Red Sox - 006 021 000 - 9 12 1Do you really wanna hear about this one?
Royals - 001 136 10x - 12 11 0
As you can see, Boston led 6-0 and 8-2, as DiNardo (5-10-8-6-0, 116) was crapping the couch as if he had come straight from dinner with Royals HoFer George Brett.
Wakefield (5-5-5-7-2, 102) allowed a three-run dong in the pouring rain to Mike Jacobs in the fifth to cut the Sox's lead to 8-5 -- no problem, still a comfy lead, and the tarp should come out soon -- but it was the pen that gave the game away in the sixth.
Manny Delcarmen, fresh off a 4-BF, 2-HR, 2-BB outing on Saturday against the Orioles, started the sixth. The first batter, Josh Anderson, doubled. MDC then got two outs, but gave up an RBI double to Billy Butler (9-6). Then he walked Jacobs on four pitches and gave up a two-run double to Alberto Callaspo (9-8).
Daniel Bard took over, but he was no better. After making Miguel Olivo look positively stupid on fastballs, and getting ahead of him 1-2, Bard suddenly stopped throwing heat and walked him. Then Alex Gordon doubled down the left field line (9-9) and Yuniesky Betancourt singled to right (KC 11-9) before getting tagged out in a rundown for the third out.
There were 18 walks in this game, 13 by the starters.
Everyone thinks Wakefield's lower back and left leg are strong enough for him to start -- he showed some slight improvement in strength tests on Saturday -- so he'll take the hill for only the second time since July 8.
DiNardo spent most of this season in Omaha (AAA), with a 3.32 ERA in 29 games (23 starts). He was called up when rosters expanded and has made only two appearances, starts against the Tigers on September 10 and 16.
Jacoby Ellsbury has a team-high 56 multi-hit games. In the two months since being put back in the leadoff spot, he has hit .319 with an OBP of .373. In his last 13 games, he is hitting .408/.491/.571/1.063.
Victor Martinez's hitting streak is now at a career-best 19 games. ... Dustin Pedroia has a 12-game streak.
Out West at 10: Yankees/Angels (Pettitte/Saunders) and Rangers/A's.
93 comments:
Globe, 4:26 PM:
"The tarp is on the field at Kauffman Stadium, and it could stay there for some time. There is a flash-flood warming in some parts around here, and a few weather forecasts say there is 100 percent chance of rain until 7 p.m. local time. There is a chance tonight's game will be postponed, and it's a near certainty we will not begin on time."
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. Jason Bay, LF
6. David Ortiz, DH
7. Mike Lowell, 3B
8. Rocco Baldelli, RF
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
1/27 of a perfect game for dinardo
there goes the perfect game. Poor Lenny D
vmart = 20!!
Hairy chin dribbler.
How does Wake look?
excellent first!
But is he hobbling around like an old man?
Wait -- he is an old man!
The discussion of the ALDS roster on SoSH has been interesting. Wake would be valuable because we don't have a long man / spot starter particularly. I'm sure they'll take 11 pitchers, maybe sacrifice the third catcher or one of the spare OF'ers. MDC's spot could be in jeopardy.
let's go, baldy!
1st was 3U, 3U and 1-3. last was a one hop right at him.
RX motoring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
head first into third.
KC TV saying lowell doesn't look too good running 1 to 3.
That's the way he alwasy looks!!!!
Hi, whoever is here. So nice to see some baseball after the long holiday weekend.
OK, guess it's another quiet night at JOS!
I'm partly to blame. I'm in a no-thread phase.
everybody must have gone to one of the other threads from that Q&A.
DOUNG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOUNG!!!!!!!
KC TV had dinardo avg:
1st time thru lineup: .176
2nd time thru lineup: .467
Nice!
But I ain't threadin' either. Yoga...uuuuugh.
Yoga...uuuuugh.
You too? I hate yoga. So not me.
Wait a sec... that's from wmtc, right?
only two swings and misses so far for sox - one each for lowell in his 2 AB.
Hello all
Unfortunately, I'm busy doing Calculus homework, so I'm not going to be threading much tonight, but I had to check in and mention how much I'm liking this game so far
and the red sox leave two guys on base -- YET AGAIN!!!!!!!!
booooooooooooooooooo
Aha, someone else IS here! I got a phone call, but saw lots of runs piling up as I talked.
Calculus homework. Ewww, that brings back some unpleasant memories!
Throw strikes, please.
BB
SB
BB
double steal
BB
...
triple steal????
