Blue Jays - 403 220 0 - 11 14 0The game was stopped by rain in the bottom of the 7th at 9:33 -- and called at 10:35.
Red Sox - 201 001 1 - 5 7 0
Bowden (3-7-7-1-3, 67) was not effective, though he did retire six batters at one point, including three by strikeout. Hunter Jones (1.2-5-4-0-1, 28) did no better.
Kevin Youkilis hit two home runs -- a two-run shot in the first and a solo blast in the third. David Ortiz crushed a dong in the sixth and Dustin Pedroia had an RBI-double in the seventh a minute or two before the rains came.
Lefty Dustin Richardson (#54) made his major league debut with two outs in the fifth. He needed only one pitch to get out of a 1st-and-2nd jam. He allowed two two-out singles in the sixth, but stranded both runners.
Bowden has not started for the Red Sox in 2009, having pitched 10.1 innings in six appearances out of the bullpen. He threw 55 pitches in 2.1 innings against the Yankees on Friday night.
Beckett and Richmond faced each other at Fenway on August 28, pitching only five innings each. Boston won the game 6-5.
Boston can clinch the Wild Card if they win tonight and the Angels beat the Rangers in Anaheim (10 PM).
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Athletes Can Play Through Those Injuries, Says Man Who Gets Sore From Sitting Too Long
... "The second they get nicked up they want to spend the game sitting on the bench drinking Gatorade," said the man, who "tweaked" his knee last week when he stood up for a moment during a commercial break. ...
The man, who said during the broadcast that playing through pain is what separates the men from the boys, reportedly had a terrible night's sleep in his hotel suite because the silk pillowcase felt too smooth on his face.
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John Maine Takes Pitch Requests At Poorly Attended Mets-Nationals Game
"What's that? A slider? I haven't thrown that old classic in a while, but I'll give it a go," Maine said during the fourth inning. ... Requests were no longer accepted after a teenage boy asked Maine to "throw something faster than 91 miles per hour," to which Maine responded, "Shut the hell up."
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1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
5. David Ortiz, DH
6. Jason Bay, LF
7. J.D. Drew, RF
8. Casey Kotchman, 1B
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
1. Jose Bautista, RF
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Adam Lind, DH
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Edwin Encarnacion, 3B
6. Lyle Overbay, 1B
7. Rod Barajas, C
8. Travis Snider, LF
9. John McDonald, SS
Also: "Precautionary right hip injection for Lowell. Won't play for a couple of days at least."
The Sox have talked about getting Beckett some rest -- maybe they are being super-cautious.
It turns out Lester did have a session today. He felt good.
I love getting our dual aces extra rest before the post season.
I wanted to put Josh on the DL when he was doing poorly, just so he would get a second wind for the post season.
God I love Rogers.
Tell 'em you're switching to Bell and voila! Mad dealz.
Internet, HD PVR, all channels + all HD channels (except the $30/mo sports pack and nature/adventure in HD) for under 100. We were paying 42 for just internet and the HD PVR is regular 25/month.
boo.
bowden is gonna get whiplash in a few batters
jesus.
P8
HR
1B
2B
1B
2B
4-0
my god.
rest of inning:
P8
HR
1B
2B
1B
2B
K
K
SULTAN OF SWEAT!!!!!!!!!!
4-2
wow - john mcdonald OBP: .252
The Red Sox won't be able to celebrate tonight if they win and the Rangers lose, the ANA-TEX game is at 10 on the west coast.
8-pitch OTT for bowden.
run(s) pls
It's OK, I'll wait for the good celebration in October.
loaded with 2 out for fy
FY F9. shit.
Asshole Pedroia.
WTF?
"CC Sabathia will aim to win his 20th game on Friday against the Rays, all while burnishing his Cy Young credentials. "
REEEEEALLLLY...
FUCK.
7-2
me no likey.
MORE SWEAT FROM THE SULTAN!!!!!
DOUBLE SWEATY DONGS!!!!!!!
The home run cycle is play!
bay Ks on ball four. shit.
come on, fire.
jones still up, bowden may be done (67 pit)
Dear Hunter,
Pull a deer hunter.
-Tim
Dear Blue Jays or Red Sox or whomever,
What the fuck?
Sincerely,
nick
Just popping in for a snarky remark:
OB said Hill's numbers for the season, and then said that there wasn't a 2nd baseman in baseball who could touch those numbers.
No one, except probably the best 2nd baseman in baseball, Chase Utley.
No one, except probably the best 2nd baseman in baseball, Chase Utley.
Another employee of the Worldwide Leader.
latest arrival dustin richardson is up
MLB debut of Richardson comin' up!
Cabin is playing third!
This does not look like an October team....ugh, imagine if Texas was 2 back instead of 6. PANIC PANIC PANIC!
Fuck, glad I'm not following this closely. Although I'm probably not following it closely beCAUSE of the whole 11-3 thing.
Fuck it. Can't wait for HD baseball in t-minus 2 days.
i'm still scoring ....
when the score went from 7-2 to 9-2, i thought "man the thread is really gonna get quiet now!"
FLO!
FLO's HR increases our win expectancy from 1.0% to 1.9%!
woo hoo
Dear FY:
11-7 pls.
FY 2B! 11-5!
then sheets of rain out of nowhere
TARP!
buffyvision still has the score at 11-4.
TEX: 00
LAA: 3
Vlad RBI, Morales 2-run dong.
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KCR: 000 011
MFY: 000 11
Well that's that. Hopefully the FKAs can reduce the magic number to 1.
8-0 motha FKAs. should be in good shape there.
i'm not one for backing into the playoffs but hey - whatever works. clinch tomorrow with HH dominating the jays and sox dominating romero, as usual, and celebrate on the field, as usual.
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