Red Sox - 000 020 213 - 8 12 0For about five minutes in the ninth inning, Jason Varitek was the team leader in home runs. He had led off the inning with his second solo drive of the game. Three batters later, Dustin Pedroia hit Boston's fifth long ball of the night and joined Tek as the only two Sox with two dongs.
Royals - 100 000 200 - 3 9 0
Jeremy Hermida and Varitek went back-to-back off Greinke in the fifth. Kevin Youkilis smacked a solo shot in the eighth. Jacoby Ellsbury was 3-for-5, with an RBI double and two runs scored.
Beckett (7-9-3-1-4, 105) had two rough patches: allowing a double, walk and single after two were out in the first, and allowing four hits and two runs (on 32 pitches) in the seventh. Hideki Ojakima and Ramon Ramirez set down all six batters they faced.
Greinke started against the Tigers last Monday (6-6-2-1-4, 96), leaving with a 4-2 lead. The Royals' bullpen promptly allowed six runs in the seventh inning and Kansas City lost 8-4. Same old story for Greinke, who had several leads tossed away last season; he posted a 2.35 ERA in nine no-decisions in 2009.
Beckett (4.2-8-5-3-1, 94) faced the Yankees last Sunday. It was only the second time in Beckett's career that he pitched at least 4.2 innings and did not record more than one strikeout. the other was June 14, 2007 against the Rockies.
Bad bullpen: In 13.1 innings, 21 men on base via hit or walk. Daniel Bard and Hideki Okajima have allowed 11 baserunners in six innings.
95 comments:
Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Martinez, DH
Youkilis, 1B
Drew, RF
Lowell, 3B
Hermida, LF
Varitek, C
Scutaro, SS
DeJesus, RF
Podsednik, LF
Callaspo, 3B
Butler, 1B
Ankiel, CF
Guillen, DH
Kendall, C
Betancourt, SS
Getz, 2B
CC's pitching a no-hitter
hahaahahhaha it fucking worked, fatty
Alright, I missed the last three games and we blew it on all three, I'm not risking not being here tonight.
nice start!
Damn, no fire this time...
ankiel now 5-5 in the series.
Crap
Damn, no way I can thread tonight.
Dear Sox,
Please win. Your fans would really enjoy it.
Love Always,
The JoS Gamethread
Kactus
A phone interview with a hockey player during a baseball game.
and saying nothing but the blandest of cliches -- bring our A game, lot of work to do, control our destiny, etc.
I'm not liking this lack of runs.
damn that guy.
It might be time to start IBB'ing Ankiel.
This guy is beating us singlehandedly!
ankiel needs to go back to pitching.
8 for last 8!
I'm getting tired of seeing Ankiel make our pitching look pathetic.
HERMIDA DONG!!!!
Guy without a nickname!!!
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW!!!!!!
AND CACTUS!?!?!
damn, allowing a dong to the kactus -- that'll get zack back on the anti-depressants.
Who is this beast wearing Jason Varitek's uniform?
Hermida Tech wins!
2010 "buttocks" count: 1
I knew they would take the lead during when I went to dinner!
Pedroia kicked his leg up nice and high when sliding into second there. Curious.
Did you hear about the NHL record set in today's Bruins-Hurricanes game?
The Bruins scored 3 shorthanded goals during one penalty kill.
butler is served.
4 finger here please
"he don't wanna walk you!"
Holy crap, Ankiel made an out for once.
BONK
LBJ!
SCOOT!
Todd Gack Zreinke not making any friends
that's the way to retaliate!
LBJ !
I'll gladly take that.
3 run lead in the 7th and Beckett is only at 73 pitches. I like where this is going.
Getting the jorb done
me no likey royals on base.
I say go for a double play and surrender the run.
there we go! kevin is happy.
GREAT job in not being tempted to tag the runner coming toward him
finish him off, yo.
OH COME ON -- THAT'S A SWING
Chris Getz making a mockumentary of Beckett
OUT pls
got him in the head!
it did hit his head
Josh got a haircut
GDGD: "deflected" by Beckett. Usually used when the ball goes off a glove!
that was a true grazing.
Ugh
jeemer ready
if there had been a play at the plate on that runner, we may have seen a 1-8-2.
remy noting fb still at 95. (yeah, so was pedro's in in '03.) jerry you're smarter than that.
32 pitches that inning, beckett at 105. go enjoy a cookie, josh. fookin' pen better hold the line.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK
YOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUK!!!
Youk is my favorite non-thumper in this shitty offense
ON FIRE
Oops I meant SWEATY DONG!
remy - human beatbox.
The bed? The Butler shit it.
HO LEE SHIT
Captain Crunch!
play him once a week -- it works!!!
anothea babka?
Guess who leads the team in dongs?
Nice to see that Zombie Jason decided to help out tonight.
He's pining for the Fjords!
more dongs!!!
Dongfest
I have yet to figure out how to properly react to the Cactus hitting a second dong.
I guess the Red Sox don't read the papers. Don't they know they're not supposed to hit all these dongs?
I have yet to figure out how to properly react to the Cactus hitting a second dong.
Happy and a bit incredulous, I believe.
Geez, that weak-ass Sox offense...we need a big bat!
Tek's slugging a ton. (two thousand)
FUCK YEAH!
after all those dongs, we're gonna get a look at a colon.
I mean, Cactus isn't supposed to hit a second dong until like, May at the earliest.
may 2011, that is.
bot and ramram up
DIRTY
Dear Red Sox,
Thank you. Carry on.
Love Always,
JoS Gamethreaders
The water is Muddy!!!
WATER
Damn, I missed Tek hitting TWO dongs???? Happy that the Sox won. Finally.
You'll have to get the highlights at MLB. The first one seemed to carry, but the second one was a nice shot.
Will do. I hope this means he gets to play or pinch hit now and then.
Nope. Once a week keeps him fresh and ready to go. Can't you tell? Let's see. 4 games a month, 6 months of season, 2 dongs a game, that's 48 HR!!! Don't mess with it, Tito!
That would be fine with me!
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