White Sox - 001 000 200 - 3 8 1The Red Sox rallied immediately after Chicago had taken a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh. With one out, Jason Varitek doubled to right center. Nick Green ran for him and scored when pinch-hitter Victor Martinez hit a first-pitch single to left center.
Red Sox - 101 000 13x - 6 11 1
In the eighth, Jason Bay homered with one out to give Boston a 4-3 lead. Then, with two outs, Green singled, Martinez doubled him home, and Jacoby Ellsbury singled Martinez in. Jonathan Papelbon had no trouble in the ninth, striking out the first two, allowing a double, then getting Gordon Beckham on an easy fly to center.
In the first inning, after doubling to right-center, Ellsbury stole third on the first pitch to Dustin Pedroia. A.J. Pierzynski bobbled the pitch and made no throw as LBJ set a new Red Sox single season record for SB with 55.
Three of Boston's six runs came with two outs, making it 33 of the last 39.
Lester (6.2-4-3-2-6, 113) pitched well -- he retired 12 in a row from the third to sixth -- and should have made it through the seventh. Although he allowed a single and walk to start the seventh, he got two outs on a bunt and a line drive to right. Lester struck out Alexie Ramirez for the third out, but the ball got past Varitek and the tying run scored from third. Then a single gave Chicago the lead.
Hideki Okajima came in and allowed a single to load the bases, but fanned Beckham for the third out. Okajima and Manny Delcarmen wiggled out of a 1st-and-3rd situation with no outs in the eighth.
The Rangers beat the Yankees 10-9 -- New York and Joba (4-9-7-3-5, 96) blew a 4-0 first-inning lead and their four-run comeback attempt in the ninth was ended on an unassisted double play -- so Boston is now 6 GB. One step at a time.
Lester hopes the big bats stay hot tonight. Actually, everyone is hoping for that.
Lester is ranked last among Boston starters in run support, getting only an average of 4.36 runs per game; every other starter is over 5.5 runs.
Garcia has made only one start this season: August 18 against the Royals (4.1-7-5-1-3, 91).
Also: Rangers (Millwood)/Yankees (Chamberlain) at 7 PM.
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"OK, how the hell did you find that?"
I Googled "bases loaded catcher interference" and went to the first link
fuck....
I HATE seeing them lose on goofy plays like this.
Oh, and Kevin, that must be about as bad as it can get. Error on a bunt, wild pitch, HBP AND C interference on the bottom of the 11th after taking the lead in the top of the inning? Sheeeeesh.
ugly
I HATE seeing them lose on goofy plays like this.
No worries, they're not gonna lose.
This game is bad enough. I don't feel better reading about worse games.
"No worries, they're not gonna lose."
I hope not because if they lose by one run after this it's going to seriously piss me off.
Now dp please.
dp -- and keep it tied.
Now lets get a dp!!!
I HATE seeing them lose on goofy plays like this.
You haven't seen that. The game is still being played.
Yeah i meant if they lose and this is the deciding run that will suck more than an ordinary loss. Not implying that they've already lost.
1 more oki, 1 more!!!
Yay! Houdini Okajima!
Sit
One more out
I know, I'm just being the Doomer Police.
Yeah Oki, in and out of troub.e
trouble
funny typo there
Pop up!
Runs, please.
These innings have been intense.
YES! reverse squander!
Well, I guess I can put the maalox back on the shelf
Way to go, MDC.
Laura, I found another pitbull story. But, uh, I'll keep it to myself this time.
Time for Flow, Bay and Lowell to do some damage!!!
That was a beautiful ugly inning.
THUNDER!!!!!
There we go!!!
THUNDER!
linebrink ....
you've been ....
THUNDERSTRUCK
Thanks Benjamin. It's better I don't look at those stories so close to bed time. I'll have nightmares.
You might like to check out BadRap.org. My fave pit bull education and advocacy group. Really my fave animal group, period.
DOUNG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OOOOH!
I like opening up the screen to see THAT!
My comment wouldn't go thru. Too much excitement for blogger.
Reverse squander, I like that. Rednauqs.
"Jason murdered it!" - That was a great O'brien call.
bot is botting in the pen
Doung it up, man.
Nice to see. I caught a bit of the game in The Bar -- he was very frustrated after his last K.
