cap the scoring.
Beckett did not allow a hit until Robinson Cano singled in the fourth. Dustin Pedroia ranged far to his left and snared the grounder in short right, but could not make a play. New York's only other hit was Brett Gardner's single past Green's left into left center in the eighth.
Boston is now 6-0 against the Yankees this season. The only other season with a 6-0 start: 1912 -- in which the Sox won the first 14 meetings between the two teams and ended the season series with a 19-2 record.
The two teams are tied atop the East, each with a 34-24 record.
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A.J. Burnett (4.69, 96 ERA+) / Josh Beckett (4.09, 116 ERA+)
AL East***
W L PCT GB
Yankees 34 23 .596 ---
Red Sox 33 24 .579 1.0
Blue Jays 33 27 .550 2.5
Rays 29 30 .492 6.0
Orioles 24 33 .421 10.0
In his last four starts (29.2 innings), Beckett has a 0.91 ERA. (Only three of the eight runs he has allowed have been earned.)
David Ortiz had his eyes checked yesterday. A team spokesman said his vision is fine.
Jacoby Ellsbury has a strain of his acromioclavicular (AC) joint in his right shoulder -- but no structural damage. The team will decide this afternoon if he can play tonight.
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1 – 200 of 518 Newer› Newest»rainin' pretty hard in Row Dialin'.
Per Amalie on Twitter:
Pedroia, 2B
Drew, RF
Youkilis, 1B
Bay, LF
Lowell, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Varitek, C
Kotsay, CF
Green, SS
I don't like our outfield defense today.
I am glad Beckett is pitching first in this series.
And really glad DiceK is not pitching at all.
SoSH'ers wish Lester was going vs. CC in Game 3 instead of Penny. I'm with them.
Zenslinger said...
SoSH'ers wish Lester was going vs. CC in Game 3 instead of Penny. I'm with them.
I'll tell ya those SoSH'ers are quite an astute group...
The idea that I will have only the YES feed as a viewing option tonight is highly distressing.
Hasn't happened yet...
NESN!
NESN WHEW!!!
I missed the 2-game series - because I was in NY! I'm glad to be settling in to watch this one.
I'm only going to thread a bit, tho. Later all.
swisher = tool
hurray for ulcer inducing baseball! Let the roller coaster begin.
Do it.
Eat shit, Jeter.
Lugo would've bobbled that twice, then thrown it into the sox dugout.
I am ready. Already one out.
Joe C is oogling over Damon. Kept saying he 'really looks good'.
Beckett throws Teix 5 straight curves?
eck on teix at first -- after giambi "anything is an upgrade"
Love to see ARod make the third out, especially with a pop up.
Easy as 124.
Decent first inning.
Glad to see Lugo still not in the lineup.
Let's make things difficult for AJ.
He can be tough first time through the order, with high K's. But we'll git to 'im.
It's nice TB is fourth right now, so we can concentrate on this rivalry.
Burnett always reminds me of Neil Patrick Harris.
He does look Doogie-ish.
Greek god of walks.
PASSEDBALLA
Posadaball. Or however you guys spell it.
Say it, RS!
Passedballa!
"PASSEDBALLA"
Yes!
it rolled away back -- jorge giving about 30% on that one -- and said to L "well, you know what i gotta post"
:>)
"Posadaball."
Hee hee. Amy, you're so cute. :)
Well, I tried. :) Just trying to be one of the guys. Sort of.
Josh rearin to go.
Sit
Josh looking like Josh.
AJ BURNETT IS PITCHING A NO-HITTER!!!OMG!!11ONE!
Hi all. Emma and I are eating Chinese and watching drizzlyball. Excitement is high! She's decided she likes tuna maki (not chinese, but y'know).
Von! Two! Treeee Yankees out!
Ha ha ha, I LOVE to count.
Zone looks squeezed on those two first pitches to the Dr. and on a couple of Beckett's on GDGD.
I realize this means nothing.
Lowell....walked?
BB.
Why is my dog getting ticks even with the tick collar? I hate ticks. We have already taken four off of her since the weekend.
PAPI
PAPI DONG!!!!!!
David Ortiz...home run?
YES!! A PAPI DONG!!!
HOT DAMN THAT THINGS GONEEEE!!!
HUGE dong to CF and when better to do it!!!
Maybe that eye exam reassured him?
LARGE FATHER!!!
Thank god for obstetricians!
BRIDGE!
Pass those eye drops around!
Amy, you are still using tick collars? Not Frontline or Advantage? Tick collars are so ineffective. Any reason why you don't do the monthly treatment?
I love to see Ortiz smile. :)
Yes! Yes! Yes!
This is not a random HR like his first!
It's an actual trend of hitting better over the last week or so!
