Tigers - 000 210 200 - 5 10 0Back at Fenway Park, the Red Sox bats felt at home immediately. Jacoby Ellsbury doubled to start the first and Dustin Pedroia followed with a line drive home run to left. Boston collected eight hits in the first two innings.
Red Sox - 220 010 10x - 6 12 0
The Tigers chipped away and tied the game in the seventh off Manny Delcarmen. After the stretch, J.D. Drew doubled and one out later Casey Kotchman singled him to third. Nick Green, who had begun the second with a dong over everything in left, lofted a sacrifice fly to center. Drew scored easily and it was Sox 6-5.
Ramon Ramirez had some trouble in the eighth. Magglio Ordonez doubled and Brandon Inge was plunked. After a successful bunt and a strikeout (why didn't Jim Leyland hit for Adam Everett?), Jonathan Papelbon came in and, with runners on second and third, got Curtis Granderson to foul out to catcher Victor Martinez. In the ninth, Bot needed only nine pitches to dispense with the Bengals (F8, K, F9).
Toronto edged the Yankees 5-4, so Boston moved to 5.5 GB in the East (one day, one game closer) and took a 0.5 lead over the idle Rangers for the Wild Card.
We thought David Ortiz was back (and back big!) with his strong performance in June. But it turns out that was an aberration.
AVG OBP SLG OPSThere is talk at SoSH about whether Terry Francona has the will to bench Ortiz and Jason Varitek (.164/.270/.236 since the ASG) and go with Lowell DH/Youkilis 3B/Kotchman 1B/Martinez C on most nights.
Mar/April .230 .290 .333 .623
May .143 .278 .242 .520
June .320 .409 .653 1.062
July .247 .306 .539 .845
August .071 .188 .107 .295
Road Gms .201 .287 .307
Last 13G .146 .226 .313
Last 24G .202 .273 .393
We need the absolute best lineup on the field every single night, egos be damned. Playoff Tito, you are our only hope.
Adam Kilgore reports (see here, too) that
Since the Red Sox arrived in Baltimore the morning of July 31, 19 roster spots have remained constant. Fifteen players cycled through the other six spots over the next nine days [Justin Masterson, Adam LaRoche, Marcus McBeth, Josh Reddick, Victor Martinez, Casey Kotchman, George Kottaras, Billy Traber, John Smoltz, Rocco Baldelli, Chris Woodward, Junichi Tazawa, Jed Lowrie, Enrique Gonzalez, and Fernando Cabrera]. ...Also at 7: The Blue Jays roll over for the Yankees.
It has been the busiest week of shuttling players in and out of the clubhouse that traveling secretary Jack McCormick can remember.
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Kotch rocket coming up?
I'm liking this Kotchman guy
it was nightmarish to watch it unfold at home. Being there might have been more bearable.
Krotch Rocket!
Ok greenie, get drew home, now, be a hero!
Make L-girl stop hating you.
oh hit for green....
Wrong, wrong, wrong. It was UNBEARABLE to be at Fenway and watch it.
I have a big problem when people romanticize biker culture - racism, homophobia, sexism - my kinda town.
Who's the guy to show the emotion now when things are coming together? FUCKING DREW. I find this very interesting.
We always poke fun at him for being very nondescript - it's great for him to show some emotion, but in reality it never mattered - just as long as he hit.
"Bluff to third, bluff to first. Doesn't throw to either venue." DRINK!
Lead!
YES!! Back in the lead!
6-5, that magical score
From my fingers to greenies ears. Yeah baby!!!
That Sox moon is shining
those runs came on the diamond
Recycle power! Trying to make me like you, eh? :)
[as per s1c]
So, should it be a Kotch Rocket or a Krotch Rocket?
Insurance, please.
Wow, Green continuing to do useful stuff at the plate. Making me dislike him a little less at least.
OB talking about quiet bus ride from toilet to the airport. castig says it was a bad trip, not only were there losses in 13 and 15 innings, but they were walkoffs.
... losses in extras on the road usually are.
Let's see, my first game at Fenway in 4 years, drove 10 hours each way to see it? Painful?
Yes.
Lookee here, we have a lead again, sorry Obie!
.. losses in extras on the road usually are.
LOL!
So...Ram-Ram still for the 8th, or Oki?
That Geico commercial where the caveman starts running randomly in the street... The only thing I find myself thinking about is... Why is his watch SO loose on his wrist?
From my fingers to greenies ears.
A variation on what my grandmother used to say. "From your mouth to god's ears"
I am sick of the Geico cavemen.
Or Kotch Ocket, Ish? New Englanders do tend to have trouble with rrrr's.
Of course, if he had hit one, it might have been easier to decide.
Oh, please, do not blow the lead.
Ordonez is starting to piss me off
Well...that at least sets up a force at third
I'm so glad I don't have a local accent. I just have a normal "no accent" accent. Maybe soft undertones of something or other but for the most part I'm glad I wasn't stricken with the accent of our general area.
Why can't we ever get a 1-2-3 inning in a situation like this?
(I know we have, but it seems like we haven't)
bard joins bot
They're trying to give you an out: please take it!
Need a K here
everett sucks ass at the plate, let him hit
"bard joins bot"
198mph of heat between the two
Why is Ramirez still pitching??????
One more out, please.
Yes, 2 down
thanks for sucking, adam!!!!!!!!!!!
Huge K
Now get the third out without anyone else getting on
Nice K by "Pedro"
Snuffin' Time.
BOT TIME!
Big K there. And boy does Everett suck at hitting. I mean wow.
And here comes Paps...
set-up guy bot in the 8th!