I'll just pretend it was this story.
lowell = sasahe
THUNDER!!
Yes, I know that was way late. Effing GDGD was screwing up my computer, fucking KILLS my RAM. Long story short, I had to force Firefox to close itself.
Aw thanks. They are princes, these dogs. Well, all dogs, but some more than others.
"sasahe" sounds Japanese :)
yeah, i can't really have gdgd open and have gmail and the thread open. it pisses me off.
I would like Pap to have a better cushion than one run.
Yeah, and I had both this game and the MFY game up.
Someday I'll learn not to do that.
Safe!!!
here's our INSurance
VICTOR!
That is some aggressive base running!!!
Yeah baby!!!
V-Mart special just for you Amy! :)
Is Pap safe with a two run cushion? Not in my mind.
Run(s)...what is it? 2b'er or HR?
Blue Light Special!
yay extra mart
we have not had one death threat at hale all year! that is amazing.
RBI double...I'll take it!
Martinez = a perfect pickup for us. Next year, too. Unh unh unh.
TEX 10-5, bot 7th
Bot has been ok lately. No worries.
Insurance. Insurance. Get your insurance runs- on sale today at the V-Mart!
bot's been good since jos1.
2 runs is good.
but we have 2 outs so we may get 5-6 more.
Martinez = a perfect pickup for us. Next year, too. Unh unh unh.
I look forward to thanking Tek for his many years of service and seeing him the booth, or anywhere else.
Haha.
LBJ!!!
Sox trying to make this a non-save situation for the Bot!!!
Jacoby!
Thank you, Red Sox, for giving us this cushion so that I can breathe during the top of the ninth.
hahaha
eat shit, hawk
Pitching change - damn.
I forgot to stop at the grocery store on the way home and have to go back out. But I'm not going anywhere till we seal this deal.
Of course, I'll gladly wait a while if the Sox want to add 3 or 4 more runs to be sure.
Lyndon!
And Ozzie still fears FY from last year's series when he was batting cleanup, and IBBs him.
Fine with me if Tek's role is limited, as long as I don't have to look at him in a different team's uniform.
I look forward to thanking Tek for his many years of service and seeing him the booth, or anywhere else.
$5 million/yr isn't too much to pay for a pitching/catching coach, is it?
williams playing with (on) fire...
Tek'd be OK as a backup catcher. V-Mart should take over as the main guy though.
Why is V-Mart Blue Light? It's not
LBJ! Woo! Now, 56...
in the glossary.
Snuffin' Time
2 more 2-out RBIs. Nice.
I don't care where he goes, I just don't want Tek catching for us anymore. I really hate hanging on to old players past their sell-by date.
The old Blue Light Special at K-Mart!
v-mart reminds me of k-mart
"blue light special" is something from their past (and i hope is the correct term) -- like a sale that is on right now.
"I don't care where he goes, I just don't want Tek catching for us anymore. I really hate hanging on to old players past their sell-by date."
Maybe they'll go old school and have him be a player-coach for next season.
Player-coach is what I would prefer.
Catching coach maybe. Anything.
Why not just let him be the backup? he's probably still at least as good as someone like Kotteras still.
I am not even sure there are K-marts any more, let alone blue light specials.
I don't care where he goes, I just don't want Tek catching for us anymore. I really hate hanging on to old players past their sell-by date.
I think Tek would be a great guy to have as a $3m backup catcher that bats mostly against lefties. I think I've said that before...
They might even give him the extra 2m, just for being a good guy and to make sure the story doesn't end badly, PR-wise.
Sit
I'd rather have a young player as backup catcher, someone being groomed to be the regular catcher one day.
I'm not sure but I think it might have been me who said once - every time I see V-mart on the thread I think of the "blue light special on aisle whatever" at K-Mart
Fuck the heck? They changed that missed pop up to a single? That was an error, for sure.
There comes a time when a playing career has to end. Why use a roster spot on him at all?
Sit
Do the Sox have any good catching prospects ready to be groomed in the big leagues next year though?
Pap, you are making me feel better about you on the field. Not so sure about off the field though.
Bot - being bot again.
Thank goodness.
BTW, didn't Pap almost blow a save at the game you went to last week in TO?