Bleh.
wake trying to run home on that -- very awkward
WAKESUZAKA!!!!!
73 total pitches in the third.
serious rain falling.
The rain sucks.
castig saying wake leaving pitches up, royals hammering them
betancourt's single was on a pitch at his knees.
make it official pls.
dinardo's ugly line:
5-9-6-6-0, 116
Good job ending the inning, Dustin!
Yes, call the game before someone gets hurt.
Bay saves the day!
Phew.
Waje "hobbled" to the dugout?
whew.
ok, call the game.
That should have said WaKe, not Waje.
I guess they are not calling the game. WHY?
fucking christ, mdc, do you want to play in october? start pitching, shithead.
Business as usual in the House of Horrors.
where is the TARP?
3 hits -- all doubles -- off mdc
bard in
AH! 9-8! What the fuck has been going on?
Delcarmen this season reminds me of Aardsma last season, started great, ended awfully.
Can we not blow this game?? Sheesh
WTF -- after two swings like that, you fuckin walk him??????????
jesus cock.
Unfuckingbelievable
Shit
it's pouring rain - olivo is swinging when the FB is in mart's mitt. so why stop throwing them???
god damn it - GRRRRRRRRRRRR
JERKS
wow -- fuckin' wow.
...
9-1-2 -- let's start rockin'
KC had 2 outs and a guy on 2nd. And got 6 runs. Fuck.
let's have a clean up in aisle 7.
wtf, over
Internet has been kooky tonight but...WHAT THE FUCK???
Saw us up 8-2, then the internet crapped out. Just came back and we're LOSING?????
Wow, way to go MDC and Bard.
LAA 2, MFY 0 (3rd)
wagner in
we need to win this
My buddy's parents are at this game. Did a midwest road trip, caught a couple in St. Louis and going to 3 games of this series.
Boy how I don't envy them tonight!
Delcarmen's ERA for each month
April: 0.00
May: 3.00
June: 4.00
July: 4.66
August: 5.25
September: 21.60
I like our chances. We got some swell muthas comin' up in the 8th.
8,562nd walk of the game
This game is almost as bad as the Up 10-1 Meltdown we had earlier this year in Baltimore. Rain shmain, when you have a big lead against retards, there is NO EXCUSE for losing.
LET'S GET SOME RUNS!!
Sometimes I hate baseball.
I hate the wild card but ...
8 GA
oy.
fuck this. fucking sox fucks.
This fucking game! Fucking ass shit turkey sandwich golden retriever! I mean, come on!
MFY: 000 0
LAA: 200 0
TEX up like 6-0 at OAK, but no one cares.
bowden shoulda started.
Alright, I'm back, I'm not missing the 9th.
Three outs to get three runs. I have seen it happen....
Three runs on two outs? Still a possibility.
Of course, we really need four or more, given that we are on the road.
Not feeling it. Stupid Red Sox blowing a 6-0 lead. STUPID.
castig says 6-0 lead feels like 2 weeks ago. indeed.
Time for sleep. Clean water spewing from the skies over KC.
Even with the loss, it can't exceed that Smoltz start against Baltimore.
.........boooooooooooo
i hate water purifiers. that shit is CLEAN.
we still outhit those assholes!!!!
yay us!
Unfuckingbelievable
"Piss on it."
The water shooting up from those fountains didn't look too clean.
But they were.
Can't believe we lost the game. What did I say about MDC's October roster spot being in jeopardy? Damn.
Laura...yoga. No, it's not a WMTC thing, I just hadn't been a while and didn't want to go. Was so close to blowing it off, but so glad I didn't. It's tough, but very rewarding, for me at least.
Zen: Amy and I were chatting on wmtc about (among other things) taking yoga! I said I didn't like it, she wanted to try it but not in a class, etc. etc.
I saw your comment and thought you were continuing that conversation! But then I was confused because it was the wrong blog. Hence "isn't that a wmtc thing". :)
I thought your groan was over disliking yoga.
Sounds great. Glad you went! It's always so worth it when we push ourselves to walk/run/swim/cycle/yoga whatever.
What I really came here to say was...
The Yankees lost and we were playing KC and should have won!!!! Even though we're not supposed to care about the division anymore, I can't help it! We should have been, could have been, would have been 4 GB!!!
GRRRRRR
The Royals.
I mean, really?
Yech
Bad day all around for me.
Nevermind.
Season-ending streak starts now.
Oh and again.....
The Royals - REALLY?
A chance to get within a sweep and a game - squanderage.
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