Two balls in the dirt and I thought for sure one would get by V-mart.
Snuffer aka bot
Assassin Francona shows up.
Ish, my mother used to throw hysterics if I said anything in what she considered a 'Boston accent.' To her, that meant a Southie accent--most of the people in my neighborhood were South Boston transplants. But I'm still missing a lot of rrrr's, though I do try to keep my vowels full and rich.
Even after last night, I'd love to see Bot set-up for Bard sometime.
Big K there. And boy does Everett suck at hitting. I mean wow.
And here comes Paps...
Big K there. And boy does Everett suck at hitting. I mean wow.
And here comes Paps...
Big K there. And boy does Everett suck at hitting. I mean wow.
And here comes Paps...
If I talk really fast I can sound a tiny bit local.
Hell yes!
YES!!
YESSS
YESSSSSSSSSS
Extra Mart!
"Big K there. And boy does Everett suck at hitting. I mean wow."
Surprised they bunted and then didn't pinch hit for Everett.
[Nice job Pap and V-Mart!]
Yeah! (and apologies for the extra post - I don't know how that happened)
2 down in the ninth with one on first for NY, with Toronto up 5-4.
Go Sox and Jays!
Ish, you may not think you have an accent, but I bet people down South or out West would know you were from the Northeast.
Blue Jays Win!
Swisher strikes out! Yankees lose! Yankees lose! Thaaaaaaaaa Yankes Lose!
Yankees lose!
MattyMatty, I made it disappear :)
NYY final: L
I love the Blue Jays right now.
I don't know about anyone else but I feel very relaxed right now. This game doesn't feel tense at all, even though there were tense moments.
Ish, I was saying earlier that everyone seemed very relaxed tonight.
I think in part we were all too spent from the last four games to be tense.
Thank you Blue Jays!
Thanks, L!
6 back as of this very instant.
Yeah. And I've been very relaxed anyways. I feel like this is the most relaxed I've felt in weeks. I don't blame the Red Sox.
Has there ever been a game where ESPN HASN'T talked about Youk's batting stance?
Yes, I agree, it's very relaxed, partly b/c you can't keep up that kind of tension forever.
At least we didn't have to listen to them talking about how Oki doesn't look at home plate.
Oh, my aching back, dog came down in the dungeon to visit me. Which means I get to carry him upstairs. Oh my aching back.
Would love to see an OTT here from the bot.
LOL at Yook's bat slam!!!
dunno...it still feels tense to me. Hope Pap can get a nice OTT "boring" efficient save here.
"At least we didn't have to listen to them talking about how Oki doesn't look at home plate."
Or how Varitek is supposedly the smartest catcher of all time.
BTW, the noise in my kitchen cabinets turned out to be fireworks outside. In case anyone was worried...
All I know is I cannot hack any extra innings. So finish it RIGHT NOW.
What, us worry?
At least they weren't fireworks in your kitchen cabinets.
And did you know that Nomar's father's name is...
1 down.
Note to radio announcers: "toughest man to strike out" does not mean he never makes an out. There are other ways to get him out.
There's one
Finally someone make Placido look bad.
he did not K
is that still an out, castig?
Castig says that a lot. Tough to strike out.
Wonder what Beckett was saying to Terry?
True, Ish, though I was more worried about a rat or mice. My cats would be pretty useless against rodents.
I was wondering about your kitchen cabinets, Amy. I thought it might be a mouse. But no, fireworks outside...!
s1c you are nice to carry your dog upstairs :)
Castig: "high fb"
(below his waist)
Ish, could I borrow some of your extra Relax? I could use a bit of that.
L-girl said...
s1c you are nice to carry your dog upstairs :)
I assume if he didn't the dog would never get there, mines the same way...
There's two!
Two down!
ESPN color guy is "flabergasted by the silence of the fans at Fenway Park"
How's that for noise, you jackass? Paps says, 'sit the fuck down.'
Oh yes, I assumed that too (dogs and stairs). But it's still nice. Not everyone cares to do that.
L, I feel like I have enough Relax to go around.
The next out we should all feel it.
I must have missed S1C's comment about his dog and cannot find it now. Is his dog ok?
THE WATER IS DIRTY!!!
Dip your feet into the dirty water and RELAX.
The water is ... at long fucking last ... Muddy!!!
YEAH!!!
YES!! WE WON!! THE WATER IS DIRTY!!
THE WATER IS DIRTY!!!!!!!!!
holy shit, we win a game!
Finally a win! Enjoy the water!
It's nice too win..........sewer juice
Unfortunately for me Gambit is going blind, the stairs are not carpeted so his back legs have problems and if I didn't carry him, he would not get back up.
It is tough when you are in your 90's (14 1/2 years old).
Amy, s1c's dog came to visit him in the basement, which meants s1c has to carry the dog back upstairs. I think the dog is ok, just old.
Good night, everyone. I have to get this laptop off the lap!
dirty water
Oops, there you go, a better explanation.
Thanks, Laura. One reason I am glad we are moving is that Cassie will no longer have to go upstairs. She can still do it, but at nine, we figure the less stress on her hips the better. Our old house had her climbing up to the third floor several times a day, following us up and down the stairs.
Oops, just saw S1C's explanation also.
bot with mart: 4 outs on only 11 pitches
I can't actually see Kathryn Tappen anymore on TV. I hear her voice but she's not there! I think it might be the wedding ring. :)
Luis Tiant thing on ESPN now.
Good night for real this time.
I hope the Tiant thing is on DVD at some point.
Pap going for the 4 out save..
I am really, really enjoying this documentary, although it's quite sad.
Thank you Amy!
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