Red Sox - 000 110 000 000 3 - 5 11 0With one out in the 13th, the Red Sox offense came alive.
Phillies - 010 000 001 000 0 - 2 5 0
Boston had not had a hit since the eighth when Jason Bay singled to left-center off Kyle Kendrick. Pinch-hitter Julio Lugo lined a 1-0 pitch (a fastball low in the zone) to left for a hit. Jason Varitek walked on five pitches to load the bases. There was a meeting at the mound, but there would be no relief help. This was Kendrick's responsibility.
With the infield in, Jacoby Ellsbury singled to right and Bay scored. Green, down 0-2 after talking a monstrous cut, hit a sacrifice fly to left that scored Lugo. And Mike Lowell lined a single to center to score Tek.
Daniel Bard came on for the bottom half. He walked Chase Utley on four pitches. Utley took second on DI on the first pitch to Jayson Werth. Bard went up and in with a 98 fastball, then low and away at 99 for a called strike. On 1-2, Bard dropped a 85 curveball and Werth had absolutely no chance, swinging and missing for the first out.
Bard got a called strike on Ryan Howard (who had tied the game in the ninth with a solo bomb off Ramon Ramirez) on a fastball, then got him flailing at two curves for another whiff. Bard hit Raul Ibanez to bring the potential tying run to the plate. Shane Victorino slashed an opposite field line drive down the left field line that was only a few feet foul. After another foul ball, he tried to check his swing on a low slider, but could not, falling to one knee, and getting rung up.
(There was a serious heart attack moment in the bottom of the 11th when it looked like pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs had hit a two out, three-run dong off Justin Masterson. But it apparently sailed over the right field pole as a foul ball -- I could not see it via MLBTV on my computer screen -- and the Big Donkey regrouped and quickly got a strikeout.)
Lester (7-2-1-2-11, 111) was absolutely superb, striking out the side in both the fourth and fifth innings and becoming the first left-handed pitcher in Red Sox history to record 10+ strikeouts in three consecutive starts.
The only two hits he allowed were Ibanez's single and Victorino's double to open the second inning. After that, he set down 14 in a row and 18 of his last 19 batters.
Solo home runs accounted for the two early Boston runs: Youkilis in the fourth and Drew in the fifth.
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Jon Lester (5.09, 93 ERA+) / Joe Blanton (5.46, 79 ERA+)
Fifteen games of interleague play begin tonight against the defending World Series champs. After three games in Philadelphia, the Red Sox go back to Fenway to face the Marlins and Atlanta, then visit the Nationals and Atlanta. Each series is three games.
With Boston facing lefties on Saturday and Sunday, Ortiz grabs his mitt tonight.Pedroia, 2B
Drew, RF
Youkilis, 3B
Bay, LF
Ortiz, 1B
Varitek, C
Ellsbury, CF
Green, SS
Lester, P
In his last two starts, Lester has allowed only five hits and five walks in 15 innings, while striking out 23. In his last four starts, opposing hitters are hitting .198.
In 33 plate appearances in June, J.D. drew is batting .391/.576/.696 for a cool OPS of 1.271. Since moving to the #2 spot eight games ago, Drew has reached base in every game: 10-for-27 (.370) with 10 walks.
John Smoltz's Pawtucket start was rained out last night. He will pitch tonight.
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2. J.D. Drew, RF
3. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
4. Jason Bay, LF
5. David Ortiz, 1B
6. Jason Varitek, C
7. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
8. Nick Green, SS
9. Jon Lester, P
1. Jimmy Rollins, SS
2. Chase Utley, 2B
3. Jayson Werth, RF
4. Ryan Howard, 1B
5. Raul Ibanez, LF
6. Shane Victorino, CF
7. Pedro Feliz, 3B
8. Carlos Ruiz, C
9. Joe Blanton, P
HAHA! Fuck you, Lugo!
Not too much of a defensive dip to put Papi in since you're getting Lowell out of there.
Good to see Lyndon back in the lineup. And I await more fireworks from Our Tiz.
Amalie Benjamin (yesterday): "Lugo might be wearing the worst suit in history. Red pants, red and white striped shirt, blue jacket."
