June 14, 2009

G63: Phillies 11, Red Sox 6

Red Sox  - 040 001 010 -  6 11  2
Phillies - 100 040 60x - 11 14 2
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Josh Beckett (3.77, 125 ERA+) / J.A. Happ (2.98, 145 ERA+)

wmtc4 was a huge success, I slept in till 11:30, there is afternoon baseball, the Red Sox are 3 GA in the East and the weather will remain gorgeous for many evening hours of patio relaxation. Perfect.

Since the end of April, Beckett has a 1.70 ERA in seven straight quality starts; in the one game he was tagged with a loss, he allowed one unearned run in eight innings. Over his last four starts, his ERA is a paltry 0.31, with opposing batters hitting [sic] .115/.198/.167.

Happ started the year in the bullpen, but his last four appearances have been starts (log). In those starts: 23.2 innings, 17 hits, 9 walks, 17 strikeouts, 4 home runs allowed, .205/.298/.410.

Jacoby Ellsbury, hitting in the #2 spot last night, homered, singled, walked three times, and stole a base. He's hitting .367/.472/.500 in June. ... A Julio Lugo impersonator went 4-for-5 last night, with two doubles.

Brad Penny, on Joe Girardi's comment that Penny hit Alex Rodriguez intentionally on Thursday night:
I don't care what he thinks. ... We don't go back and say they hit us intentionally. We've got games to worry about ... He needs to worry about managing ... I think he's just frustrated that we have a good team and a good lineup. ... And they called the commissioner's office. Come on.
John_W_Henry:
Hope I didn't hurt Mark's feelings!

117 comments:

allan said...

Lugo, SS
Ellsbury, CF
Youkilis, 1B
Bay, LF
Lowell, 3B
Baldelli, RF
Green, 2B
Kottaras, C
Beckett, P

Rollins, SS
Victorino, CF
Utley, 2B
Howard, 1B
Werth, RF
Dobbs, LF
Feliz, 3B
Coste, C
Happ, P

allan said...

NESN!

&

Let's go, Mets!

Rick (f/k/a westcoastsox) said...

It's quiet here! Headed out for various events; will be following the action on the blackberry. No Drew, Pedroia, Ortiz or Varitek, eh? Should be an interesting game.

Rob said...

I'm here!

Rob said...

I'm going to have to get used to Castig saying Happ. Sounds a lot like Pap!

laura k said...

I'm here too, although taking it easy. SO nice to be home today!

allan said...

Lugo regressing ....

Rob said...

BUNT! Ellsbury ran so fast he had to jump over Utley!

Rob said...

Ellsbury puts nitrous oxide in his cheerios each morning.

Rob said...

Aussie Happ!

Rob said...

Wow! They had Ellsbury picked off but the throw to second went into the outfield and LBJ goes to third!

laura k said...

My Boy working his away around the bases... :)

Rob said...

Psst: Ellsbury might have beaten the throw to second.

Rob said...

Lyndon's a workin' boy.

Rob said...

SHOW THE GAME.

Don't show replays, don't show ads and come back when the ball is over the dirt in front of home plate. COME BACK BEFORE THE PITCH!

Rob said...

MFYs got runners at the corners with 2 out in the 2nd... Scoreless.

Rob said...

Cervelli dunks a looper into right field, scoring Douche Canoe and it's 1-0

allan said...

you see the frod/bruney back and forth?

bruney said frod's actions are embarrassing and high-schoolish -- frod says he might pay attention to bruney if bruney was a decent pitcher.

Rob said...

Jeter singles to left, Shemp scores it's 2-0.

laura k said...

Ish, is your NESN feed hiccupping and stuttering all the time? I am wondering if it's a NESN issue or a Rogers Cable issue. It's SO annoying!

Rob said...

I read that exchange. K-Rod might want to shut up because Bruney's gonna go all Nazi fucker on his ass.

Rob said...

NESN's working fine here.

Benjamin said...

ROCCO!

Rob said...

Rico BALDY hits a LASER.

laura k said...

BALDY DONG!!!

laura k said...

OK, right now, anyone's NESN fucking up?

Rob said...

Rocco taking over the Laser Show

Rob said...

My NESN is still not fucking up. Surprisingly.

Benjamin said...

My NESN feed's fine.

Benjamin said...

Although I think Dave Roberts said something negative last inning, so it might be defective.

Rob said...

Back to Back!

Benjamin said...

GREEN!

Rob said...

lmao Ben

laura k said...

So I guess that means it's a Rogers problem. It's AWFUL. Sometimes it's every few seconds.

OMG NICK GREEN I'M SORRY I DOUBTED YOU

Benjamin said...

Live by the bandbox, die strangled wearing fishnets with a rope around your genitals in the bandbox.

laura k said...

Fishnets?

Benjamin said...

Carradine was a fan of the fishnets.

Rob said...

Someone's got the count wrong. Joe 0-2 NESN.... Now 0-2 lol

Rob said...

NESN did say 1-1

Rob said...

Beckett gave it a ride! Not far enough!

Benjamin said...

Beckett goes deepish.

laura k said...

Whoa, Beckett gave that a ride.

laura k said...

Oh right. I'm not up on the celebrity death gossip.

Rob said...