He may not be Back but at least he may be Not Bad!
Or...he may be Back!
God, how I hate exclamation marks!
Hot drizzly dong. That was one of my favorite moments this season. That dong. Did anyone else have that feeling?
Papi!!!
"Thank god for obstetricians!"
LOL
I love to see Ortiz smile. :)
meeee tooo! The smile that melts hearts.
7 game hit streak
i was thinking that about seeing him smile too. a great sign.
"dead central" WTF?
We cannot use Advantix because it is dangerous for cats (according to our vet). I assume the same for Frontline since he did not recommend it. We use Advantage for fleas, but seem stuck with the collar for ticks.
Tek not happy with that call.
Seeing! Ortiz! Smile! Is! Great!
!!
Before the home run Don said Ortiz "quietly" had a six-game hit streak going.
Usually because people don't notice a six-game hitting streak.
Oh, that's too bad. You might want to double check. I think (but not sure) that Advantix and Frontline are two different drugs.
Fangraphs says that dong gave us a 73% chance to win.
Thank god for obstetricians!
Papi's pregnant?
I wish my dong would give me a 73% chance of winning...
Yeah, I should check that out (about Frontline). Once we are up ten runs, I will do an internet search.
I didn't get the obstetrician line. Can someone explain?
gameday audio doesn't have the papi dong yet, but I eagerly await it.
LOL Ish!
I'll go get the post that explains the OB comment.
Yes, Ish, that is a high point. A Papi dong against the Yankees---what could be sweeter.
I didn't get the obstetrician line. Can someone explain?
I assume he meant ophthalmologists.
I wish my dong would give me a 73% chance of winning...
OMG, LMAO.
"While searching for the word "optometrist", Tito initially said "obstetrician" -- and once everything was clarified, he said: "If he ends up pregnant on Tuesday, we have an issue!""
HAHA
Go to this post and search for "obstr".
SAFE!
BITCH TITS BOBBLE!
HESITATION! A-Rod's not having a good last couple of nights at third. What a turd. Hahaha
An A-bob, by A-rod!
Hahaha, their great 3d baseman can't get it out of his glove.
Oops, I see Nick explained it first.
B-Tits bobbled one last night that put Zobrist on. Next pitch was a wild pitch. Then a scrotum fly. Then an RBI single by Hernandez.
Then a two-run dong by Kapler.
Thanks, Laura. That is too funny!
E-rod.
Nick, thanks also. I didn't see your post until after Laura's. The problem with reading from the bottom up!
now, why didn't E-rod try to get the lead runner on that play?
cash in, werd.
ON FIRE
ON FIRE!! Drew!
On Fire!!!
Amy, I just checked, Frontline is used for both dogs and cats.
Whoo-hoo! ON FIRE!!!
Burn, baby, burn!
the rain cannot put out the FIRE!
ON FIRE!!!! Two runs! Almost goes bridge!
Fire!
Yeah, I am sure chewing on the glove will help, ARod.
"An A-bob, by A-rod!"
LOL Everyone is so funny tonight :)
We come out guns blazin' for the Yankees series. Looks like us and the boys in white!
Don how long has Beckett been waiting?
Through the hole!
Thanks, Laura, I will ask my vet whether there is any reason not to use it.
YOUK!
we need some THUNDER with this rain.
I was worried drew was gonna go for home on that one. I wouldn't have been able to watch that wreck.
how many fucking times is don gonna tell us AJ had 231 or whatever Ks last year? JESUS!
21 MINUTES!!!
Don: 21 minute wait for Josh Beckett.
Thanks, Don!
There ya go RS! good to know Beck doesn't mind
knock Doogie out in the second...
Ok. third.
Only nine batters that inning.
Damn!!! That looked so good off the bat.
Free Molson Canadian t-shirts! Right after Bay's AB.
A four run lead, and Beckett being Beckett. Ahhh.
43 pitch inning, Burnett at 62 thru 2.
I hope that wasn't one of those too much too soon innings.
Good Amy, I hope you can use it. Amazingly (to me) there are no ticks where we live.
25 minute wait with commercials, I guess.
Haha Melky. What a tool. How are them peanuts? How's your porn star?
DUD K!
Sit
I get annoyed when Eck says "I gotta have that call."
Yeah, I just read some myself about Frontline, and they make for cats and dogs (though obviously with different dosages). I will have to inquire of my vet.
The ticks drive us crazy.
make it for cats and dogs...
OT to the T.
I can only assume and hope that Molson doesn't have those ridiculous commercials in Canada.
I hate ticks. They can change your life.
I <3 beckett, btw.
1-2-3. No long wait for Burnett.
A rerun for Flo?
now .201!!