!!!!!!!
Last night was a weird night in baseball as seagulls drove in the winning run in the Cleveland Indians’ 4-3 10th inning win over the Kansas City Royals.
The play happened in the bottom of the 10th inning with two runners on base after a Mark DeRosa single and Victor Martinez walk. Indians Right Fielder, South Korean native, Shin Soo Choo lined up the middle to Royal’s Center Fielder Coco Crisp, the ball struck a seagull and deflected away from Coco. Coco raised his arms in frustration after the play, but according to Major League Baseball, the ball is still in play after striking objects, including birds in fair territory. Choo’s bird bash drove in the winning run in a walk off game that went to the birds."
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Since Lugo opened his yapper and made excuses for his shitty play, he has not seen even one second of playing time.
Last night was a weird night in baseball as seagulls drove in the winning run in the Cleveland Indians’ 4-3 10th inning win over the Kansas City Royals.
HAHAHAHA
What is it with that ballpark and flying creatures affecting ballgames? Although I just watched the video on mlb.tv, and I don't think noodle arm part deux would've had a chance to throw the runner out anyway.
Still, hahahhahaa.
Oh, and BTW: JD apparently stands for June Dominance. He's a June monster.
Or Dominant June, right? (His initials actually being DJ).
Unlike the bird Randy Johnson hit, the one hit by Choo's single did survive. The video is hilarious -- there are 15-20 birds just hanging out on the outfield grass. The announcers first speculate that Ococ was "distracted" by them all. It's something of a glancing blow and was only obvious on the replay that the ball actually hit one of them.
Goooooooo Red Sox!
I saw the highlights from Cleveland on Sportscenter this morning. I thought oh that's funny. Then I thought wait... That's hilarious!!!
Then the next time I saw it I said, "Wait... THAT'S COCO!!!!" It really could only happen to Coco.
I love it though, because it's just this random flock of seagulls - I mean, how do you time THAT! Most hilarious.
Gotta love Cleveland. Midges and Seagulls. Bugs and birds. HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.
So Allan, did you get a Twitter, then?
I don't know what you mean by "get a Twitter", so probably not!
An account? No.
Just followed links posted elsewhere.
Gotcha. The frequency of your twitter re-posts here, if you will, led me to believe you took the twitter plunge.
Do the Red Sox have a promise to Smoltz , that when he is ready he will pitch?
Nah. Just my habit of saying/linking where I get shit from.
Though JWH is one to follow, for sure!
Ish said...
Gotcha. The frequency of your twitter re-posts here, if you will, led me to believe you took the twitter plunge.
Not to sound any stupiderer than I allready do, but can you explain twitter, do people just say what they are doing then people comment?
9C, you are limited to 140 characters with which to say whatever is on your mind or if you have any links to share, etc. What you're doing, what you're thinking, etc. People "follow" you, so your blurbs pop up on their homepage.
So, there is commenting but not as much of it as you'd think. There's no comments section. If you're following someone and they're following you, you can address them like @9Casey and then whatever you want to say and it shows up on their page.
Very simple, very concise, and it's the same rules for everyone, whether it's just you and me or... Alyssa Milano, for instance.
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to other users - known as followers - who have subscribed to them. ...
A study from 300,542 users by Harvard University published in June 2009 discovered that 10% of users created over 90% of Twitter's content. It also showed that many used the service purely to follow others, rather than posting content of their own, so much so that the median number of tweets per user in a lifetime is one.
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Short little blog posts, basically (I think). What is the deal with fewer than 140 characters? Is that all the technology can handle?
It's like something Facebook has -- maybe L can explain.
If I had an account, you could sign up and read little snippets all day long:
"eating ham sandwich yumm"
I'll be a little late to the thread tonight. Have to finish a few things up while I watch the first couple of innings.
The buzz will wear off in six months and everyone will discard Twitter and sign up for whatever the next big thing is.
LET'S GO, METS!
How's L feeling about the Mets tonight?
I don't know where 140 comes from but it's certainly good to keep people from feeling like they have to write novels.
