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September 20, 2009

G148: Red Sox 9, Orioles 3 

Red Sox - 312 101 100 - 9 14  0
Orioles - 000 201 000 - 3  9  0
The Sox jumped on Berken (3-10-6-2-3, 68) right away, as Jacoby Ellsbury and Victor Martinez walked, and Kevin Youkilis, Jason Bay (1-0) and Mike Lowell singled (3-0) in the first. Boston finished the season with a 16-2 record against Baltimore.
Ellsbury (3-for-4, BB, shown stealing base #63 above) doubled in two runs in the third and homered in the seventh. Bay crushed a dong (#35) in the fourth and was HBP with the bases loaded in the sixth. Alex Gonzalez singled and doubled and scored twice.

Dice (5.1-8-3-1-5, 110) was good enough. His fastball command was spotty throughout the game and he relied more on breaking stuff. He allowed at least one baserunner in each inning, but did not walk a man until the fifth -- his 23rd batter. In fact, he had only three three-ball counts.

The Rangers lost to the Angels 10-5, so the Red Sox's Wild Card lead is now up to eight games. The Mariners lit up Joba and the Yankees 7-1, so Boston is now only 5 GB in the East (four in the loss column).
Example
Daisuke Matsuzaka (7.02, 67 ERA+) / Jason Berken (6.08, 76 ERA+)

Tony Massarotti, September 18:
Six games up with 17 to play, the Red Sox once again seem destined for October. Under the circumstances, at the risk of jinxing them, maybe it is time to give the Red Sox their due.
Tony, we've been over this. It's okay to say nice things about the Red Sox. Jinxes do not exist. Really.

Why is Nick Green giving himself a haircut?
Example
Angels/Rangers at 1 and Yankees/Mariners at 4.
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95 comments:

  1. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM

    1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
    2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
    3. Victor Martinez, 1B
    4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
    5. Jason Bay, LF
    6. J.D. Drew, RF
    7. Mike Lowell, DH
    8. Jason Varitek, C
    9. Alex Gonzalez, SS

    1. Brian Roberts, 2B
    2. Felix Pie, CF
    3. Matt Wieters, C
    4. Nick Markakis, RF
    5. Luke Scott, LF
    6. Ty Wiggington, DH
    7. Michael Aubrey, 1B
    8. Justin Turner, 3B
    9. Cesar Izturis, SS

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  2. PatrickSeptember 20, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    Yawn! Rolling off the couch at the crack of noon just in time for a sox game?!

    Fucking sweet!!!

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  3. JereSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:17 AM

    Do you think Adam Kilgore is put on the pre-game less because of his stutter? And if so, is that...okay? Obviously if you lack the skills to speak on TV, they're not gonna put you on. But if your disability happens to involve speaking, I don't think that should come into play when they're deciding who to put on. Yet I've only seen him maybe three times talking on TV. I think NESN are anti-stuttites.

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  4. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    I don't think I have ever seen or heard Kilgore. How severe is it? It can't be much more jarring than listening to Rice, who hasn't constructed a proper sentence since 1997.

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  5. RobSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    Threading time! Just been out and about with my sister which is always a great time. Very entertaining.

    I bought orange sunglasses. I'm not sure why! But apparently they look badass.

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  6. RobSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    I want to see the Red Sox do some jerken of the Berken today.

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  7. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:43 AM

    bay-ses loaded.

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  8. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    Bases loaded in the first inning?

    Nice

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  9. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    Thunderous single!

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  10. s1cSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:46 AM

    WTF where you looking for ON FIRE

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  11. RobSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:46 AM

    Rx Bandit!

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  12. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    RxBIs!

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  13. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    there's your lead, dice. keep it.

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  14. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    Dice-KKK

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  15. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    Sit, sit, and SIT

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  16. RobSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    Here's my Andy Comment of the Day...

    If Dice keeps pitching like this, things will be going into rearrange mode in my pants!

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  17. accudartSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    I could go for 16-2!

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  18. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    Bass on Base

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  19. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    16-2 what?

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  20. PatrickSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    I love the Orioles.

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  21. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    Blue RBI!

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  22. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    shatner's thinking about jerkin' his berken.

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  23. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:09 AM

    the orioles are taking stock of berken.

    get it? ...

    berken stock

    aaaa-hahahahahaahah

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  24. ZenslingerSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:12 AM

    16-2 vs. the O's for the season.

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  25. JereSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:13 AM

    "I don't think I have ever seen or heard Kilgore. How severe is it? It can't be much more jarring than listening to Rice, who hasn't constructed a proper sentence since 1997."

    Ha--I was thinking something similar when right after I wrote that, I heard a bit of Daubach, who almost sounded worse than Kilgore anyway. He's super-stiff.

    But yeah, Kilgore's clearly a stutter as opposed to "he's nervous being on TV." Will say the same word three times in a row, etc.

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  26. RobSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:13 AM

    Berken-stock. :>)

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  27. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:14 AM

    "results-based business"

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  28. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    i could see them limiting his time if it was hard to ignore. you don't have to be attractive, but you do have to speak smoothly. and i say that as person with a slight stutter.

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  29. PatrickSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    two hits. NO WALKS!

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  30. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    maybe i have heard him. i have some hazy memory of seeing a young writer with a clear stutter on during a game. maybe one rare time i had the pre-game? could have someone else on another station, though, too.

    go dice!

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  31. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    berken and dice both at 40 thru 2.

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  32. PatrickSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    A V-TEK HIT! What are the chances of that? Two in ten?

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  33. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    My computer must be malfunctioning, it says the Cactus just got a base hit.