A Loogy liner!

Benjamin said...

Holioshit Lugo.

laura k said...

Secret Weapon's a roll lately, eh. Too bad. If he keeps hitting like this, we may have to keep him.

Rob said...

Lyndon Scrotum Fly!

Benjamin said...

RBLBJ

Benjamin said...

Dave Roberts prefers plywood runs.

Benjamin said...

Bay!

Benjamin said...

Lugo running awkwardly there.

laura k said...

yay

allan said...

don mentioning pitch counts and the rangers/nolan ryan idea to have pitchers in their org go longer.

no one has mentioned what will happen when texas trades for a pitcher who has not been used to that workload. how can that work?

it's destined to fail.

Amy said...

Hi everyone. Glad to hear WMTC4 went well. I can't hang out too long, but wanted to say hi. YAY! We are already ahead and hitting the hell out of the ball.

Now we need Beckett just to be Beckett for the rest of the game.

laura k said...

Thanks Amy. :)

This whole idea of "pitchers today are babied, too much attn to pitch counts" strikes me as ridiculous. They always use Ryan as an example, even while admitting he was a freak, in a class by himself.

Rob said...

I've always said and thought it'd about the pitching and the pitchers rather than the pitch counts. If you want your pitcher to go deep, he needs to improve control and pitch selection and not to nibble nibble nibble. And yes, you can stick to the strike zone and not get lit up. Ask Maddux and Glavine.

Hell, even ask Gabbard that one day he threw a CG.

Rob said...

I really love how many games Baldelli has been able to play this year.

laura k said...

Green says: "Make Laura apolgize!"

allan said...

damn, thought happ was gonna grab it

Rob said...

Usually striking out by inches refers to the strike zone. Not the foul line!

Rob said...

76 pitches for Happ!

allan said...

so lugo hits after rotting on the bench for 7-8 days? strategy for tito.

allan said...

do NOT strand them, lyndon.

Rob said...

Playoff assassin.

Rob said...

Happ is imploding.

Benjamin said...

Squander.

allan said...

7 LOB in 3 innings.

boo.


Happ at 83 thru 3!

allan said...

mfy 7-0, bot 4th

allan said...

first 5 nyy reach against santana in the 4th and he is pulled -- now 8-0

Rob said...

9-0

Rob said...

11-0!

Rob said...

Of course the Yankees are doing all of this just to stay 3 GB.

allan said...

hoping for a 17-14 mets win....

Rob said...

Good luck with that.

allan said...

after the hiccup, beckett has retired 10 straight.

Rob said...

Until that.

Rob said...

Santana's ERA went from 2.39 to 3.29

Rob said...

Castig keeps pronouncing Rollins' name as Rahl-lins

allan said...

o'neil plays it on a hop

Benjamin said...

after the hiccup, beckett has retired 10 straight.

But now we have seizures.

Rob said...

E5 and single.

Rob said...

Poo and teacakes.

allan said...

phuck.

Rob said...

This shit's bad when Howard steals third.

allan said...

oh god

howard steals third.

Rob said...

BECKETT IS PISSED!!!

Rob said...

SO HE ITS A DONG AND TIES IT HIMSELF!!! CRUSHED!!!

Rob said...

HITS!!!* lmao

Benjamin said...

Fuck this, he'll do it himself.

laura k said...

FUCKING A JOSH!

allan said...

shit, i missed it

Rob said...

Allan, he absofucking crushed it. 400+ feet I'd say.

allan said...

saw the replays, at least.

allan said...

phils get 1, we come right back with 4
phils get 4, we come right back with 1

allan said...

"ownage"?

laura k said...

I was waking up (involuntary nap!), didn't have my glasses on, and I thought, I think that's Josh Beckett trotting around the bases.

laura k said...

bayingle!

laura k said...

our feed is so fucked up. i hate it.

Benjamin said...

So's this game.

laura k said...

it doesn't look good. but it's not over yet.

altho if we lose, it will be our first L in a while.

Benjamin said...

Shit.

Benjamin said...

I prefer our other Ls.

allan said...

this game was more fun earlier.

laura k said...

mr bard, you just walked a pitcher on four pitches. hang your head in shame.

Benjamin said...

So is the plan just to tank this one and cripple them in case we face them in the WS?

allan said...

saito = not the answer

laura k said...

STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!!!

allan said...

all 4 BB this inning have been on 4 pitches.

laura k said...

W
T
F
?
!

allan said...

rally?

Benjamin said...

Not a strike.

Rob said...

Stepped out to pick my mother up from the ER.

Ironic that last night's game ended up 11-6 and right now this one is 11-6 the other way.

What isn't ironic, but instead downright frustrating, is not getting adequate care at the ER. She left there worse than she went in with dehydration and a migraine, etc., so now making some calls to find her primary care doctor and/or a neurologist at another hospital.

Seriously pissed about it.

laura k said...

Ish, why was your mom in the Emergency Room? Is she ok?

laura k said...

heading for some clean water any minute now

allan said...

green determined to show laura is wrong about him.

allan said...

alas.

Rob said...

L, migraine, nausea, dehydration - it's been going on for a few days, the latter two anyways. She's headed to a different hospital now. Chances are they'll actually give her adequate care.