I think I heard "Don and Dave" for tonight.
I'm not sure if she gives the Mets much consideration at all. I assume she'd be glad if they won, though.
I'm at work, where NESN is always on!
Hello!
Been There!
Don and Dave LOVE interleague play.
Don: "We bring in Dave Roberts and Dave, I LOVE interleague play."
Dave: I LOVE it too, Don!
Looks like alternate road unis for the Red Sox tonight. Second time this season!
Yay, finished early. What's the question?
I've commented there a couple of times, but nothing in an ongoing discussion.
The comments at the bottom of every single MLB article are fuckin' scary. And anyone ever glance at the comments at the Globe? Oy.
Ooo, we love interleague play, goodie goodie. YUCK!
time to rock and roll against gern blanston.
Allan it reminds me of the LoHud blog game thread. first inning will have about 500 comments.
I'm excited too!
You've commented where a couple of times? I can't find the beginning of that.
As a general rule, comments on all newspaper articles are moronic - and often racist, right-wing, fascist to boot.
It doesn't sound like Dave has had any other TV gigs in between NESN appearances.
Someone please scratch a chalkboard!
Few things make me happier than seeing Lugo not in the lineup.
I'm excited! Dave's excited. Tito's excited.
Gimme a pacifier!
I feel like I'm seeing half the posts and the other half are invisible.
Twitter has been around for a while already. It will last more than another 6 months, but obviously it will not be as hot and buzzy. I mean, LiveJournal is still around, people still use it, but no one talks about it anymore.
There are people who Facebook and Twitter who say blogging is dead, but obviously that's ridiculous.
I love these uniforms. Except they're probably wearing hanging sox.
I've commented at Yanks Fan/Sox Fan.
I mean, LiveJournal is still around, people still use it, but no one talks about it anymore.
LiveJournal is mostly used only by Russians now.
Well that was an uneventful start to the game.
Benjamin, is that a joke that I don't get (what's new)?
Tons of people still use their LJ accounts. Lots of bloggers keep their private blogs there.
I never heard anyone say "get a Twitter". I usually hear "are you on Twitter" or "I'm on Twitter".
Hanging sox.
http://twitter.com/DavidOrtiz
?
No seriously, there's been a pretty big migration away from LiveJournal to Facebook, except in (its now native) Russia (it was acquired a couple months ago by a Russian firm that shut down LJ's San Francisco staff).
L, I am making vocabulary waves.
Dave's excited again.
I guess it is him.
http://www.facebook.com/davidortiz
LiveJournal, then Myspace, then Facebook, then Twitter.
And now there's Tumblr. Which is a Flickr/Twitter hybrid.
Dave Roberts's insufferably positive attitude must have made for great clubhouse chemistry, but it makes for annoying broadcasting.
Sit
There's actually a shitload of social networking sites that haven't gotten really famous.
Dave's excitead about Lester.
Dave, we know. I want to twitter about how excited I am.
When Drew's contract is done I'd like to see the Sox go after Werth. Really underrated player.
Well, seriously, gazillions of people still use their LiveJournal accounts. It's actually still quite big.
Perfect through 2/3 of an inning tonight.
Ooh, Ryan Howard. This should be an easy K.
shifts are not about respect. it's about where you hit the ball most of the time. come on dave.
bebo
friendster
hi5
orkut
zorpia
netlog
ning
Many more.
Who uses these and how long they'll last, I don't know.
The last big story I did, I found out tons of people are still using MySpace. I had no idea.
Well, not a K this time, but groundouts are cool too.
First time Ryan Howard hasn't K'd against Lester in his career.
NESN here too. I find it much easire to ignore Dave Roberts than Eck. Dave is not great, but he's not annoying.
Yes, I know this is a minority opinion by far.
slider? looked like a change
SHIFT THIS!
shift this!
Papi's mojo's risin'. Magical mango salsa!
Papingle!
"Papingle!"
Alright, it's catching on!
CCorpse.
(kidding!)
I want him to hit a triple so I can say Papipple.
Yay, my boy is back!
[I was going to write "ccaptain", but ccorpse, wow!]
tizingle is good too. it has that zing in it.