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  34. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    2-13/100 out of ten, actually.

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  35. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    SEABASS is raking!!!

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  36. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    Sea Bass 2-2!

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  37. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:29 AM

    Lyndouble!

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  38. ZenslingerSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:30 AM

    Utter destruction.

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  39. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:30 AM

    this game bores the mighty seabass. he is amusing himself today by going for the cycle in order.

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  40. JereSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:31 AM

    Batting practice has been going on for an hour. When's this game gonna START?

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  41. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    this club is looking mighty sharp as the playoffs loom.

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  42. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:34 AM

    312

    ... keep it going!

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  43. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:38 AM

    Very convenient double play.

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  44. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:41 AM

    Sit

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  45. ZenslingerSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    DAISUKE MATSUZAKA HAS PITCHED THREE INNINGS WITHOUT A WALK!

    DAISUKE MATSUZAKA HAS PITCHED THREE INNINGS WITHOUT A WALK!

    DAISUKE MATSUZAKA HAS PITCHED THREE INNINGS WITHOUT A WALK!

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  46. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    THUNDER!!!

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  47. ZenslingerSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    Le Dong.

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  48. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:47 AM

    CLOCKED!

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  49. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:47 AM

    DAISUKE MATSUZAKA HAS PITCHED THREE INNINGS WITHOUT A WALK!

    Hey!

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  50. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    312 1

    ... keep it going!

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  51. nickSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    I've had the TV on mute in the background as I work on a video project.

    Did NESN show an error on the Sox line? I'm not seeing it on GDGD.

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  52. nickSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    redsock said...

    312 1

    ... keep it going!

    312 13 naturally..

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  53. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:51 AM

    no errors, unless they switched a single off of seabass.

    then again last night, i was working and glanced at my computer and saw balt 4, bos 3 at the top. that was a mistake, though i went away for 5 minutes thinking lester had coughed up the lead again!

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  54. ZenslingerSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:52 AM

    By the way, the person who said Babe Ruth would "fuck anything with hair" wasn't identified in your book, RS. Just "a friend", I think.

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  55. nickSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:53 AM

    NESN was still showing it after the break. Haven't been watching close enough to know what it was or wasn't. I just keep looking up and seeing more guys cross the plate.

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  56. nickSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:53 AM

    doh. wrong guys crossing the plate.

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  57. ZenslingerSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    Yargh. Shoulda walked him!

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  58. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    Crap

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  59. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    i think i may have seen kilgore on a video from spring training on the Globe's website.

    ("no one cares" /eck))

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  60. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    sean casey with don in KC

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  61. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    LAA: 020 103
    TEX: 301 01

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  62. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:06 PM

    0

    bastards.

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  63. BenjaminSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    Hard to score when you bat two pitchers in an inning.

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  64. nickSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    I propose:

    312 101 213
    000 202 000

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  65. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    I assume that's probably all from Dice for today. I'm satisfied with the results.

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  66. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    94. you think that's it? maybe one more.

    only relievers that did not go yesterday were jeemer, bard and bot. (and tazawa and bowden).

    i say he gets the 6th

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  67. accudartSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:22 PM

    If we beat the O's today are we 16-2 against them?

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  68. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:25 PM

    Loaded again

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  69. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:28 PM

    RBIHBP!

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  70. nickSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:29 PM

    still going according to plan...

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  71. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM

    I guess with a six run lead they might send him back out and see if he can get through the inning quickly. I was just thinking they might not want him to get his pitch count up since he just got off the DL like a week ago.

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  72. BenjaminSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    On the other hand, those are pitches he didn't have to throw earlier in the season. Lots fewer miles on his arm this season.

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  73. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:36 PM

    there goes the no-no.

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  74. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:37 PM

    If we beat the O's today are we 16-2 against them?

    yes, someone explained it for me an hour and 10 minutes ago, but thanks! :>)

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  75. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    Crap

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  76. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM

    Alright, I'll take that.

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  77. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:47 PM

    312 101

    we need 2!

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  78. nickSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:51 PM

    Ells doing his part for 2!

    Triple next AB?

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  79. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:52 PM

    LAA: 020 103 31
    TEX: 301 010 0

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  80. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    LYNDON!

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  81. nickSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    How did I not even see Pedroia's at bat?

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  82. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM

    FY: 1st pitch 6-3.

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  83. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM

    oh that's a FY play!

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  84. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    TEX loses 10-5.

    8 GA in WC!

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  85. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    Stoopid GDGD has Rodriguez replacing Wieters at C in the top 9th. He was in for the top of the 8th. Zzzzzzzzzzz ....

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  86. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    Fact Masterson!

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  87. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    um, don, dice allowed 8 hits today, not 4.

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  88. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    another game-ending dp pls

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  89. UnknownSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    GDGD still frozen two pitches into the first Oriole at bat this inning.

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  90. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    have a slice of pie, saito.

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  91. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    The water is Muddy!!!

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  92. JereSeptember 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM

    "The Rangers lost to the Angels 10-5, so the Red Sox's Wild Card lead is now up to eight games."

    And the east lead can be down to 5, 4 in the loss today--Joba gives up 7 through 2! His ERA's creeping toward 5....

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  93. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM

    Catching the MFY includes sweeping them next weekend. Even taking 2 of 3 will not do.

    and ...

    MFY: 000 0
    SEA: 250

    JtC: 3-6-7-3-2, 69!

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  94. allanSeptember 20, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    MFY: 000 001 0
    SEA: 250 000 0

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  95. timSeptember 20, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    here comes the east, do-oo-do-do
    here comes the east, i say
    it's ours soon
    do-do-do-do....etc

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