In Canada, Molson is called "Canadian". The Molson sold in the US is called "Export".
All the Molson ads here are about how Canadian it is to drink Canadian.
Above the Mendoza line!
tomko up again
Just Ecking in. I've got gas so I'm gonna go lay down some serious cheese.
so burnett is 5-0 vs the sox, but they talk about him yakking up a 6-0 lead. so 5-0 -- BFD.
Uhhhhh, Lowell?
WTF???
Uh, excuse me, what was he thinking?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, DOC!!!
"Action didn't happen."
I knew Lowell was out as soon as I heard, 'and the runner takes off'
Looks like Tek missed a sign.
hmmm... explain that one to me. lowell may have many things, wheels ain't one.
I think Tito just told Lowell to go sit and then he said come on. Like cheer rah rah come on.
Lowell...how is that a good idea?
could that be the first sign the computer ever missed?
looking for a Tek SB here...
Robbie Cano! Let it go!
Too bad Lowell got thrown out.
And now he would have been on second anyway. Bleh.
robbie cano -- whatta ya know!!!
hmmm... pedroia he ain't.
And now he'd be on third.
Tito said "Let's go" or "Sit down"
Lowell was bitching in his ear in a subdued Lowell way.
And we'd only have one out.
I cannot in good conscience call Burnett "doogie". Doogie was cute in his nerdiness. AJ not so much.
yes!!!!
GREEN
Yes!!
I think Tek just apologized for missing the sign.
green to monster.
Kotsay is a sexy lumberjack.
Hey Jason! You just cost us a run!
That's done with though.
Green power!
5-0, I want Holly to explain again how having Green play is not as well as having Lugo play.
Something tells me Lowell "running" and getting thrown out will not cost us the game.
Haha Girardi's like gimme that fucking ball. He's PISSED. Hahahah.
5-0!
buh-bye not-Doogie.
I don't even see the resemblance to Doogie. Neil Patrick Harris is much cuter than Burnett.
I cannot in good conscience call Burnett "doogie". Doogie was cute in his nerdiness. AJ not so much.
How about Carl Jenkins?
so much for the pitching duel of fastballers....
HAHAHAHAHHA
Yep Tek just scores and he is still thinking about what he did. That man brings a tear to my eye.
nice try, Benjamin, but I categorically reject all Neil Patrick Harris comparisons.
How 'bout my ferret's ass?
Burnett GOT NO CONTROL, YEAHHHHHHHHHH
Amalie twitter: Sox take Reymond Fuentes, a high school outfielder out of Fernando Callejo High School in Puerto Rico with the No. 28 pick.
AJ: 84 pitches in 2.2 IP.
Even Dice says: "Man, that's a lot of pitches."
Dice also woulda said, ahh I'd get out of all this without giving up a run.
I think there's a very strong resemblance. But I have no soft spot for Doogie Howser. I never saw a minute of that show.
OF? Why? Musta been best available for trade bait. I don't think we will bring many OF's up because that is where power lives usually and we trade for or buy that.
Cortisone and Eye drops accounting for 4 runs in this game.
Who's juicing? WE ARE!
How i met your mother.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=%22dj+qualls%22&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=
How about DJ Qualls? He's even got the middle initial going.
I'll pretend I didn't mess up the cut & paste there.
Sox aim for most talent at their given pick. I'm sure he was it.
He is Beltran's cousin, apparently.
Yeah shouldn't cortisone be a PED? Does it not help you perform when and how you would not naturally be able to?
DiceK hasn't been quite as Houdini-like this season, Andy. He has given up quite a few runs.
Sit
Yeah shouldn't cortisone be a PED? Does it not help you perform when and how you would not naturally be able to?
How about penicillin? Back in the day, real men died from compound fractures.
NPHarris also hosted the Tony awards last night (but I did not see those either). I used to watch Doogie. I have watched an embarrassing amount of silly TV in my life.
I will take that perfectly executed cut and past of DJ Qualls. Nose not so much as NPH, but yeah...
That dude as in the movie Big Trouble.
I don't see how an anti-inflammatory could be considered performance enhancing. That's what cortisone is being used for in those cases.
How 'bout Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog (Hulu link. That's a fine thing.
K!
As Kevin would say, SIT.
NPHarris also hosted the Tony awards last night (but I did not see those either).
I was stuck in an airport, and the airport bar had two teevees playing. One was showing Mike Huckabee's show and the other was showing the Tonys.
K-Rod!
Sit, slappy
I think Sterling announced a two-run bomb from Slappy on that swing.
Perhaps that is why you have NPH on the brain tonight, Benjamin?
Today our newspaper was all agog because.... A Canadian Won A Tony!!! They are so funny with that up here.
Ah, shit. That was close.
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