A, do you have work tonight?
We're both off all weekend. Yay.
did some this afternoon, but nothing since 4 or so.
I apologized to Nick Green last night - twice. Once for hitting and once for defense!
Oh that's good. I hope they can leave you alone for the game.
we saw a game in this park. abreu beat franco and the stems with a walkoff dong in the 9th.
july 8, 2004
thanks B-Ref!
Anyone ever start to laugh thinking about something from a gamethread - when you're nowhere near a thread?
This morning I thought of A's fake John Henry post "brb gotta get gf a juice box" and laughed out loud.
I think about Ish wishing his dong has a 73% chance to win.
Yes, a great little trip to Philadelphia.
I also saw the Phillies beat the Mets at the Vet in... 1979 or 1980.
"I think about Ish wishing his dong has a 73% chance to win."
That was a good one!
Seriously. If you took "excited" out of Dave's lexicon, he'd be powerless.
In London speak, this game is "after the lord mayor's show",
is there anything that dave roberts doesn't think is great?
Bleh.
Okay...this is not ideal.
K please?
Bobble but OUT!!
FLO!
Papi with the leather!
No, Dave Roberts loves everything.
Been to CBP twice. Saw Giants demolish them 13-0 a couple of years ago, and last season I saw them beat the Brewers 5-1 (I think). It's the nearest to the beloved's home town.
good call by the ump. glad he did not penalize him for the bobble.
Livan the lump coughs up a homer for crusoe. MFY's 1 up.
I really wonder about when Joe C. and Dave O. are singing praises for individual Phillies players if they really have any clue about what they're saying.
Ha! Nice.
I've been in that top tier Dave. I wasn't excited. I had vertigo....
june 1, 2007: sf 13, phi 0
sept 14, 2008??: phi 6, mil 1
Nice barehand there FY.
Alright, one run isn't bad. Let's get it tied back up.
.. getting updated on nyy-nym game from someone in london! :>)
Frighteningly quick A!
Got to talk to someone.The wife's been silent all day.
We have a close friend who lives in London who is a lifelong Phillies fan. Last year I was emailing with her about how she arranged to watch the playoffs and WS with her family in PA via Skype.
There's a cafe in Greenwich which has tons of Phillies stuff on the walls, and the Phillies logo on the signage. Really odd.
Patrick, if out of town announcers talking about Sox players are any guide, Don & Dave have no clue.
Do you know the name of the place? I wonder if my friend knows it.
nice catch asshole
Damn, that was at least a double.
That's the only way to put out the fire.
Sunshower!
There were dark clouds over us here for a half hour. Started to sprinkle then the sun came out and it started to pour! Looked up in the dark clouds with the sunshine and saw the rain falling from high up, illuminated by the sunshine!
GREAT CATCH! Wrong uniform!
Patrick, if out of town announcers talking about Sox players are any guide, Don & Dave have no clue.
This is my guess.
extra special for the phans since drew hit it.
That picture looks tropical, Ish.
L, I don't, but we are regulars in Greenwich and I'll remember it next time.
Ish, I looked for you on Facebook but couldn't find you. Are you there under not your real name?
Wish I had a little more exposure in that picture but whatev!
I comment on papers and news tv articles all the time. It is so much fun messing with those wackjobs. You are right on L, people on those are ridiculous.
http://sevenandseven.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/an-englishman-in-philly/
Pictures of my last visit there...
ha ha, papi gasping for air
i have both games on mlbtv now ina split screen. cool.
2 on for mets
L, just sent you a friend request.
Thanks Lord.
Andy, I try hard not to look, b/c it only gets me pissed off. But sometimes I can't help myself and comment too.
ooooh, big picture of sox game and little pic in corner of mfy. nice.
Thanks Ish!
mets have basesd loaded against jtc with 1 out.
beltran up with sacks full.
I gotta eat while watching, will thread more later.
Just for kicks I played the bottom of the 8th and the top of the 9th on YES from yesterday when I watched the end this evening.
Michael Kay. If he didn't exist, you'd have to invent him.