Wagner lighting a fire under Paps?
"Fuck the heck? They changed that missed pop up to a single? That was an error, for sure."
They should allow collective Team Errors for plays like that one
He made it interesting! But hung on.
Uh oh
Glad we have that cushion.
Now Bot is saying he was quoted out of context! Must mean out of his ass.
Eh, that's minor
Third out please
Glad we picked up the insurance rider
3 run lead - 2 out - no worries.
One more strike, Papelbon. Just one.
It doesn't have to be OTT, you know. Allowing a baserunner should not be such cause for worry.
I recall us saying on the blog at Ish's place that night that we did not want you two to see another Bot meltdown.
The water is Muddy!!!
WATER
Water. Dirty.
I do prefer the OTT from a closer though.
Water...
dirty h2o
WATER
lovely dirty water!
and we pick up a game in the standings
Dirty water, and an interesting game!
We pick up a game in the division, and we maintain our lead in the wild car.
Win/win.
wild carD, obviously.
We are all on the bus AND we got a "wild car".
Caught in a typo again.
Errors tend not to be charged when the ball isn't touched, even though they technically can under Rule 10.13.
TEX - 020 510 20
MFY - 400 100 00
feliz shuttin' 'em down in the 8th. 10-5.
Nice. A game closer.
I'm still shooting for a Div. crown!
Tough.....but doable.
Off to the grocery store - glad it's close.
Manana
Nice win...and about the catching situation , I don't see us getting outbid by the yankees again,after the 2010 season when Mauer is a free agent..so V-mart and Tek make for a good duo..no reason to groom anyone, in my opinion..
Also nice to see Green pitch in a little.....
I like "wild car".
Though we will win the East.
last ups for the chokers.
damon singles to right against grilli.
teix walks on 4 pitches.
come on grilli , you worthless fuck.
slappy mcbitchtits up.
ron washington (not an attractive man) comes out -- grilli is banished -- and a fat RHP is coming in.
francisco in. pls be good.
it's a 5 run lead, but still ...
"francisco in. pls be good.
it's a 5 run lead, but still ..."
But still, this is the same Francisco who gave up 6 runs in 2/3 of an inning against us on the 14th.
Quick trip to the store -done.
And back in time to see the Skankies lose!
Slappy walks...
slappy walks.
and a VERY UGLY MFY fan is going nuts
uuugghhh......
I mean...
nevermind. They will lose.
Apparently though, there will be tension involved.
dammit
You know, letting the MFYs tie it here and making both teams waste pitchers in extra innings wouldn't be entirely bad...
So long as the Rangers eventually win
puhleeeeze!
fuckin shemp
fucking cheap ass shit from dumbo - jere just broke a lamp, i'm sure.
10-7 - still fuckin loaded
we need another arm, ron.
unfreakingbelievable
damn it - i posted that the rangers won this game -- so make it so!!!
I know we gain a game in either race no matter who wins tonight, but I really want the MFYs to lose.
unbelievable. cano single to left, 10-9.
WTF.
and washington is sitting there placid and gump-like.
ya know, this is almost comical
AND STILL NO MOTHERFUCKING OUTS
Better be rooting for the unassisted triple play to end the game now...
okay - get em here, strand the tying run at third.
crush their hopes and dreams
swisher bunts and pops it up. 1 gone
DP...DP...DP...
can the dud gidp?
Nice gift
man this francisco is a friggin' gas can, huh?
And that's why bunting is almost always stupid.
Especially when it's a guy who isn't used to bunting.
UNASSISTED DP LINER!!!!!!!!!
Thank you milk dud!
HAHA
LIDP!
Almost the unassisted triple play! An aborted MFY comeback and a tax on the Rangers' bullpen - nice result!
damn - looked like he got back to 2b in time.
ah well - eat shit, yanks.
thuuuh Yankees....Lose!
Still mixed feelings about which outcome would be better for the Sox but can't help being happy anyway :)
The "wild car" stays the same.
We get 1 game closer in the East.
Seems perfect to me.
Night!
Nice to know the Wild Car will be there to pick us up if the Eastbound Bus breaks down!
First paragraph of the post-game summary should be "seventh inning," not eighth.
Ja-son Bay! Ja-son Bay!
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