Michael Kay. If he didn't exist, you'd have to invent him.
And then kill him.
full count to beltran. crowd rising at the toilet.
YOOOUUK
Ding Dong!
SULTAN OF SWEAT!!!
YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUK!
long AB for beltran, gotta be 10pitches by now.
Smoltz line is Penny-esque!
joba walks in a run
JTC - 60 pitches for 7 outs.
Looks like the MFY's strength will be exposed again.
wright caught looking
two outs
FIST PUMP!!!
Joba really, really bothers me. He is so immature, and it is hard to watch.
JTC HBP -- 2-1 Mets
HAHAHAHA
sheff up, still loaded. come on asshole, hit something off that asshole
HBTC. HAHAHA
holy shit, is anybody threading the RED SOX game!
my boy got a hit, no one said a word. you all suck!
I know L. I know L.
We are inadequate....
Great shout A!
fell behind 3-0, went full, third out.
i'll bet he fist-pumped -- though he walked and HBP'd in two runs.
oh yeah -- weak little ground single to right from ells.
Nats leading the FKRs 3-0. How far the mighty have fallen!
i thought the most important thing is to GET ON BASE
fuck all you people, watch your fucking yankees game, be stereotypes, more interested in the yankees than your own team.
/joking
/kind of
DON'T DISS BLOGGERS, DAVE, I WILL RUIN YOU!!!!!!!!!!
:>)
Phew.
K's the side. I think he's getting locked in.
... thank goodness mainstream sportswriters never run with baseless character assassinations and rumours and half-baked bullshit like those silly bloggers.
Lester is a bad man.
set down 9 in a row after the two hits to start the 2nd.
8 of the 9 outs in the infield.
Not depraved filth yet, but getting there.
My MLB TV has switched to hi-def, so I'm 5 minutes behind you lot..
One last game in the NHL this season. I am going to go watch that with the Sox on the little tv. Have a good rest of the game, everyone!
ON FIRE
DREW: "PHUCK YOU, PHILLY!"
FIREY DONG!
I take it that's Doc their talking about?
What's happened?
FIRE!!!!
Halliday left tonight's game with an injury.
i want the jays to push the chokers down to 3rd, so that is not good.
Drew homer! I get to see it three minutes after you lot!
Sit
Went out for another picture 15 minutes ago!
NYM: 002
NYY: 012
Sit
K's the side again!
Racist?
KKK
KKK
Orsillo uses the word "defiant" when talking about Beckett working with (or really against) Tek in 2006.
Three years late with that bit of analysis, but hey...
Cute bit, Baldy interviewing Fire.
sadly, drew's answer was just repeating the last half of baldy's question.
lester at 82 thru 5
and he bats third next inning
does tito PH?
Done for the night. Hopefully we hang on.....
Night all....
too open a question, not knowing his pc after 6 and if the first two sox get on. never mind.
There's no way Lugo makes that play.
There's no way Lugo makes any play.
Fixed that for you.
Sit
"sadly, drew's answer was just repeating the last half of baldy's question."
it wasn't really sad.
lester = good
i cried.
Lester could have 3 straight starts games with 10+ K.
Pedro holds the post-1954 Sox record with 10!
Sit
I wouldn't mind seeing Lester bat and then pitch one more inning.
okay, yes, he hits.
"There's no way Lugo makes any play."
Touche
Green still > Lugo
Was that the sox' first scrotum bunt this year?
It looks like Lester has been ultra-filthy the last three innings...
dave: green is not "a young player". he turns 31 in sept.
Was that the sox' first scrotum bunt this year?
No, we had it maybe 7-8 games ago.
mets 6-3 (top 5)
95 pitches. I'd be cool letting Lester have a seat, a la Beckett, his last outting.
Jeemer and Ram-Ram up.
10 Ks!
Sit
11Ks! Again!
In GDGD it looks like Feliz swung at a slider that hit the dirt. Could it be?
you know, that Lester might be an all right pitcher someday.
you know, that Youkilis, he might be a good player someday.
you know, that Drew feller, well he might do all right in that 2 hole.
woo woo, 2-1 Sox.
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